- More than 18,500 Victims of ICE Holds Were Unlawfully Detained LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today approved settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by immigrants who were unlawfully detained by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department — sometimes for months — because…
- Legal Protection Fund Partners reach more than 35,000 Chicagoans in first nine months of 2020 CHICAGO (October 7, 2020) — Despite challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic, the City of Chicago Legal Protection Fund reached more than 35,000 Chicagoans with free legal counsel and immigrant…
- The Trump administration is planning to break another grim record in its attack on those fleeing persecution—this time, by setting the lowest limit of refugee admissions ever (15,000 only) for fiscal year 2021. NIJC stands in solidarity with refugees worldwide, as the Trump administration looks to…
- Brutality, abuse, and neglect at the Virginia detention center has resulted in the largest COVID-19 outbreak to-date in migrant detention, amongst other human rights violations WASHINGTON, DC – Local and national organizations specializing in human rights and racial justice today released a…
- Facility Would Have Violated State Law The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) and the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) are elated that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has canceled the process to build a new privately-operated immigration detention facility…
- On July 28 news reports disclosed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seeking an environmental assessment for a site for a new privately-operated immigration detention facility in Dwight, Illinois. ICE is making this move in total disregard of a state law enacted last year to bar such…
- The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) strongly condemns the Trump administration’s decision to “reconsider” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This reconsideration, which includes substantial restrictions to an already-limited program, follows a previous attempt at…
- The National Immigrant Justice Center released a report today examining the abuses and racism inherent in the U.S. government’s system of prosecutions that punishes people for entering the United States without authorization. Set against the backdrop of the rampant spread of COVID-19 inside U.S.…
- The House Appropriations Committee this week proposed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill for fiscal year 2021 that begins the long overdue process of defunding our nation’s deadly immigration detention system. This bill takes steps to hold Immigration and Customs…
- A federal court has ruled that the failure of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to consider less restrictive settings before transferring unaccompanied immigrant youth to ICE detention on their 18th birthdays violates U.S. immigration laws. The ruling in Garcia Ramirez et al…