A federal court approved a settlement agreement on September 7 in a lawsuit challenging the unlawful detention of unaccompanied children who turn 18 in U.S. government custody and are transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. In an agreement approved by the…

In response to this situation contrived by the governors of Texas of Arizona, NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy said: “The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is already working closely with local partners to support asylum seekers and other immigrants who have arrived by bus from…

This week, the Supreme Court issued its final judgment certifying its June 2022 ruling that the Biden administration properly followed the law when it terminated the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as Remain in Mexico. Importantly, all nine Supreme Court justices agreed that the…

CHICAGO (July 14, 2022) - The U.S. immigration system routinely detains and deports immigrants based on their prior contact with the U.S. criminal legal system, depriving them of freedom and livelihood on the basis of a single document: a police report. In a new policy brief, the National Immigrant…

Washington, D.C. (June 30, 2022) — Today, the Supreme Court rendered its long-awaited decision on the fate of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the Remain in Mexico program that has forced over 75,000 asylum seekers to wait in dangerous conditions in Mexico while their claims…

The United States Supreme Court decision on the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to abortion is an assault on the health, dignity, and rights of women and that of all persons who can become pregnant. It is also…

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and three people previously detained at different U.S. immigrant detention centers filed a federal civil rights complaint today demanding a system-wide investigation into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) failures to provide adequate mental…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, a federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision to terminate Title 42 expulsions. Under the Trump and Biden administrations, Title 42 has resulted in summary expulsions under the guise…

A group of Illinois immigration legal aid organizations today announced a new collaboration to expand access to legal representation for people in deportation proceedings who are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Midwest Immigrant Defenders Alliance (MIDA) is a…

Four people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Clay County Jail in Indiana filed a federal lawsuit today exposing how the county’s government has illegally used revenue from its ICE contract to award raises to county employees and pay for operations and capital…