A coalition of more than 250 civil and human rights groups and labor and faith-based organizations today condemned the divisive anti-immigrant agenda of the newly elected majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, and called for legislators to reject the Border Safety and Security Act, expected…
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- Today, President Biden made an announcement further expanding Title 42 expulsions to Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans paired with a narrow parole program. Biden also announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are planning to release a proposed rule…
- Title 42 has prevented asylum seekers from reaching safety since March 2020, and will continue to do so for, at least, months to come. Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay request designed by restrictionist states to prevent the functioning of the U.S. asylum system. Though the Supreme Court…
- Ahead of Ninth Circuit Hearing, Legal Experts Raise Alarm that Immigration Prosecutions Are Likely to Increase after Title 42 Expulsions End On Thursday, December 8, the Biden administration is expected to appear in federal court to defend a nearly century-old law, first championed by white…
- The New York Times reported yesterday that the Biden administration is considering a new set of “migrant restrictions similar to Trump policies” on the southern border including a new asylum ban and increased migrant prosecutions. This followed an Axios report detailing these and other…
- CHICAGO (December 1, 2022) — The City of Chicago Legal Protection Fund has provided more than 30,000 Chicagoans with free legal counsel and immigrant rights education in 2022. The Fund’s partner organizations provided high-quality resources and legal services in the face of continuing global…
- Today, 114 immigrant and human rights groups delivered a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to immediately close Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, prevent the development of new detention sites or expansion of existing ones, and cut funding for…
- A mother and father who were separated from their 11-year-old son six months ago after the family came to the United States to seek asylum are asking the Biden administration to reunite them in time for the holiday season. The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is representing Victoria and…
- Yesterday a federal court judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that the Title 42 mass expulsions policy, originally designed and implemented by the Trump administration and recently expanded by the Biden administration, is unlawful under the Administrative Procedures Act. The judge therefore vacated…
- Following Announcement of Marijuana Pardons, Organizations Push for Protection of Individuals with Deportable Convictions More than 130 immigration, criminal justice, and civil rights organizations released a letter today urging the Biden administration to include immigrants in the pardon process…