Policy And Research

A joint report by attorneys from NIJC, American Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association, National Immigration Law Center, and Southern Poverty Law Center, Assumption of Risk: Legal Liabilities for Local Governments that Choose to Enforce Federal Immigration Laws, describes…

(February 2018) - Since its creation, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) immigration enforcement actions have become increasingly capricious. This deepened in the last year with the unapologetic arrests of long-term members of American communities, victims of violence, recipients of…

“Yes, I don’t have any attorney yet because I’m still in prison here and … I don’t know what kind of miracle … I’m here as a prisoner. … I don’t understand anything, Madam.” — Congolese asylum seeker jailed at the Cibola County Correctional Center, responding to questioning from an immigration…

The City of Chicago launched the Legal Protection Fund in January 2017 to help Chicago’s immigrant residents and their families defend against the expected onslaught of immigration enforcement actions by the Trump administration. The Fund, part of the City of Chicago’s One Chicago campaign,…

On October 8, 2017, the Trump administration released its "Immigration Principles and Policies." View the National Immigrant Justice Center's annotations of the document in highlighted italics below. White House Immigration Principles- Annotated by NIJC 2017 10 09 FINAL by National Immigrant…

Immigration detention is growing at an unprecedented rate despite more humane, cost-effective alternatives that ensure due process. ICE jails families and others seeking protection at our southern borders as well as those caught up in the Trump administration’s expanded immigration raids.…

(June 2017) - The Trump administration has announced a series of new policies that, if fully implemented, would criminalize and traumatize vulnerable migrant children and eliminate meaningful adherence to child welfare norms. This brief outlines the ways in which these policy proposals will…

The Department of Justice has recently announced a series of policy changes aimed at expediting the removal of immigrants, with few if any attendant due process protections. These policies include the announcement of new case processing priorities; detailing of immigration judges to remote detained…

On January 25, 2017, President Trump issued two executive orders that dangerously undermine the few protections already in place in our nation's immigration system. The order below puts forth the president's proposal to build a massive wall on the border in addition to a dangerous array of policies…

On January 25, 2017, President Trump issued two executive orders that dangerously undermine the few protections already in place in our nation's immigration system. The order below outlines massive changes to the interior enforcement of the immigration laws, placing unconstitutional restraints on…