Explainer | New Rule Puts Asylum Seekers at Risk, Tramples Due Process Protections
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule (IFR) on July 28th allowing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]
Costly & Inhumane: Trump’s Mass Deportation Tactics Escalate, Continue to Harm Our Chicago Neighbors
Six months after the wind-down of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz terrorized Chicagoland communities, our neighbors continue to languish
After the Blitz: What Our Chicago Neighbors Are Facing in ICE Detention
Since early September 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, in collaboration with other federal agencies, have unlawfully taken thousands
Explainer | Trump and Congress’s Punishing New Immigration Fees
Congress imposed exorbitant fees for immigration applications — then the Trump administration made it even worse.
Explainer | How Congress Codified Hateful and Extreme Anti-Immigrant Policies by Passing Trump’s Budget Bill
The massive reconciliation budget bill signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 presents a generational threat to democracy and
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Explainer | What are the Most Dangerous Anti-Immigrant Provisions in the Senate-passed Reconciliation Bill?
The reconciliation bill (i.e, the Big Bad Betrayal) presents a generational threat to democracy and community safety. The bill has
Toolkit | Immigration Detention Oversight and Accountability
A Guide for Members of Congress Visiting ICE Jails Updated June 2025 Since President Trump returned to office, the federal
Exposing human rights violations behind laws that criminalize migration | Transparency Project
The U.S. government’s use of criminal sanctions against migrants has grown exponentially over recent decades as part of intentionally punitive,
Policy Brief | Snapshot of ICE Detention: Inhumane Conditions and Alarming Expansion
The U.S. government spends over three billion a year on the largest immigration detention apparatus in the world to detain and deport people who have lived in the U.S. for decades or who arrived recently seeking safety or a better life.
Report | Legal counsel helps Chicago’s immigrants secure long-term stability
For 40 years, the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) has provided expert immigration legal services to vulnerable immigrants.
Report | Six-Week Report: Implementation of the Biden Administration’s June 2024 “Securing the Border” Asylum Ban
Legal service providers and border organizations report rampant due process and human rights violations and inconsistent and confusing application of new rule Image Securing the Border .” These executive actions, which went into effect immediately, severely limit eligibility for asylum protections for the majority of people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border without regard to the viability of their legal claims…
Report | "No Human Being Should Be Held There": The Mistreatment of LGBTQ and HIV-Positive People in U.S. Federal Immigration Jails
Asylum in the United States is a lifesaving necessity for LGBTQ and HIV-positive people. For decades, many have fled to the United States to seek refuge from persecution and torture. However, the United States subjects hundreds of thousands of people yearly, including LGBTQ and HIV-positive people, to its massive network of jails and prisons.