- Groups Demand the Biden Administration End ICE Detention of Migrant Youth Advocates, legal experts and community organizations are outraged that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has entered into a new contract allowing for the long-term detention of migrant teenagers. The contract,…
- U.S. Navy Veteran Howard Bailey shared his family's story April 28 during a virtual briefing for advocates and press in which NIJC and our partners called on the Biden administration to establish a meaningful chance to come home for people who have been unjustly deported. Watch the video below…
- Principles for a Just Immigration Budget for 2022 “What would it mean if there was another way? If from the airport, they took you to a house instead of a jail… You would stay in that home, and the path would be one of waiting, waiting and hoping for an outcome that will light you up with joy…
- One year ago, the Trump administration exploited the public health crisis to conduct mass expulsions, shutting asylum seekers out. While President Biden has mandated a review of this procedure, his administration continues to expel asylum seekers by the hundreds every day—including Haitian families…
- NIJC submitted testimony today in support of the Dignity not Detention Act; legislation introduced in the Maryland legislature aimed at ending immigration detention in the state. The statement uplifts ways in which the legislation would safeguard Maryland residents from expanded immigration…
- Last week, after five years of struggle from community activists across Chicago, the City Council has finally voted to make Chicago a welcoming city for all. While the Welcoming City Ordinance, first enacted in 2012, has helped many Chicagoans find security in our city, it was initially passed with…
- NIJC joined more than 160 groups calling on President Biden to uphold past commitments to end mass prosecutions for migration-related offenses that deny individuals their right to a fair hearing and due process. The letter also calls for a halt to all prosecutions for unauthorized entry…
- The Biden administration’s January 26 Executive Order to phase out the use of private prison contracts is a vital step in the larger effort to end a perverse financial driver behind mass incarceration. For-profit prisons have little incentive to focus on anything other than ensuring profitability…
- On January 26th, 2021, the New Way Forward Act was reintroduced to Congress. The bill looks to transform the U.S. immigration system by moving away from policies that criminalize, incarcerate, and deport immigrants and repealing some of the most harmful provisions of the 1996 immigration laws.…
- The Executive Office for Immigration Review has proposed yet another rule that stacks the deck against noncitizens, including asylum seekers, by setting up an unforgiving system where the smallest misstep leads to near-certain deportation and the path to protection is narrowed to a pinprick. …