- Each year at NIJC’s annual Human Rights Awards, we recognize associate or junior-level attorneys who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to ensuring access to justice for immigrants by devoting substantial time to NIJC pro bono work, serving a significant number of NIJC clients, and/or…
- Last week, we traveled to the border with a group of colleagues from Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C., led by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. Our mission was to understand the current situation that people face at the border as they seek protection in the United States or wait in Mexico to…
- Dear McHenry County Board Members: On behalf of the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), we write to express our support of the resolution to cancel the contract between the McHenry County Board and the U.S. Marshals/Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which will be considered at the…
- 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…