- A proposed rule by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a sub-agency of the Department of Homeland Security, is aiming to destabilize thousands of asylum seekers hoping to lawfully work in the United States. The proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on…
- Giving Tuesday is just around the corner on December 3rd! Your contribution to the National Immigrant Justice Center on Giving Tuesday will provide life-changing legal services to asylum seekers at a time of unprecedented need. You can reunite families, ensure children have lawyers, and allow…
- The number of immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reached unprecedented levels in recent months. NIJC’s Detention Project staff, who provide legal rights information and representation to immigrants and asylum seekers detained at county jails in Illinois,…
- The number of immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reached unprecedented levels in recent months. NIJC’s Detention Project staff, who provide legal rights information and representation to immigrants and asylum seekers detained at county jails in Illinois,…
- Attorney Kaycie Rupp knew from a young age that she wanted to be an attorney. “I knew that immigration law was going to be a part of my practice in some facet or another,” Ms. Rupp said. “I make sure that I can carve out time for that because it's a) something that I feel like we are obligated to…
- The number of immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reached unprecedented levels in recent months. NIJC’s Detention Project staff, who provide legal rights information and representation to immigrants and asylum seekers detained at county jails in Illinois,…
- The number of immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reached unprecedented levels in recent months. NIJC’s Detention Project staff, who provide legal rights information and representation to immigrants and asylum seekers detained at county jails in Illinois,…
- On Thursday, September 26, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing about expansion of the abusive and already sprawling immigration detention system. Among those testifying are individuals who have been locked in immigration jails, former government officials who played a role in the…
- Lizzy Westrope was at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office, waiting nervously next to her very first asylum-seeking client. They had come in for his interview with an asylum officer a few weeks before, and now they were sitting in the same building, waiting to hear whether…
- For nearly two years, NIJC has been tracking the irreversible harms caused by a 2018 memorandum of agreement between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The agreement on its face is only an information-sharing…