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- 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…
- The U.S. asylum system has suffered numerous damaging attacks in recent years, and by the end of 2020, it was nearly impossible for many people seeking safety to access and win asylum. Transition to the Biden administration brought a frenzy of changes and opportunities to protect the right to…
- 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…
- Immigration policy has been on fire over the past few years and the Biden-Harris Administration has already issued a series of Executive Orders and policy changes that signal early attempts to squelch the flames and provide protections. Over the past few months, the National Immigrant Justice…
- 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 U.S. criminal and immigration systems have long been entangled, creating a double punishment for immigrants through a pipeline from almost any involvement in the criminal legal system to immigration detention and deportation. U.S. criminal and immigration laws both disproportionately target…
- 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. …