From the moment I started working at NIJC, in the spring of 2018, the Trump administration has been implementing its incessant attacks on the immigration system. Many of these attacks made the headlines; others didn’t. But it’s the little things, the things that no one sees – not our clients, not…
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- A broad-based coalition of more than 100 organizations working to reform federal criminal justice laws and policies has released recommendations for the incoming Biden-Harris administration and 117th Congress that include calls to decriminalize migration. The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC…
- NIJC's policy experts and legal staff discuss what election results mean for immigration law and policy and the impact they could have on our communities. NIJC's Policy Corner are monthly presentations to update policy matters affecting immigration. These presentations are open to all community…
- The U.S. immigration courts are in crisis, crippled by backlogs and operating in a state of chaos. With no right to appointed counsel in the immigration court system, the majority of individuals represent themselves before the immigration judge, opposite a federal prosecutor. Immigration laws are…
- Nearly 550 people around the world came together to participate in NIJC's Virtual 5K for Immigrant Justice week from November 8, 2020 - November 15, 2020. This is an incredible show of support to stand with immigrants in all of our communities, and together, participants raised more than $40,000 to…
- Justice for asylum seekers demands fair and unbiased procedures in immigration court. Rather than provide that basic need, immigration courts have become the Trump administration’s laboratory to determine the fastest way to deport—rather than the fairest way to process of asylum seekers’ cases.…
- The Trump administration continues to attack sanctuary cities, conducting enforcement operations in communities that have refused to allow their local police to act as federal deportation agents. Recently, the administration has spent tax dollars on billboards targeting community members who…
- On September 11, 2020, the Trump administration issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would dramatically expand government surveillance over immigrants and U.S. citizens sponsoring immigrants for lawful status. The proposed rule will have grave consequences if it is implemented, impacting…
- Forty years ago, Congress created an asylum system to ensure that the U.S. protects those seeking refuge from persecution and comes into conformity with international law. Asylum law did not stay uniform for long, however, with the past four years bruising and abusing it beyond recognition. As we…
- The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the agency within the Department of Justice that includes the immigration courts and Board of Immigration Appeals, issued a proposed regulation making dramatic changes to the process through which immigrants can appeal deportation decisions. The…