- Teddy Birhanu lived in the United States as a lawful permanent resident for more than decade before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported him to his native Ethiopia because of his mental health. Now back in Ethiopia, Teddy is forced to live inside a church, where he faces prolonged…
- Camilo is seeking safety in the U.S. after fleeing gang threats and corrupt police. After enduring months of brutal homophobic harassment and abuse in immigration detention, Camilo learned that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) mistakenly believes he is a gang member. ICE justifies…
- Haiti has been in turmoil for many years. This summer’s assassination of the Haitian president, devastating storms, and earthquake have further destabilized this nation, still reeling from political insecurity, a prior earthquake, and other tragedies of the past decade. As a result, Haitians…
- The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is currently assessing its options on how to best respond to the protection crisis in Afghanistan, how to support Afghan families and children as they arrive in the United States, and how individuals and organizations can help. We remain extremely…
- Hundreds of people around the country are coming together virtually and in person for the 3rd Annual NIJC 5K Run/Walk/Roll for Immigrant Justice. After an entirely virtual event in 2020, we combined the best of both worlds this year -- our in person 5K in Goshen, Indiana on Saturday, August 28 (see…
- A federal District Court in Nevada has issued a landmark decision finding that the law used to criminally prosecute people for entering the country without permission after having been previously deported was passed with racial malice and is applied in a discriminatory manner. U.S. District Judge…
- Earlier this week, Pulaski County in Illinois gave notice that it will no longer detain people in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in the Pulaski County Jail. Fifty-five community organizations, social services, and legal service providers are demanding that the Biden…
- On July 14, the Farmville Town Council in Virginia held an open public hearing, and heard testimony from people currently detained in the privately operated U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center located in the town. NIJC’s Senior Policy Analyst Jesse Franzblau has been…
- Samer, Ella and Gabriela are three of NIJC's clients, representing over a decade of legal advocacy. Each is at different points on their immigration journey, but they all came together last month to discuss their communities, their dreams, and more with the president and founder of FuturoMedia,…
- More than 120 organizations sent a letter today to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tae Johnson expressing concerns over ICE custody programs involving families arriving at the southern U.S. border. In March, ICE signed a…