- The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) provides legal services to individuals in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody throughout the United States. Our Adult Detention Project provides direct legal representation and know-your-rights programming to immigrants in detention at…
- On Tuesday, February 24, the Maryland House of Delegate’s Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a piece of proposed legislation, the Dignity Not Detention Act, that would ban immigration detention in the state. NIJC’s senior policy analyst, Jesse Franzblau, has been supporting efforts opposing…
- Decriminalizing migration has become a hotly debated issue. Immigrant communities and advocates continue to document harms associated with immigration-related prosecutions, and members of Congress have introduced legislation to repeal federal laws that make it a crime to enter the U.S. without…
- The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a scathing takedown yesterday of the Department of Justice’s Board of Immigration Appeals’ refusal to apply the law in a case litigated by the National Immigrant Justice Center, that has been ongoing since 2015. Mr. Baez-Sanchez was robbed…
- Peter Cheun’s immigration pro bono practice has its roots in Mr. Cheun’s own life. “My parents brought me to the U.S. when I was very young,” Mr. Cheun said. “For most of my childhood, all I knew was that I was a non-citizen. As I got older and I began to understand that there was a system in…
- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments today in two cases challenging the administration’s use of “Streamline court” prosecutions. Operation Streamline launched in 2005 as a fast-track program to target and prosecute migrants en masse for unauthorized border crossings.…
- In 2019, amid a continued assault on immigrants and asylum seekers, we witnessed incredible strength and resilience from communities and allies to protect immigrant rights. Today we celebrate International Human Rights Day, commemorating the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 71 …
- More than 160 immigrant rights supporters joined together on #GivingTuesday, donating enough to provide legal representation through the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) to more than 20 asylum seekers. We are incredibly grateful for your generosity because of the tremendous impact these…
- Alejandra describes getting her work authorization like this: “It was perfect timing. I had just graduated college, and I really didn't know what I was going to do. I used to cry in frustration and see my daughter and not know, ‘what am I going to do next?’ I had just gotten this beautiful piece…
- It’s been a little over a year since Jonah* and his wife arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport from Zimbabwe. “After asking for asylum, I was then arrested, which was the part that I didn't expect. I was then put in handcuffs and I was speechless, because I thought it was a different…