- It was October of 2010 and Angelica, a college graduate who was unable to work or continue her education because of her immigration status, had reached an impasse. As she decided whether she needed to leave the United States and her family, her world came crashing down when she found out that a…
- The detention system the U.S. government uses to lock up immigrants and refugees is intentionally difficult to understand. It involves a network of government and privately operated detention centers and jails spread across the country and four different federal agencies. An infographic showing…
- The Trump administration has weaponized provisions in federal law in the most abusive way to demonize immigrants and tear families apart. Two of the most harmful, costly, and unnecessary provisions in federal immigration law are 1325 and 1326 of Title 8 U.S.C., which make it a federal crime…
- The National Immigrant Justice Center today joined dozens of national and local civil rights organizations in a letter condemning the proposal of nine members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to create a pilot program to expedite the deportation of jailed asylum-…
- Salvadoran asylum seeker Alejandra Barrera, a transgender woman who has been locked up in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in New Mexico for 19 months, filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in federal court today to demand her release. Ms. Barrera has been legally…
- Migrants on the U.S. southern border are enduring systemic human rights abuses. Children and adults alike are held in overcrowded processing pens, hungry and neglected. Families are torn apart. People are dying on their journey toward safety and in U.S. government custody. Abuses on…
- The heart-crushing photograph of Óscar Martínez Ramírez lying with his young daughter on the bank of the Rio Grande River has shocked the global consciousness and raised awareness of the treacherous path migrants face when trying to seek asylum at the southern border. The story behind the photo…
- We’re seeing unprecedented attacks on our immigrant neighbors and those seeking safety in the United States, including children. We must take action and raise our voices loud to defend immigrants and uphold the American values we hold dear. Here’s what you can do to help: Donate to NIJC’s…
- Records contradict DHS Acting Secretary McAleenan’s claims on ongoing separations The Trump administration continues to tear apart immigrant families while hiding information about its actions from Congress, lawyers, and the public. Newly released documents along with testimonies made public for…
- Galyna won the diversity visa lottery and had a chance to come to the U.S. from Ukraine to begin a new life. Yanelli fled violence and everything she'd ever known in Mexico, and had to start over in a country where she felt all alone. Both found community and opportunity for themselves and their…