The National Immigrant Justice Center, The Immigrant Justice Network, Immigrant Defense Project, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild submitted the statement below to the record in opposition to H.R. 6691, which is going to the House…

Both newcomers and immigrants who have lived here for decades alike are important parts of our communities in the United States. Russian asylum seekers Sergi and Timur, and former DACA recipient and teacher Maria Elena tell their stories about how having lawyers to help them navigate the U.S.…

  In recent weeks there has been a spotlight on the horrors of the Administration’s forcible separation of children from their parents at the border. In taking these children away from their parents, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials render the kids “unaccompanied”. As a…

This is what Olga told CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360° today from the San Diego prison where she has been held for weeks: My kids have never been separated from me. My son told me on the phone he misses me, and when am I going to be with him again. I told him I didn’t know. National Immigrant…

Graciela* has survived what most people fear. She lost her brother, her only family member in the United States, to an automobile accident and survived a physically, mentally, and economically abusive relationship. Domestic violence has a lasting effect on survivors — especially the type of abuse…

“I feel peace. … I want women who came here from my country to know that they are not kitchen utensils.” — NIJC client who won asylum after fleeing 16 years of beatings and sexual assault by her husband in Honduras, speaking to The Marshall Project about her fear that others like her will no…

Linda* wants other women to know that they have rights. Mony Ruiz-Velasco, NIJC Leadership Board member and executive director of PASO-West Suburban Action Project and Itedal Shalabi, executive director of Arab American Family Services, advocate in Springfield for the VOICES Act.A survivor of…

Even as Congress voted last month to spend billions of tax dollars to extend the southern border wall and expand the immigration prison system, some members understood that Americans have a right to know how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is spending our money and seized the opportunity…

The Indiana General Assembly has an opportunity to do something constructive, and practical, on an issue that has languished in Washington D.C.: pass legislation that recognizes the presence, humanity and contributions of those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status. DACA was…

Here is what we’ve learned from it, and a link for you to study the data yourself. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is notoriously obscure about the systems it uses to detain immigrants in the United States. Without a court order, it is rare that DHS’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement…