- The Obama administration’s newest prosecutorial discretion initiative will provide some relief to a fraction of the thousands of men and women currently facing deportation from the United States. But it also will leave many immigrant families in limbo and fails to offer serious long-term solutions…
- Miguel Caceres Juarez fled Honduras after being targeted for abuse and persecution since age 12 because he is gay. Gang members tortured, raped, and beat Miguel on multiple occasions. His own brother harassed and beat him and threatened to decapitate him. He came to the United States because he…
- In an effort to quell the growing backlash against the Obama administration’s extralegal expansion of its fundamentally flawed Secure Communities program, the White House published a deeply misleading blog post this week regarding the efficacy of Secure Communities in identifying convicted…
- NIJC filed a class action lawsuit yesterday challenging the constitutionality of the immigration detainers the Department of Homeland Security issues to request that local police hold individuals after their own authority has expired, until immigration officers arrive to take the individuals into…
- The revelation that the woman who accused former International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of rape had allegedly lied on an asylum application has given the news media a new angle to cover immigration in America. The New York Times and The New Yorker magazine published prominent…
- Asa*, an asylum seeker fleeing Nigeria, arrived in the United States in 2006 with her six-year-old daughter, hoping to rejoin her U.S. citizen husband and build a new life of safety and security. She had a visa, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detained her nonetheless, claiming she…
- After more than six years fighting his case in immigration court, Rashed Binrashed, an asylum seeker and NIJC client, finally won his case. Last month we wrote a blog post about his case and his advocacy for immigration detention and court reform. In today’s post Colby Kingsbury, who provided pro…
- Defending the rights of sexual minorities in the custody of the U.S. immigration detention system has gained momentum since the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed a mass civil rights complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in April 2011. The complaint, submitted to DHS’…
- As we celebrate our country’s independence and founding principles, we must be mindful of the continuing struggle to ensure that the United States honors the cherished rights established in our Declaration of Independence. Several of the Declaration’s signers were immigrants. From the very start,…
- June 30, 2011By Julia ToepferNIJC wins relief for hundreds of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers each year, but some of those victories are especially close to our hearts because of the individuals’ strength, courage, and resilience. After 6 years of fighting his case in court, Rashed…