Q&A with Jenner & Block Associate and NIJC Pro Bono Attorney Daniel Epstein Daniel Epstein is an associate in the litigation practice at the law firm of Jenner & Block. He maintains a thriving pro bono practice and recently represented an Eritrean asylum seeker detained in the Calhoun…

From the earliest months of the Trump administration, immigrant communities and advocates sounded alarm bells about new Department of Justice (DOJ) policies intended to expedite deportations at the expense of due process. One of the most confounding of these policies is the “detailing” of…

When Irma and Oscar’s baby became violently ill, they rushed him to the hospital. When they finally returned home with their child, now recovering from surgery, they carried with them notices to appear in immigration court for deportation proceedings. This afternoon Irma and Oscar bravely shared…

The DREAM Act is not the only immigration legislation Congress is debating. H.R. 3697 is expected to reach the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. This sinister bill gives U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) free reign to arrest and deport immigrants without having to…

Highway approaching Cibola Correctional CenterIt’s pretty hard to find the Cibola Correctional Center in the village of Milan, New Mexico. You can’t get a strong wifi signal on your phone, so unless you printed out directions ahead of time you might end up driving around for a while. Eventually you…

Today the House Judiciary Committee will consider H.R. 391, legislation that would exile most asylum seekers to destruction and death in a crippling affront to American values. The Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 391) seeks to reform asylum so it would exclude refugees from…

As Congress debates this week how to spend tax dollars next year, including how much of that money should go to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts to increase its arrests and detention of immigrants, ICE had the audacity to submit a separate request for even more money to be…

NIJC Opposes the “No Sanctuary for Criminals Act” and “Kate’s Law” This week the House of Representatives will vote on two bills that attempt to re-write our nation’s immigration laws to reflect a dangerous philosophy of governance. For decades now, elected officials across the bipartisan divide…

U.S. House members led by Representative John Carter are advancing legislation that would exile migrant children to destruction and death. Using the cynical misnomer the Protection of Children Act (H.R. 495), this bill seeks to eliminate the basic child welfare protections currently afforded to…

When President Trump released his budget proposal, most public attention focused on his desire to spend billions of dollars to expand his deportation apparatus. Those costs include: An overall request for $7.9 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), $1.8 billion more than in…