As the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) provides legal services to immigrants from around the world, many of whom do not speak English, we depend on the vital skills of volunteer translators and interpreters to ensure people can communicate their stories throughout their cases. To close out…
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- On October 20, the White House sent a new request for supplemental funding to Congress, with a $13 billion “border supplemental,” that includes $4.5 billion for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and $2.5 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This new request furthers an…
- Since implementing an asylum ban rule to unlawfully bar people from seeking protection in the U.S. based on how they arrived at the border, the Biden administration has launched additional policies to punish people who request asylum after entering the United States between ports of entry. Claiming…
- On October 11, the Farmville Town Council in Virginia held a public hearing and heard testimony from people expressing opposition to the privately operated U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center located in the town. NIJC supports efforts to shut down immigration detention…
- Today, NIJC and partner organizations the American Immigration Council, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Church World Service, Human Rights First, Southern Border Communities Coalition, and the Women’s Refugee Commission delivered a letter to the White House’s Office of Management and…
- The White House is requesting supplemental funding from Congress, including nearly one billion dollars in unrestricted funds for detention and border militarization and surveillance, without adequately addressing needs for humanitarian and processing programs. The request also proposes funding for…
- On August 9th, the Farmville Town Council in Virginia held a public hearing, and heard testimony from people expressing opposition to the privately operated U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center located in the town. NIJC supports efforts to shut down immigration detention…
- A trans woman seeking asylum in the United States who has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for more than a year is requesting a civil rights investigation into the conditions of her confinement and prolonged detention. Her complaint describes the culture of…
- Experts from NIJC's policy, federal litigation, and direct legal services teams held a hybrid event giving an insider update about how we are upholding the right to asylum, challenging asylum bans, ramping up legal services for people who are newly arriving to our communities, and bringing home…
- The Biden Administration Continues to Thwart Access to Counsel for People Seeking Asylum This spring, the Biden administration relaunched a Trump-era program forcing people who ask for asylum at the southern border through expedited and truncated asylum screenings while in Customs and Border…