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- In early April, the Biden administration began forcing people seeking asylum at the southern border through newly truncated and rushed asylum screenings while in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. The goal of this new program: rapid deportations. This program is a new iteration of Trump-…
- Each year at NIJC’s annual Human Rights Awards, we recognize attorneys who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to ensuring access to justice for immigrants by devoting substantial time to NIJC pro bono work, serving a significant number of NIJC clients, and/or representing clients with…
- After more than three years, the mass expulsion policy known as “Title 42” that upended decades of asylum law is slated to end this week. The policies set to be implemented in its place will further violate, rather than comply with, the right to seek asylum. This FAQ delves into the history of the…
- Oppose the Secure the Border Act of 2023 The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) stands in strong opposition to the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2), scheduled for a vote in the House of Representatives on May 11. The bill is a patchwork of extreme anti-immigrant proposals that would…
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State (DOS) have announced a sweeping set of new or repurposed migration policies set to go into effect on May 11, when the Title 42 mass expulsions policy ends. The announcement describes some new, limited opportunities for migrants…
- Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security will markup the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023, a bill filled with extreme anti-immigrant rhetoric and proposals. The bill fails to put forward any reasonable solutions or provide any logical plan for efficient management along the U.S. southern…
- The Biden administration proposed a new rule that would dramatically restrict access to asylum for people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The rule — whose brief 30-day public comment window closed on March 27 — would offer access to asylum only to people who were granted prior…
- The Biden administration launched a suite of new border enforcement measures at the start of this year, severely restricting access to asylum and harming refugees seeking to enter the United States at the southern border. The measures included an expansion of the Title 42 expulsion policy and…
- The Biden administration has proposed a new rule that dramatically limits access to asylum for people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border and violates U.S. and international law. The rule — published with only a 30-day window for the public to provide comments — restricts asylum access only to…
- The Biden administration recently proposed a new rule that will drastically limit access to asylum for people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, and yet, is only allowing the public a mere 30 days to provide comments. In response, 172 national, state, and local organizations wrote to the Biden…