Press Releases

187 Organizations Push for the Protection of Individuals with Deportable Convictions  Washington D.C. -- Nearly 200 immigration, criminal justice, and civil rights organizations released a letter today urging the Biden administration to include immigrants in the pardon process, following…

Statement by National Immigrant Justice Center Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) condemns the Biden administration’s plan to force families who arrive in the United States seeking asylum to go through expedited court proceedings that will rob them of…

Two immigrant women are calling for a civil rights investigation into the life-threatening conditions and lack of COVID-19 protections they are experiencing in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at an Indiana county jail.  The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed the…

21 Legal Services Contractors Call for Restoration of Legal Access Programming in the Immigration Courts We, the undersigned, are nonprofit legal service providers contracted through the government-funded Legal Orientation Program (LOP) to provide Know Your Rights programming and pro se assistance…

President Biden Delivered on His Promise to Ensure Protection for Haitians in the United State; Title 42 Expulsions Must Also End to Protect Black and Brown Migrants WASHINGTON, D. C. — The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) applauds Black immigrant leaders, whose advocacy was instrumental…

WASHINGTON, D. C. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tae Johnson testified before the House Appropriations Committee this morning regarding ICE operations and priorities. His prepared statements and responses to congressional questioning evinced an alarming disregard…

NIJC releases new white paper proposing the creation of a DHS office to facilitate requests to return to U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 28, 2021) — Deported community members and their families joined immigrant rights advocates to unveil a proposal for the Biden administration to establish a…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) strongly opposes the Bipartisan Border Solutions Act, introduced yesterday by Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX 28th) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX 23rd). This bill resurrects harmful…

Our thoughts this week have been with the families of George Floyd, Adam Toledo, and Daunte Wright. We are outraged that from a very young age, Black and Brown community members live with the fear that any encounter with police could end in their deaths. It’s time for our society to reorient our…

CHICAGO —Three immigrants, all of whom have suffered serious medical neglect in ICE custody, filed a civil rights complaint asking the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) to investigate the ongoing medical neglect they have experienced in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…