Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 21, 2020) - A coalition of 90 human rights organizations sent a letter today to the acting directors of the Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding the release of all transgender people currently in ICE custody. This demand…

Asylum seekers are being sent into harm’s way The American Civil Liberties Union, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Human Rights First filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s policies regarding so-called “safe third country…

Washington, DC — On December 17, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1158 (116), which will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue expanding its detention and deportation force. The bill allows ICE and CBP to continue taking…

NIJC Calls On Members of Congress to Stand with Immigrant Communities in Opposition to Another Year of Fiscal Impunity for DHS’s Abuses The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) condemns congressional leadership’s failure to hold the Trump administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS…

National Immigrant Justice Center celebrates introduction of bill to ease injustice of discriminatory laws which have criminalized immigrants, separated families Washington, D.C. - The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) applauds today’s introduction of the New Way Forward Act by Reps. Jesús…

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is hearing opening testimony today in a nationwide class action lawsuit challenging the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) practice of transferring unaccompanied immigrant children who reach their 18th birthdays to adult ICE detention…

"We are here today because everyone deserves a second chance.” Alejandra Cano, accompanied by NIJC attorney Kate Ramos, speaks during a press conference prior to her first CBP check-in.Alejandra Cano, a single mother of two who came to the United States with her own parents as a toddler and was at…

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) strongly opposes the confirmation of Chad Wolf, who helped shape the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” family separation policy and then lied to Congress about it,  as undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The U.S. Senate is…

A coalition of community groups, led by PASO-West Suburban Action Project, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, the National Immigrant Justice Center, the ACLU of Illinois, and Access Living have joined together in launching an effort to ensure uniform enforcement of the…

Defund Hate Coalition Encourages Strong Oversight of ICE Spending During Continuing Resolution The Defund Hate Coalition applauds appropriations committee leadership for enforcing Congress’s power of the purse and rejecting future attempts to misuse federal appropriations laws to expand Trump’s…