Press Releases

Washington, D.C.— The federal District Court for the District of Columbia today ruled in O.A. v. Trump that the Trump Administration cannot bar refugees from asylum for crossing between ports of entry. The suit was brought by the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition, Human Rights First, the…

Reiterate Immigrants’ Right to Remain Silent during ICE Encounters Illinois immigrant rights advocates are condemning the Trump administration’s expansion of “expedited removal,” which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses to deport people without the opportunity to appear before an…

MILAN, NM - Salvadoran asylum seeker Alejandra Barrera, a transgender woman who has been locked up in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in New Mexico for 19 months, filed a legal action in federal court today to demand her release. The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)…

Update: Within days of the announcement of the new asylum ban , RAICES and CAIR Coalition filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Washington, D.C. challenging the rule, followed closely by a similar suit by ACLU in California. On July 24, 2019, the California judge enjoined the rule nationwide…

En español Local Immigration Advocates Condemn Trump Administration’s Threats and Remind Communities of Steps to Take to Defend their Rights Chicago immigrant rights advocates and attorneys condemn potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to conduct a nationwide immigration…

With the death toll of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant enforcement agenda rising, two alarming policy changes were exposed this week targeting the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children. First, on June 5, the administration announced it will cut critical services for unaccompanied…

Paula Hincapié and daughter Layla at the rallyTwo weeks after Betty Rendón and Carlos Hincapié were arrested at their Chicago home as part of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation, advocates and faith communities joined the couple’s daughter and granddaughter in a rally outside…

Bill Provides Hope to Many but Needlessly Takes it from Others Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director, National Immigrant Justice Center As committee markup of the Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6) moves forward today in the U.S. House of Representatives, the National Immigrant Justice…

The White House asked Congress today for billions more in taxpayer dollars to fund further militarization of the border and more jail beds for asylum seekers and other immigrants. The request came only months after Congress handed DHS an unprecedented $25 billion immigration and border enforcement…

Statement from Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center President Trump’s April 29 memorandum violates our nation’s longstanding laws and international obligations. These measures will not make our country safer, but rather weaker by abandoning our most cherished…