NIJC & The Resurrection Project Welcome Support to Extend Legal Education and Representation Programs for Immigrant Chicagoans The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and The Resurrection Project (TRP) applaud today’s Chicago City Council vote to continue to allocate funding for the…

Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) condemns the Trump administration’s reckless decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians living in the United States. Nearly 50,000 people now face…

Statement of Lisa Koop, director of NIJC's office in Goshen, Indiana The National Immigrant Justice Center has provided legal services to hundreds of immigrant Hoosiers since opening an office in Goshen, Indiana, in 2014. From its main office in Chicago, NIJC also serves thousands of immigrants…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeks new sites for immigration detention facilities, today 14 legal service providers and immigrant rights advocates alerted the agency that adding any additional jails to the already bloated immigration detention system would…

The City of Chicago Legal Protection Fund has ensured free legal counsel for more than 20,000 Chicagoans since it was launched in January as a joint initiative between the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), The Resurrection Project (TRP), and eight Community Navigator organizations. In the…

Yesterday, The Washington Post reported that the Department of Justice is moving to impose quotas on immigration judges in its latest cynical effort to co-opt the immigration court system to be a mass deportation machine. According to the article, Attorney General Jeff Sessions intends to punish…

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) wholly rejects the Trump administration’s October 8 “Immigration Principles and Policies” document. We urge Congress to uphold American values and the rights of immigrants as it debates a path forward to secure protections for 800,000 members of our…

Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center CHICAGO - The administration’s updated travel ban still primarily targets predominantly Muslim countries and, despite the administration’s rhetoric, still threatens to put at risk asylum seekers fleeing…

Chicago grandmother and long-time immigration activist Genoveva Ramirez is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to demand its immigration service review a long-pending visa application before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deports her in October. Download the…

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) welcomes today’s federal court ruling that the U.S. Attorney General’s threat to withhold law enforcement funding from sanctuary cities has no basis in law. The decision from the Northern District Court of Illinois, written by Reagan appointee Judge…