Press Releases

En Español DACA Recipients Urged to Seek Legal Counsel, Understand Their Rights Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is outraged by the Trump administration’s decision to discontinue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Statement of NIJC Executive…

ICE’s Continuous Attempts to Co-opt Local Police to Serve As Frontline Immigration Agents are Unconstitutional and Harm Public Safety Today Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the City of Chicago’s lawsuit against the U.S.…

New law establishes nation’s strongest state-level due process protections against deportation, makes Illinois a more welcoming state for immigrants Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner (R) signed the Illinois TRUST Act (SB 31) into law this morning, enacting the nation’s strongest state-level due…

The president continues to demonstrate his failure to represent the best interests of Americans. His pardon of former sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who spent his career promoting racial profiling and targeting communities of color, is an affront to justice. Last December, the…

TRUST will protect immigrant families and promote public safety Appearing on WBEZ’s Morning Shift program this morning, Governor Bruce Rauner spoke enthusiastically about the Illinois TRUST Act, noting the broad support behind the bill among immigrant communities, business, law enforcement, and…

Hundreds to Rally in Support, Urge Officials to End Trans Detention NOGALES, AZ - Today a caravan of 16 transgender and gay Central American migrants, 11 of whom are transgender women, will arrive at the US-Mexico border to request asylum. Members of the caravan and their supporters are holding…

Bill backed by broad coalition would make Illinois a national leader in welcoming immigrants, provide strongest statewide protections in the country (CHICAGO, IL) - After hundreds of community leaders visited their state legislators, thousands of residents called the governor’s office, and…

In dissenting opinion, federal judge decries lack of legal representation in immigration proceedings New York City – After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subjected a U.S. citizen to three and a half years in remote detention and threats of deportation, he brought a lawsuit seeking…

Yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new front in the administration’s war against states and localities that dare to protect the trust and safety of immigrant communities. The Department of Justice seeks to impose new restrictions on federal funding for local law enforcement…

Today, in another legal blow to U.S. Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement’s (ICE) use of immigration detainers, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided that police or judicial authorities’ practice of holding people pursuant to federal immigration detainers violates Massachusetts law. This…