Press Releases

A federal district court in Indiana has allowed a lawsuit filed by individuals who endured terrible conditions at the Clay County Jail to proceed. Represented by attorneys from the National Immigrant Justice Center and Sidley Austin LLP, plaintiffs Maribel Xirum, Javier Jaimes Jaimes, and Baijebo…

Reports have emerged that the Biden administration is considering a plan to resume detaining asylum-seeking families, after ending the practice two years ago. National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy responded with the following statement: “Family detention is…

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) condemns the Biden administration’s proposed new rule that will dramatically limit access to asylum for people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The rule — published with only a 30-day window for the public to provide comments — restricts asylum access…

The Biden administration is reportedly preparing to launch a program that would subject people who seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to truncated fear screenings while locked up in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention centers. Under the previous administration, over 5,000 asylum…

A coalition of more than 250 civil and human rights groups and labor and faith-based organizations today condemned the divisive anti-immigrant agenda of the newly elected majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, and called for legislators to reject the Border Safety and Security Act, expected…

Today, President Biden made an announcement further expanding Title 42 expulsions to Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans paired with a narrow parole program. Biden also announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are planning to release a proposed rule…

Title 42 has prevented asylum seekers from reaching safety since March 2020, and will continue to do so for, at least, months to come. Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay request designed by restrictionist states to prevent the functioning of the U.S. asylum system. Though the Supreme Court…

 Ahead of Ninth Circuit Hearing, Legal Experts Raise Alarm that Immigration Prosecutions Are Likely to Increase after Title 42 Expulsions End On Thursday, December 8, the Biden administration is expected to appear in federal court to defend a nearly century-old law, first championed by white…

The New York Times reported yesterday that the Biden administration is considering a new set of “migrant restrictions similar to Trump policies” on the southern border including a new asylum ban and increased migrant prosecutions. This followed an Axios report detailing these and other…

  CHICAGO (December 1, 2022) — The City of Chicago Legal Protection Fund has provided more than 30,000 Chicagoans with free legal counsel and immigrant rights education in 2022. The Fund’s partner organizations provided high-quality resources and legal services in the face of continuing global…