Jose and his daughter after he won his case to obtain permanent residence.Twenty-six years after moving to the United States, Jose became a lawful permanent resident—one step from U.S. citizenship. This outcome was not always certain, and his experience shows how unintentional mistakes in a…

This week several members of Congress visited a detention center for immigrant children in Homestead, Florida. Homestead is part of a network of facilities used by the United States government to temporarily house children who arrive in the United States without a parent or guardian, seeking safety…

With the government set to run out of funds in a few short days, immigration detention has become a central issue in Congress’s debate over how to spend taxpayer money in the U.S. immigration system. The goal of this explainer is to ground these discussions in reality amidst misinformation from…

Cut Funding for Immigration Detention and Enforcement, Ensure Accountability Measures With the longest government shutdown in United States history over, the country turns its attention to the conference in which selected members of Congress will negotiate a final spending bill for the Department…

Three weeks into President Trump’s shutdown, the government is unable to pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers but has been able to scrounge up the money to dramatically expand its network of immigration jails. As BuzzFeed reported today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is…

NIJC and 150+ Organizations Call for Rescission of Trump's Asylum Ban On November 9, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security published a notice in the Federal Register that has become widely known as the “Asylum Ban.” In combination with a Presidential Proclamation issued the same day,…

Twenty years ago Fabiola trekked the treacherous desert for three hours alone with her three children: Jorge, Celia and Euridice. They left Mexico and arrived at the U.S. border with hopes for a better future.  In the United States, Fabiola had three more children born as U.S. citizens. This year…

Last year, we shared with you the story of Irma and Oscar Sanchez, who were taking their infant son to the emergency room near Brownsville, Texas, when they were intercepted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, questioned, and put into immigration proceedings. Their community…

In October, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule changing “public charge” regulations in a way that would deny access to visas and lawful permanent resident status for immigrants who use public programs. It was one of the Trump administration’s ongoing series of…

In 2018, we saw the American people respond to unprecedented cruel attacks on immigrants with enormous compassion and advocacy to defend our immigrant brothers and sisters and uphold our most cherished American values. Thank you for standing with immigrants in our communities and for welcoming…