Detention & Enforcement | National Immigrant Justice Center

Keep families together, prevent a neighbor's deportation, and protect people seeking safety.

A mother poses and smiles with her three young daughters and a family friend in the lobby of a law firm after winning asylum.

$50

Supports a month of secure phone calls with a lawyer

$100

Provides a legal consultation to keep a family together

$300

Screens 10 people for a workshop to apply for asylum

New Immigration Enforcement Guidelines Put Too Much Power in Hands of an Abusive Agency and Betray U.S. Obligations to Protect Asylum Seekers
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The Biden Administration is Expanding Private Immigration Detention
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Federal Court Orders ICE to End Unlawful Detention of Immigrant Youth Who Turn 18 in Federal Custody
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39 Human and Civil Rights Leaders Tell President Biden: “Your Administration Stands at a Precipice”
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Illinois Communities Welcome Home Three Men Released As Pulaski County Jail Ends Its Contract With ICE, Decry ICE’s Decision to Transfer Many Others
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LGBTQ+ Asylum-Seeker Files Civil Rights Complaint Regarding Abuse and Discrimination in ICE Custody Inside Louisiana Detention Center
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Landmark decision finds “illegal reentry” charges are racist in origin, discriminatory in practice
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NIJC condemns decisions calling for the resumption of the deadly "Remain in Mexico" policy and the expanded use of ICE detention
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Illinois jail to close. Releases must follow.
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130+ Groups Release Top Five Immigration Priorities for Biden Administration’s Next Budget
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