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

ICE’s Ability to Detain Immigrants Through Mass Raids and Traffic Stops Would Be Significantly Limited Under Preliminarily Approved Court Settlement
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New Legal Aid Alliance Aims to Build a Model for Universal Representation for Detained Immigrants Facing Deportation in the Chicago Immigration Court
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Confronting the immigration detention system
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Immigrants Detained in Indiana Jail Sue County and Federal Governments for Illegally Relying on ICE Contract as a “Cash Cow” While Ignoring Human Suffering Inside
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New ICE Legal Memo Could Enable More Justice for Immigrants, But Doubles Down on Harmful Approach to Enforcement
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NIJC Applauds Plan to End Mass Expulsions at the U.S. Border
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Federal Appeals Court in Denver Rules Transgender Woman from Honduras Should Have Been Granted Asylum Based on “Extensive Evidence” of Violence Against Transgender Individuals
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NIJC Welcomes Biden’s Proposal to Shrink the ICE Detention System and Fund Lawyers, But Increased Spending on Home Confinement and Border Enforcement Means Tax Dollars Will Continue to Fund Injustice
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ICE Announces It Will End Its Use of Etowah County Detention Center
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Newly Released Records Show Abusive Policies Continue Under Guise of Deterrence
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