Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center provides immigration legal services to low-income immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
Our direct-service experience informs our reform-driven policy advocacy, impact litigation, and public education efforts to defend immigrant rights.
News and views on immigration law and policy.
Days before Thanksgiving, groups that have been assisting workers and families in Postville, Iowa, sent out a plea for help in what has become a humanitarian crisis right in the heartland of the United States. Read more...
A daily digest of immigration-related federal court decisions from around the United States.
Top StoriesWorking toward a better future for immigrants Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center congratulates President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect Joseph Biden on their historic victory. The National Immigrant Justice Center welcomes the election of two leaders who have championed broad reform of our broken immigration system, protection for victims of human trafficking, and safety for immigrant victims of domestic violence. Read more...Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act Calls for Government Accountability The Department of Homeland Security must be held accountable for the treatment of the more than 280,000 immigrant men, women, and children who pass through its custody every year. The Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act, H.R.7255, would improve immigrant detainees' access to legal counsel and medical care and improve oversight of the immigrant detention system. Read more...Raids Legislation Sets the Bar for Immigrant Detention Reform in 2009 A strong marker bill introduced in Congress in September lays promising groundwork for the next U.S. Congress to pass important human rights and due process protections for people swept up in immigration enforcement operations. Read more...  One Immigrant's StoryA refugee woman talks about her efforts to access medical care during nearly two years of detention in a county jail under the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read more... Pro Bono Q&AMatthew Pryor has won a number of pro bono asylum cases, including one Seventh Circuit victory. He says it is important to remember the human story behind each asylum seeker as they navigate the court system. Read more... |