CIR ASAP Act Includes Important Due Process and Human Rights Protections

Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center welcomes the introduction of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009 by U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL). Rep. Gutierrez and the bill’s 89 co-sponsors are commended for recognizing the urgent need for humane immigration reform.

President Obama and members of Congress are discussing how to fix the broken U.S. immigration system. Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center is committed to speaking out for immigration reform that includes humane detention reform and due process protections for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.

Immigration Reform Must Include Solutions for Broken Detention System

Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center joined with immigrant rights leaders across the country on June 1 to launch the Reform Immigration for America campaign. NIJC calls on President Obama and Congress to end the human rights and due process abuses in U.S. immigrant detention centers.  Any comprehensive immigration reform must include two critical components: first, reform of our immigrant detention system, including elimination of unnecessary detention; second, access to legal counsel and health care for those who are detained.