Recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memos that outline new policies on prosecutorial discretion for immigrants in deportation proceedings will improve efficiency, save taxpayer dollars, and protect human rights.

On the first anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) announcement that it would overhaul the nation's sprawling immigration detention system to create a non-penal, “truly civil” detention system, the National Immigrant Justice Center awaits the implementation of meaningful changes that would improve conditions for immigrants in its custody.

Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) demands immediate action by President Obama and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end human rights violations in the U.S. immigration detention system following allegations of sexual assault against female immigration detainees at T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas.

Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is pleased to release the report, "Creating 'Truly Civil' Immigration Detention in the United States: Lessons from Australia."

A series of leaked memos related to the U.S. government’s immigration enforcement policies this week have exposed an urgent need for President Obama and Congress to strengthen oversight and increase transparency within the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center and 30 other national and international immigrant and human rights organizations, think tanks, and academics have petitioned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue regulations allowing the release of detained asylum seekers who pose no danger to the community and would face persecution if returned to their home countries.