The U.N. Special Rappoteur on Torture, Juan Mendez, issued a report stating that the abuse suffered by detained gay and transgender immigrants in the U.S. government's custody amounts to torture. NIJC exposed the abuse in its multi-individual complaint submitted to the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on behalf of LGBT individuals in...
Through its documentary, Lost in Detention, PBS Frontline exposed the secretive world of the U.S. immigration detention system and the Obama administration's inhumane enforcement practices. NIJC contributed its expertise during the documentary's...
On September 19, 2011, the nation's first 24-hour Deportation Family Support Hotline that connects thousands of Chicago-area families with legal and social service resources was launched. NIJC is a collaborator in the project, which is headed by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
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In April 2011, NIJC filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (OCRCL) on behalf of 13 gay and transgender immigrants to seek an investigation into the systemic abuses against sexual minorities in the U.S. immigration detention system. The complaint received significant media attention...
In a letter to the editor NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy noted the problems with lack of access to counsel in the immigration detention system, particularly for vulnerable populations held in isolated areas.
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