Members of the U.S. Congress have a significant opportunity to restore decency and end the human rights violations inside immigrant detention centers in the United States by supporting the Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act, S. 1594, which was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Joseph Lieberman (ID-Conn.), Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), and Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii).

Congress Must Take the Lead to Hold Department of Homeland Security Accountable for the Humane Treatment of Immigrants

Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center applauds the introduction of new legislation that would provide important human rights protections for more than 400,000 immigrant men, women, and children in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security.

Comprehensive immigration reform must protect the human rights of asylum seekers and immigrants  

Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center welcomes the White House announcement that President Obama will take up comprehensive immigration reform this year. A longtime supporter of fair and humane immigration policies, President Obama has kept his campaign pledge to begin to fix our nation's broken system.

Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center applauds the introduction of a new bill that recognizes the need to protect immigrant communities from fraudulent legal advice.

Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) applauds the reintroduction of the Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act, H.R. 1215, and calls on Congress and the Obama Administration to take swift action to support the legislation to help restore justice to the U.S. immigration system.

Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) applauds the passage of federal legislation that will significantly expand protections for victims of trafficking and other crimes in the United States. The Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act of 2008, H.R.7311, passed both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate last week and is expected to be signed into law by President Bush.