On 30th Anniversary of Refugee Act, Congress Has Opportunity to Renew U.S. Commitment to Human Rights

Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center applauds the introduction of the Refugee Protection Act of 2010 by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Carl Levin (D-MI), which provides important human rights protections for refugees and asylum seekers in the United States.

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.