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NIJC has a new Chicago address at 111 W. Jackson Blvd, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60604 and a new email domain at @immigrantjustice.org.

"The number of immigrants being held in detention centers across the U.S. is the lowest it’s been in nearly a decade, possibly signaling a change in a federal mandate called a 'bed quota.'" NIJC's policy director, Royce Benstein Murray, spoke to the press about why immigration detention should be used only as a last resort and how a different interpretation of the detention bed quota could result in the U.S. detaining fewer individuals unneccesarily.

KPBS: U.S. Government Holding Fewer Immigrants In Detention (4/6/2015)

Agencia EFE: Centros de detención de EU han albergado a más de 26 mil inmigrantes (4/8/2015)