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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 Department of Homeland Security opened the largest U.S. detention facility, which will hold up to 2,400 mothers and children, the vast majority of whom fled violence in Central America. NIJC and other advocates are appalled and deeply disappointed by this move to expand inhumane family detention.

Truthout: Advocates Say Asylum Cases Rushed, Due Process Limited, at New Texas Immigrant-Family Jail (1/16/2015)

Latin Post: Immigrant Detention Center in Dilley, Texas Reveals Language Barriers, High Costs and Centro de Detención Inmigrante en Dilley, Texas Revela Barreras de Idioma Y Altos Costos (1/16/2015)

Huffington Post: Family Detention Center In Texas Is 'Utterly Unnecessary,' Says Immigration Attorney (1/15/2015)

Associated Press: South Texas family lockup will be nation's largest (12/15/2014)

VOXXI: Detaining women and children ‘is just plain wrong’ (12/16/2014)