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The Department of Justice has refused to issue regulations that would allow immigration judges to decide whether to detain asylum seekers who are determined to have viable cases and pose no threat to society.

Testimony of Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director, Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center

My name is Mary Meg McCarthy and I am the executive director of Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center. On behalf of my organization, I express our sincerest condolences to William McCann’s family. I appreciate this opportunity to provide you with information on how immigration detainers function in practice, and to clarify some of the misunderstandings regarding the Cook County detainer ordinance.

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is pleased to announce it has changed the name of its LGBT-focused project from the National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Minorities (NAPSM) to the LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative. This name change reflects the breadth of advocacy undertaken by this critical human rights project.