Immigrant Rights Organizations and Formerly Detained Community Leader Welcome Announcement
Today, the National Immigrant Justice Center, National Immigration Project, and Detention Watch Network welcomed the announcement that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer use the Etowah…
Government documents and stories of migrants who faced mistreatment, family separation, and even death as a result of migration-related criminal prosecutions reveal the extent to which the U.S. government, even under the Biden administration, continues to rely on a nearly century-old law with white…
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) condemns Congress’ newly released immigration-related spending plan for the current fiscal year, which continues the Trump-era approach to immigration enforcement and detention by keeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and…
CHICAGO, IL - On Friday, March 4, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the U.S. government cannot expel families to places where they may face persecution or torture. Hours later, a federal district court in Texas ruled that the U.S. government must expel unaccompanied children…
Three people who arrived at O’Hare International Airport with valid travel documents and were subject to intimidation, discriminatory treatment, and unjust detention by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers have filed a federal civil rights complaint demanding an investigation into the agency’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Axios reported that the Biden administration is planning an expanded home confinement and curfew pilot program for immigrants seeking asylum or other protection in the U.S. immigration courts.
In response to the reporting from Axios, National Immigration Project (…
Class action case was brought by Chicago residents detained in ICE sweeps
CHICAGO – The use of illegal traffic stops and arrest practices by federal immigration enforcement officials will be curtailed under a settlement resolving a lawsuit brought by Chicago area residents detained in ICE sweeps…
A federal court ruled that two rules issued by the Trump administration restricting — and in some cases eliminating — access to work authorization for asylum seekers were illegally issued and are therefore invalid.
More than a year ago, a group of nearly 20 asylum seekers along with three…
Immigrant rights activists, public health advocates, and community allies gathered outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Chicago Field Office today to demand that Director Sylvie Renda release, not transfer, the nearly 30 individuals who remain in immigration detention at…
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas yesterday betrayed the Biden administration’s commitments to disentangle local policing from the federal detention and deportation system and called on local law enforcement agencies to assist DHS in the enforcement of federal civil…