A massive network of volunteers is trained to jump into action when reports come in about detentions of illegal immigrants, to document their treatment and provide legal advice.
Read ArticleThe National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of immigrant teenagers who came to the United States alone and later were transferred from government shelters to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers when they turned 18. Many, including the lead plaintiffs, came to the U.S. seeking safety from dangerous situations at home and were awaiting reunification with family or sponsors.
Read ArticleThe ACLU has filed a suit on behalf of Ms. L. and her daughter S.S. who were separated upon arrival to the U.S. after fleeing the Congo and trying to seek asylum. The suit argues that the separation of Ms. L. and her daughter is in blatant violation of the due process protections of the Fifth Amendment since the two were separated without justification or even a hearing.
Read ArticleA discussion of the new Family First Prevention Services Act, which addresses a range of issues in public child welfare.
Read ArticleAn analysis of President Trump’s call to close “glaring loopholes in our laws” that gang members are allegedly taking advantage of to “enter the country as unaccompanied alien minors.”
Read ArticleThis report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2016.
View ReportThe Trump administration is considering new restrictions on working-class immigrants’ ability to reunite with their family members.
Read ArticleAn infographic about potential paths to a green card for TPS grantees.
Get the InfographicThis issue brief is intended to clarify what has and has not changed with respect to the policies affecting immigrants’ access to health care, nutrition, and other critical programs. The NILC invites you to use it as a resource when you speak with immigrants and immigrant families.
Read MoreA guide of information, resources and best practices that seeks to provide practitioners with the knowledge and skills to better serve the increasing number of Latino and recent immigrant families in their communities.
Read the Full ResourceThis fact sheet provides an overview of the Trump administration’s proposed changes to “public charge” policies and their implications for health and health coverage of legal immigrant families and their predominantly U.S.-born citizen children.
Read MoreThe Trump Administration is opening a new front in its assault on family-based immigration by making it harder for immigrants who might use essential public services to come to the United States and settle there permanently. The Department of Homeland Security has informed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that it plans to propose regulations that discard longstanding policy about the meaning and application of the “public charge” provisions of immigration law.
Get the Fact SheetThis resource discusses the three primary mechanisms to reduce a felony to a misdemeanor: Penal Code § 17(b), Prop 47, and Prop 64. This information is especially important for immigrants as reducing felony convictions to misdemeanor convictions can be a powerful way to eliminate certain grounds of deportability, or open up eligibility for immigration status or immigration benefits.
Read MoreA discussion of how childhood experiences related to deportations have a profound effect on children’s current lives and on their future opportunities.
Read the ArticleResearchers at NCCP, Urban Institute, and Migration Policy Institute looked at how the changing immigration policy environment is likely to affect immigrant families. Specifically, the report examines whether immigrant families living in states that ramped up enforcement of federal policy saw any changes in their material hardship, or how often fear of deportation affected their ability to pay for essentials (such as rent, utilities, or food).
View the ReportThis study explores the mental health impact of parental detention and deportation on U.S. citizen children as potentially traumatic events that may cause post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological distress.
Download the PublicationBorder Patrol officers are working without permission on private property and setting up checkpoints up to 100 miles away from the border under a little-known federal law that is being used more widely in the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration.
Read the StoryAccording to public defenders and immigrant advocates, more and more immigrant families who come to the southern border seeking asylum are being charged in federal criminal courts from El Paso to Arizona. Comprehensive statistics do not exist, but activists and attorneys say anecdotal evidence suggests the practice is spreading.
Read the ArticleA discussion of the proposed legislation which would force immigrants to choose between accessing needed benefits for their children and staying in the country.
Read the StoryThis article discusses the loopholes that allow unaccompanied immigrant children to remain in the U.S.
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