Alejandra, a transgender activist, freed from jail

After nearly two years in immigration jail and extensive advocacy by organizations including NIJC and Amnesty International, members of Congress, and thousands of individuals (including you!), Alejandra Barrera was freed. Alejandra is a transgender woman and activist from El Salvador who is seeking asylum in the United States. "While we celebrate that Alejandra now is free, we continue to fight for other transgender women who remain in ICE custody, including our client Kelly* who has been detained for over two years," said NIJC's Tania Linares Garcia.

Congress must stop repeated money grabs to jail and deport people

The Trump administration circumvented Congress by taking $271 million away from disaster relief (right before Hurricane Dorian hit) and other domestic programs to fund immigration jails and efforts to block asylum seekers. In NIJC's latest blog post, we talk about what Congress can do.

Immigrant children can be detained indefinitely under new rule

NIJC condemns the Trump administration's new policy allowing the Department of Homeland Security to jail children indefinitely in unlicensed detention facilities and terminating a decades-old legal settlement protecting the basic rights of children in U.S. custody.

The attack on asylum seekers: A timeline

The Trump administration has brought a nearly unending series of attacks against people's right to claim asylum in the United States. We made a timeline to highlight the major events comprising the administration’s assault on asylum seekers, and how people are fighting back to protect them. Just yesterday, a judge issued a nationwide block of the attempt to block asylum seekers who travel through other countries on their journey to the United States.

On the blog - Angelica's fight: An immigration activist gets her green card

Angelica has been fighting to save her community from deportation for a long time. After getting her green card approved with the help of NIJC's Legal Protection Fund Project, she can now continue her PhD in social work and keep fighting.

Watch: National organizing call to stop the deportation machine

NIJC's Heidi Altman joined our friends at MoveOn and United We Dream for a call to update people around the country about immigration issues and what we can do to protect immigrants and hold ICE and border patrol accountable in the upcoming federal budget.

Gabriel is free and reunited with family!

In our last newsletter we asked you to contribute to help NIJC client Gabriel, who is an 18-year-old gay asylum seeker, pay his bond. Thanks to your donations via Go Fund Me, his family raised enough money to post bond and get him out of immigration jail. He will keep fighting his case, and it makes a huge difference to be able to do this surrounded by family and community. Gabriel is incredibly grateful for your generosity and support. He made this drawing while he was awaiting his release.