New policy brief exposes problematic use of police reports

A new National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) policy brief, Prejudicial and Unreliable: The Role of Police Reports in U.S. Immigration Detention & Deportation Decisions, analyzes how and why police reports often determine whether immigrants are detained or deported, even though they are inherently unreliable documents. Read the brief and stories of people who have been impacted by this harmful practice.

Why Congress should not codify Title 42 into law

Right now, some members of Congress are trying to make the Title 42 border policy permanent by attaching it to spending bills that will soon be voted on. This would end asylum as we know it. Title 42 is the Trump-era border policy enacted during COVID-19 to block Black, Brown, and Indigenous migrants. New data shows more than two million expulsions of people seeking safety have happened under Title 42, the vast majority of which happened during the Biden administration. See 5 facts about Title 42 that show why Congress should not codify Title 42.
 

TAKE ACTION: Call and send a message to your members of Congress telling them to End Title 42 and oppose efforts to continue it indefinitely!

Five ways that immigration prosecutions are deadly and ineffective

The Biden administration is ramping up criminal prosecutions of the act of migrating. Not only do these prosecutions and policies aimed at deterring migration not work, but they are deadly. Read about five ways that immigration prosecutions are deadly and ineffective.

Letter in Chicago Sun-Times urges action for humane immigration policies

NIJC Leadership Board Co-Chair Ann Marie Walsh published a letter to the editor of the Chicago Sun-Times calling out the persistence of harsh and deadly immigration policies and urging the administration to end Remain in Mexico immediately. Read the letter to the editor (scroll down to second letter).

Take action: Sign the petition to end Remain in Mexico!

The Supreme Court recently issued a decision that the Biden administration can end the Remain in Mexico program, but right now the policy is still in place and is still forcing people to wait in dangerous conditions to apply for asylum. Sign the petition to President Biden to end Remain in Mexico now!

Spotlight: Congrats to a new U.S. citizen!

After a long process, this client became a U.S. citizen right before the Fourth of July! We are so excited for her and her family. Shout out to the NIJC staff who worked on the case: Jacky Delgado, Laura Garcia-Izaguirre, Jaime Gonzalez, Lizbeth Sanchez, Trisha Teofilo Olave.

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