The fight for immigrant justice continues in the new year

Happy New Year! In the last months of 2022, supporters like you raised more than $570,000 to provide life-changing legal services immigrants and asylum seekers. Check out our blog post highlighting our 2022 accomplishments. We're grateful for your support and look forward to making more progress in 2023.

If you didn't get a chance to donate at the end of the year, you can still support immigrants and asylum seekers.

New border policies increase expulsions and threaten right to asylum

President Biden recently announced that he will expand Title 42 expulsions to Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans - paired with a very narrow parole program - and resurrect a Trump-era asylum ban. Read our statement condemning these new policies and demanding that the administration be on the right side of history. See our FAQ about the new border policies.

IN THE NEWS: Before New Year's, the Supreme Court ruled to keep Title 42 in place despite it denying asylum seekers of their rights. The Chicago Sun Times spoke with NIJC's Keren Zwick and wrote an article about how this ruling is being used as a political tool.

Foreign data is being used to target immigrants

U.S. immigration agencies have been using a vast network of unreliable foreign data to target, detain, and deport immigrants. See more about the disastrous consequences foreign data sharing has for immigrants in the U.S. in our latest policy brief. Read the policy brief.

IN THE NEWS: Type investigations spoke with NIJC's Lisa Koop and Nayna Gupta about the policy brief and how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is using unreliable foreign data to separate families and deny immigrants and asylum seekers.

Felipe and his father have reunited, but his mother remains detained

11-year-old Felipe, his mother, and father came to the United States fleeing violence from their home country of Colombia, but were detained and unjustly separated. After months of advocacy, Felipe and his father were released and reunited right before New Year's Eve! While they are excited to be together, they are still waiting for Felipe's mother. Read more about their story in NIJC's blog post.

IN THE NEWS: The Texas Observer detailed Felipe's family story as part of its investigation into continued family separations.

TAKE ACTION: Sign NIJC's petition to release Felipe's mother so she can reunite with her son and husband.