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# National Immigrant Justice Center

> NIJC keeps families together, frees people from the dangers of immigrant detention, and prevents asylum seekers from being deported based on unjust laws and illegal government actions\.

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## Pages
- [Sponsorship information for the 27th Annual Human Rights Awards](https://immigrantjustice.org/sponsorship-information-for-the-26th-annual-human-rights-awards/): For more than 25 years, the National Immigrant Justice Center's \(NIJC\) Human Rights Awards has honored human rights champions and business, civic, and community leaders\.
- [Home](https://immigrantjustice.org/): Our advocacy and legal services teams keep families together, free people from the dangers of immigrant detention, and prevent asylum seekers and long\-time community members from being deported based on unjust laws and illegal government actions\.
- [Know Your Rights: USCIS Re\-interviews for Refugees and Asylees](https://immigrantjustice.org/know-your-rights-uscis-re-interviews-for-refugees-and-asylees/): U\.S\. Citizenship and Immigration Services \(USCIS\) recently announced a new initiative to re\-interview many refugees and asylees who have recently been admitted to the United States\. While it is unclear exactly who will be impacted by this initiative, or what re\-interviews will look like, the following resources provide an overview of the information we do know about this process and guidance for how to prepare for a potential future interview\.
- [Know Your Rights: What to Do if You or a Loved One is Detained](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/know-your-rights/what-do-if-you-or-loved-one-detained/)
- [Sign up to get our emails](https://immigrantjustice.org/subscribe26/)

## Posts
- [Recording \| More money, more violence: How Congress is poised to send billions more to ICE \& Border Patrol](https://immigrantjustice.org/blog/recording-more-money-more-violence-how-congress-is-poised-to-send-billions-more-to-ice-border-patrol/): Experts from NIJC give a breakdown of how the new budget bill impacts immigration policy and immigrants in our communities\.
- [The Fight Against Funding ICE \& Border Patrol Abuse Escalates](https://immigrantjustice.org/blog/the-fight-against-funding-ice-border-patrol-abuse-escalates/)
- [Oppose the New Trump Rule Eliminating Due Process at the Board of Immigration Appeals](https://immigrantjustice.org/blog/oppose-the-new-rule-eliminating-due-process-at-the-board-of-immigration-appeals/): Congress has the opportunity to put a stop to the violence inflicted by ICE and CBP’s Border Patrol by cutting the agencies’ fiscal year funding, demanding meaningful policy changes to end the impunity for the discriminatory abuses, and redirecting funds from their already bloated budgets to better fund programs that support the safety and wellness of U\.S\. communities\.
- [NIJC Condemns Trump Administration’s Gutting of the DOJ Accredited Representative Program for Immigrants](https://immigrantjustice.org/press-release/nijc-condemns-trump-administrations-gutting-of-the-doj-accredited-representative-program-for-immigrants/): The Department of Justice \(DOJ\) has reportedly gutted the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s Recognition and Accreditation Program, which for more than 60 years has expanded access to legal services in the immigration system by permitting qualified non\-attorney DOJ\-accredited representatives, embedded in nonprofits with extensive experience, to provide legal representation for indigent immigrants\. 
- [NIJC Testifies at Congressional Hearing on How DHS Is Enriching the President and His Allies at Taxpayer Expense](https://immigrantjustice.org/blog/nijc-testifies-at-congressional-hearing-on-how-dhs-is-enriching-the-president-and-his-allies-at-taxpayer-expense/): In a field hearing today in Chicago, over a dozen members are examining Trump’s unlawful and aggressive actions in Chicago and meeting with witnesses who have experienced personal trauma, constitutional violations, and labor implications\. 

## People
- [Estefany Solis](https://immigrantjustice.org/about-nijc/people/estefany-solis/)
- [Richard Caldarone](https://immigrantjustice.org/about-nijc/people/richard-caldarone/)
- [Fernando Aguilar](https://immigrantjustice.org/about-nijc/people/fernando-aguilar/)
- [Daisy Nieto](https://immigrantjustice.org/about-nijc/people/daisy-nieto/)
- [Juliana Tripp](https://immigrantjustice.org/about-nijc/people/juliana-tripp/)

## Issues
- [Unaccompanied Children](https://immigrantjustice.org/issues/legal-help-unaccompanied-immigrant-children/): Unaccompanied immigrant children arrive in the United States alone because they are fleeing violence, abuse, trafficking, or are seeking to reunite with family\.
- [Transparency Project](https://immigrantjustice.org/issues/transparency-project/): The National Immigrant Justice Center’s \(NIJC\) Transparency Project, uses Freedom of Information Act \(FOIA\) requests and open records laws to uncover abuses in the U\.S\. immigration detention and enforcement system\.
- [LGBTQ Immigrants](https://immigrantjustice.org/issues/lgbtq-immigrants-rights/)
- [Detention and Enforcement](https://immigrantjustice.org/issues/detention-and-enforcement/)
- [Decriminalize Immigration](https://immigrantjustice.org/issues/decriminalize-immigration/): Immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers are increasingly targeted for harsh criminal penalties and detention without due process, fueling mass incarceration and tearing apart families and communities\.

## Resources
- [Resources for Representing Detained Immigrants](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/resources/resources-for-representing-detained-immigrants/)
- [FAQ: Voluntary Departure](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/resources/faq-voluntary-departure/)
- [Sample Comment: Oppose the BIA Rule Eliminating Judicial Review](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/resources/sample-comment-oppose-the-bia-rule-eliminating-judicial-review/)
- [Practice Advisory: Understanding New BIA Procedures](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/resources/practice-advisory-understanding-new-bia-procedures/)
- [Special Immigrant Juvenile Status \(SIJS\): Preparing a Predicate Order in Illinois](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/resources/special-immigrant-juvenile-status-sijs-preparing-a-predicate-order-in-illinois/): This page supports pro bono attorneys in preparing Special Immigrant Juvenile Status \(SIJS\) in Illinois\.

## Services
- [Legal Services for DACA Recipients \& Dreamers](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/services/legal-services-for-daca-recipients-dreamers/): In partnership with private attorneys from Chicago law firms, the National Immigrant Justice Center hosts regular clinics to help Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival \(DACA\) recipients complete and file applications to renew their protection\.
- [Immigration Court Helpdesk](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/services/immigration-court-helpdesk/): NIJC's Immigration Court Helpdesk \(ICH\) Hotline provides FREE legal information to unrepresented individuals at the Chicago Immigration Court\.
- [Legal Services for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/services/legal-services-for-unaccompanied-immigrant-children/): NIJC can help children who entered the country as unaccompanied minors to evaluate their options for legal relief from immigration\.
- [Legal Services for LGBTQ Immigrants](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/services/legal-services-for-lgbtq-immigrants/): NIJC's LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative provides legal services to low\-income immigrants who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender \(LGBT\) and those who are living with HIV\.
- [Legal Services for Detained Immigrants](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/services/legal-services-for-detained-immigrants/): The Detention Project provides legal orientation and representation to immigrant adults who are held by the Department of Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement in immigration detention in facilities across the Midwest\.

## Court Cases
- [Amica Center for Immigrant Rights v\. EOIR: Challenging Elimination of Appellate Review before the BIA](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/cases/amica-center-for-immigrant-rights-v-eoir-challenging-elimination-of-appellate-review-before-the-bia/): The lawsuit, filed in the U\.S\. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenges the February 6, 2026, Interim Final Rule \(IFR\) titled Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals, which is set to take effect on March 9, 2026\.
- [E\.Q\. v\. D\.H\.S\.: Challenging the January 2025 Mandatory Bar Rule](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/cases/e-q-v-d-h-s-challenging-the-january-2025-mandatory-bar-rule/)
- [Castañon Nava v\. DHS: Challenging Warrantless ICE Arrests](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/cases/castanon-nava-et-al-v-dhs-et-al/): The U\.S\. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved a settlement on February 8, 2022, in the class action lawsuit, Castañon Nava et al\. v\. Dep’t of Homeland Security et al\., No\. 18\-cv\-3757\-RRP \(N\.D\. Ill\.\)\.
- [Gonzalez v\. ICE](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/cases/gonzalez-v-ice/): Gonzalez v\. ICE challenges various U\.S\. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer practices, including the agency’s reliance on error\-ridden databases to generate requests, known as detainers, for local law enforcement to hold individuals to be transferred into immigration custody\.
- [RAICES v\. Noem](https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/cases/raices-v-noem/)

## Careers
- [NIJC Schreiber Fellowships 2026\-2028](https://immigrantjustice.org/careers/nijc-schreiber-fellowships-2026-2028/)

## Detention Data
- [West Tennessee Detention Facility \(CoreCivic\)](https://immigrantjustice.org/detention-data/west-tennessee-detention-facility-corecivic/): The following documents are pre\-occupancy only\. To our knowledge, ICE has not yet signed a contract for this facility\.
- [West Texas Detention Facility, TX](https://immigrantjustice.org/detention-data/west-texas-detention-facility-tx/)
- [Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail VA](https://immigrantjustice.org/detention-data/virginia-peninsula-regional-jail-va/)
- [San Luis Regional Detention Center,  AZ](https://immigrantjustice.org/detention-data/san-luis-regional-detention-center-az/)
- [Imperial Regional Adult Detention Facility, CA ](https://immigrantjustice.org/detention-data/imperial-regional-adult-detention-facility-ca/)

## Events
- [Asylum Pride Pro Bono Training 2026](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/asylum-pride-pro-bono-training-2026/): Join us on Thursday, June 4 from 9:30 a\.m\. – 12:00 p\.m\. CT for NIJC's annual Asylum Pride Training\.
- [U Visa Training for Pro Bono Attorneys](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/u-visa-training-for-pro-bono-attorneys/)
- [Virtual policy briefing \| More money, more violence: How Congress is poised to send billions more to ICE \& Border Patrol ](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/virtual-policy-briefing-more-money-more-violence-how-congress-is-poised-to-send-billions-more-to-ice-border-patrol/)
- [DACA Renewal Clinic 05/05/2026](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/daca-renewal-clinic-05-05-2026/): During this free legal clinic, private attorneys from Chicago's top law firms will join with the National Immigrant Justice Center \(NIJC\) to complete and file applications for qualified applicants to RENEW their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals \(DACA\)\.
- [DACA Renewal Clinic 04/10/2026](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/daca-renewal-clinic-04-10-2026/): During this free legal clinic, private attorneys from Chicago's top law firms will join with the National Immigrant Justice Center \(NIJC\) to complete and file applications for qualified applicants to RENEW their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals \(DACA\)\.

## Categories
- [Press Release](https://immigrantjustice.org/category/press-release/)
- [Research](https://immigrantjustice.org/category/research/)
- [Blog](https://immigrantjustice.org/category/blog/)
- [Chance to Come Home](https://immigrantjustice.org/category/chance-to-come-home/)

## Tags
- [LGBTQ Immigrants](https://immigrantjustice.org/issue_tags/lgbtq-immigrants/)
- [Federal Litigation](https://immigrantjustice.org/issue_tags/federal-litigation/)
- [Federal Legislation](https://immigrantjustice.org/issue_tags/federal-legislation/)
- [Inactive Tags \(do not use\)](https://immigrantjustice.org/issue_tags/legacy-tags/)
- [Immigration Detainers](https://immigrantjustice.org/issue_tags/immigration-detainers/)

## Resource Types
- [Training Webinars](https://immigrantjustice.org/resources/training-webinars/)
- [Checklists](https://immigrantjustice.org/resources/checklists/)
- [Procedural Manuals](https://immigrantjustice.org/resources/procedural-manuals/)
- [NIJC Pro Bono Program Guidance](https://immigrantjustice.org/resources/nijc-pro-bono-program-guidance/)
- [Practice Advisories](https://immigrantjustice.org/resources/practice-advisories/)

## Case Types
- [Asylum](https://immigrantjustice.org/cases/asylum/)
- [Child](https://immigrantjustice.org/cases/child/)
- [Detained](https://immigrantjustice.org/cases/detained/)
- [LGBTQ](https://immigrantjustice.org/cases/lgbtq/)
- [SIJS](https://immigrantjustice.org/cases/sijs/)

## Case Tags
- [Central District of California](https://immigrantjustice.org/case_tags/central-district-of-california/)
- [Northern District of Illinois](https://immigrantjustice.org/case_tags/northern-district-of-illinois/)
- [DC District Court](https://immigrantjustice.org/case_tags/dc-district-court/)
- [Supreme Court](https://immigrantjustice.org/case_tags/supreme-court/)
- [Eastern District of Michigan](https://immigrantjustice.org/case_tags/eastern-district-of-michigan/)

## Event Categories
- [NIJC Benefit](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/category/nijc-benefit/)
- [Pro Bono](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/category/pro-bono/)
- [Community](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/category/community/)
- [DACA](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/category/daca/)
- [Legal Clinic](https://immigrantjustice.org/calendar/category/legal-clinic/)

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