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    NILC Statement on Trump’s Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act

    NILC Statement on Trump’s Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act

    Mar 15, 2025 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act

    NILC Statement on Maryland’s Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

    NILC Statement on Maryland’s Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

    Mar 14, 2025 WASHINGTON — Matthew Lopas, director of state advocacy & technical assistance at the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement in support of the Protecting Sensitive Locations...

    New Guide Helps U.S. Health Professionals Protect Patients from Immigration Enforcement

    New Guide Helps U.S. Health Professionals Protect Patients from Immigration Enforcement

    Mar 13, 2025 “Health Care and U.S. Immigration Enforcement: What Providers Should Know” from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) provides guidance to clinicians and hospital administrators on how to defend...

    NILC Statement on Trump Proposal to Strip DACA Recipients’ Affordable Health Care Eligibility

    NILC Statement on Trump Proposal to Strip DACA Recipients’ Affordable Health Care Eligibility

    Mar 10, 2025 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s proposed rule aiming to strip Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients’ Affordable...

    NILC Statement on DHS’s Detention of Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil

    NILC Statement on DHS’s Detention of Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil

    Mar 10, 2025 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement in response to reports of student activist Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest and detention by the U.S. Department of Homeland...

    Education Committee in Tennessee Advances Bill to Strip Education for Undocumented Students

    Education Committee in Tennessee Advances Bill to Strip Education for Undocumented Students

    Mar 5, 2025 Today the Senate Education Committee advanced SB0836, a bill seeking to require all local education agencies to begin tracking immigration status of all students in an effort to deny undocumented students fair access to public education in...

    NILC Statement on Executive Order Making English Official U.S. Language

    NILC Statement on Executive Order Making English Official U.S. Language

    Feb 28, 2025 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement in response to reports that President Trump plans to sign an executive order making English the official language of the United States:...

    NILC Statement on the House’s Reintroduction of the American Dream and Promise Act

    NILC Statement on the House’s Reintroduction of the American Dream and Promise Act

    Feb 26, 2025 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement following the reintroduction of the American Dream and Promise Act in the House:

    NILC Statement on Trump’s New Immigrant Registration Requirement

    NILC Statement on Trump’s New Immigrant Registration Requirement

    Feb 26, 2025 Heidi Altman, vice president of policy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's announcement that it will require undocumented immigrants to register with the federal...

    NILC Statement on Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Immigrant Access to Federal Programs

    NILC Statement on Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Immigrant Access to Federal Programs

    Feb 19, 2025 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s latest executive order targeting immigrant access to federal...

    NILC Statement on Decision by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to Oppose Extreme Attack on Right to Education for All

    NILC Statement on Decision by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to Oppose Extreme Attack on Right to Education for All

    Feb 12, 2025 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement following today’s announcement from Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt that he opposes State Superintendent of Education Ryan Walters’...

    TIRRC, NILC Denounce Legislation Attacking the Right to Education for All in Tennessee

    TIRRC, NILC Denounce Legislation Attacking the Right to Education for All in Tennessee

    Feb 4, 2025 NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) denounced the introduction of legislation by Tennessee House Majority Leader William Lamberth and Senate Finance Chair Bo...

    NILC Statement on Trump Expansion of Immigrant Detention at Guantanamo

    NILC Statement on Trump Expansion of Immigrant Detention at Guantanamo

    Jan 29, 2025 Raha Wala, vice president of strategy and campaigns at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement ordering the expansion of immigrant detention at Guantanamo...

    NILC Statement on Oklahoma State Board of Education Proposal Requiring Parents to Prove Citizenship

    NILC Statement on Oklahoma State Board of Education Proposal Requiring Parents to Prove Citizenship

    Jan 28, 2025 WASHINGTON — Nicholas Espíritu, deputy legal director at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Oklahoma State Board of Education’s decision to require parents to prove their citizenship when...

    Immigrants’ Rights Groups File FOIA Demanding Information on Trump Admin’s New Guidance Authorizing Immigration Arrests in Schools, Hospitals, and Other Protected Areas

    Immigrants’ Rights Groups File FOIA Demanding Information on Trump Admin’s New Guidance Authorizing Immigration Arrests in Schools, Hospitals, and Other Protected Areas

    Jan 22, 2025