NILC Statement on SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Decision
Published Jun 30, 2026 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship.
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No Muslim Ban Ever Coalition Urges Support of NO BAN Act As It Moves into Committee Markup
No Muslim Ban Ever Coalition Urges Support of NO BAN Act As It Moves into Committee Markup
Published Feb 12, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the House Judiciary Committee will begin the markup process on the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act, also known as the NO BAN...
Las Vegas Resident Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Local Law Enforcement for Violating His Constitutional Rights Through Collaboration Efforts with ICE
Las Vegas Resident Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Local Law Enforcement for Violating His Constitutional Rights Through Collaboration Efforts with ICE
Published Feb 6, 2020 LAS VEGAS, NV — David Adame-Reyes, a longtime Las Vegas resident, who was subject to an unlawful arrest and wrongful detention after being ordered released by a judge, sued Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo and the Las Vegas Metropolitan...
No Muslim Ban Ever Coalition Condemns Trump Administration’s Expanded Muslim Ban
No Muslim Ban Ever Coalition Condemns Trump Administration’s Expanded Muslim Ban
Published Jan 31, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO — The No Muslim Ban Ever campaign, a coalition of progressive, faith, immigrant, asylum, refugee, and civil rights groups, denounces the Trump administration’s latest iteration of the Muslim ban that will expand restrictions...
Advocates Urge Families to Fight Fear with Facts as Public Charge Implementation Date Announced
Advocates Urge Families to Fight Fear with Facts as Public Charge Implementation Date Announced
Published Jan 31, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday its intent to begin implementing the Trump administration’s public charge regulation (PDF) on February 24 and that an applicant’s use of public programs covered...
Civil Rights Groups Argue in the Fourth Circuit to Challenge Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban
Civil Rights Groups Argue in the Fourth Circuit to Challenge Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban
Published Jan 28, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC — Today, three years after the Trump administration announced the first iteration of the Muslim ban, civil rights groups argued before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in an ongoing challenge to the latest version of the...
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Trump Administration to Implement Anti-Immigrant Regulation While Challenges Are Heard
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Trump Administration to Implement Anti-Immigrant Regulation While Challenges Are Heard
Published Jan 27, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court today temporarily lifted nationwide court orders blocking implementation of the Trump administration’s public charge regulation, allowing this widely opposed wealth test to take effect while several...
Trial Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions Inside U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Facilities in Arizona Ends
Trial Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions Inside U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Facilities in Arizona Ends
Published Jan 22, 2020 TUCSON — Today, a federal judge heard closing arguments in Doe v. Wolf, a lawsuit filed by the National Immigration Law Center, the ACLU of Arizona, the American Immigration Council, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San...
Immigrant Rights Advocates and Individual Immigrants File Petition to Block Three Interrelated “Public Charge” Rules
Immigrant Rights Advocates and Individual Immigrants File Petition to Block Three Interrelated “Public Charge” Rules
Published Jan 21, 2020 NEW YORK, NY — Today, immigrant rights advocates filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) for a preliminary injunction in Make the Road New York v. Pompeo, the first federal lawsuit seeking to...
Migrant Justice Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with Vermont DMV
Migrant Justice Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with Vermont DMV
Published Jan 15, 2020 MONTPELIER, VT — Human rights organization Migrant Justice and the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles have reached a settlement in a federal antidiscrimination lawsuit.
Immigrant Rights Advocates in New York File First Federal Lawsuit to Jointly Block Three Interrelated “Public Charge” Rules
Immigrant Rights Advocates in New York File First Federal Lawsuit to Jointly Block Three Interrelated “Public Charge” Rules
Published Dec 19, 2019 NEW YORK — Today, immigrant rights advocates in New York filed Make the Road New York v. Pompeo, the first federal lawsuit seeking to jointly block three interrelated “public charge” rules promulgated by the Trump...
Spending Compromise Hurts Immigrant Communities
Spending Compromise Hurts Immigrant Communities
Published Dec 17, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC — Ahead of the vote in the House of Representatives on a governmentwide spending bill, Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following...
New Jersey To Join Growing Number of States Extending Access to Driver’s Licenses for All Residents
New Jersey To Join Growing Number of States Extending Access to Driver’s Licenses for All Residents
Published Dec 16, 2019 TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey State Legislature voted today to pass critical legislation that expands access to driver’s licenses to all residents who are otherwise eligible, regardless of immigration...
Appeals Court Ruling Reckless, Advocates Warn
Appeals Court Ruling Reckless, Advocates Warn
Published Dec 10, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC — A federal appeals court Monday lifted the second of four court orders blocking implementation of the Trump administration’s public charge regulations, which threaten the health, nutrition, and housing of millions of...
NILC and NILC Immigrant Justice Fund Welcome New Board Members
NILC and NILC Immigrant Justice Fund Welcome New Board Members
Published Oct 28, 2019 LOS ANGELES — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund (IJF) each has added a new member to its board of directors: Angela Banks now serves on NILC’s board, and Ginette Magaña serves on IJF’s...
Senate Letter Challenging Trump “Junk” Insurance Mandate Applauded
Senate Letter Challenging Trump “Junk” Insurance Mandate Applauded
Published Oct 23, 2019 WASHINGTON — United States Senators Patty Murray (D-Washington) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), ranking Democrats on key Senate committees with jurisdiction over health care, today sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex...