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Published Apr 15, 2026 TIME named Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and the Immigrant Justice Fund (IJF) to the 2026 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the...
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Published Mar 7, 2017 New State-by-State Interactive Shows How Much Federal Funding Sanctuary Cities Could Lose at the Hands of President Trump’s Administration WASHINGTON — In an executive order issued on January 25,...
Published Mar 7, 2017 Civil and Immigrants’ Rights Groups Work to Win Release for Dreamer Daniela Vargas and Prevent Deportation Due Process, First Amendment Rights Violated LOS ANGELES — Civil and...
Published Mar 6, 2017 NILC Statement on New Muslim Ban Executive Order LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump today signed a new executive order banning entry to the U.S. of individuals from six Muslim-majority countries and of all refugees. The order is meant to...
Published Feb 28, 2017 NILC Statement on the President’s First Address to Congress WASHINGTON — In President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress this evening, he sketched out his policy agenda for the coming year. Included in...
Published Feb 27, 2017 NILC Announces New Deputy Director Reshma Shamasunder LOS ANGELES — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is excited to welcome Reshma Shamasunder, a longtime champion for immigrants’ rights, as its new Deputy Director, Programs. In...
Published Feb 21, 2017 DHS Memos Lay Out Mass Deportation Blueprint LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration today released documents laying out a plan for radical changes to immigration enforcement. The documents set into policy draconian and expensive measures...
Published Feb 17, 2017 Statement on Leaked DHS Memo Proposing National Guard Mobilization for Immigration Enforcement WASHINGTON — Media reports on Friday revealed that the Trump administration may be considering draconian and expensive immigration enforcement...
Published Feb 14, 2017 Statement on Reported Detention of DACA Recipient WASHINGTON — Media reports on Tuesday made public the case of Daniel Ramirez Medina, a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, who was detained by U.S. Immigration and...
Published Feb 10, 2017 NILC Statement on the Confirmation of Tom Price to Head HHS LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Senate today voted to confirm Rep. Tom Price of Georgia as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the...
Published Feb 9, 2017 Ninth Circuit Keeps Muslim Ban Temporary Restraining Order in Place LOS ANGELES — A panel of federal judges today rejected the Trump administration’s request to stay a temporary restraining order that temporarily blocks key sections of...
Published Feb 8, 2017 NILC Statement on the Confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions as Attorney General WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate today voted to confirm Alabama senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general, the top post in the Department of Justice. Kamal Essaheb,...
Published Feb 7, 2017 Groups File New Challenge to Trump Muslim Ban BALTIMORE — A new federal lawsuit was filed today challenging President Trump’s Muslim-ban executive order, charging it violates the Constitution—including the First Amendment’s prohibition...
Published Jan 31, 2017 NILC Responds to Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court of Judge Neil Gorsuch LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump today announced the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. The announcement comes after Senate Republicans...
Published Jan 28, 2017 Federal Court Orders U.S. Government to Allow Refugees and Others Impacted by Trump Immigration Order to Stay NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York has granted a nationwide stay of removal preventing the Trump administration from deporting...
Published Jan 28, 2017 First Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump’s Order Banning Refugees from the United States NEW YORK — Today some of the nation’s leading civil rights groups filed the first legal challenge to the Trump administration’s executive order...
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