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    NILC’s Freedom to Thrive Podcast Nominated for Best Podcast – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging in the 29th Annual Webby Awards

    NILC’s Freedom to Thrive Podcast Nominated for Best Podcast – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging in the 29th Annual Webby Awards

    Published Apr 11, 2025 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) today announced that its Freedom to Thrive podcast has been nominated for best Podcasts - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging in the 29th Annual Webby Awards....

    NILC Statement on Effort to Strip Education from Tennessee Kids Based on Immigration Status

    NILC Statement on Effort to Strip Education from Tennessee Kids Based on Immigration Status

    Published Apr 10, 2025 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement after the Tennessee Senate voted to pass a bill (SB0836) that would allow school districts to deny access to education to kids based on...

    NILC Denounces Supreme Court Decision in Alien Enemies Act Case

    NILC Denounces Supreme Court Decision in Alien Enemies Act Case

    Published Apr 7, 2025 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court greenlit the use of the Alien Enemies Act to send immigrants to be tortured...

    NILC, AIC, Immigrant Justice Advocates Sue Trump Administration to Block Requirement that Immigrants Register with the Government

    NILC, AIC, Immigrant Justice Advocates Sue Trump Administration to Block Requirement that Immigrants Register with the Government

    Published Mar 31, 2025 The National Immigration Law Center, American Immigration Council, and partner organizations filed a lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. challenging rule requiring millions of people to register with the federal government...

    NILC Welcomes Noel Candelaria to Board of Directors

    NILC Welcomes Noel Candelaria to Board of Directors

    Published Mar 25, 2025 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) today announced the addition of Noel Candelaria, secretary-treasurer of the National Education Association, to the NILC board of directors....

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

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

    Published 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

    Published 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

    Published 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

    Published 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

    Published 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

    Published 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

    Published 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

    Published 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

    Published 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

    Published 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...