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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Education for All Campaign Steering Committee Members Celebrate Defeat of Bill Aimed at Stripping Education from Tennessee Kids Based on Their Immigration Status
Education for All Campaign Steering Committee Members Celebrate Defeat of Bill Aimed at Stripping Education from Tennessee Kids Based on Their Immigration Status
Published Apr 28, 2025 WASHINGTON — Steering committee members from the Education for All Campaign issued the following statements celebrating the defeat of extreme legislation that would have deprived students of their constitutional right to a public K-12...
NILC Statement on the Defeat of Bill Aimed at Stripping Education from Tennessee Kids Based on their Immigration Status
NILC Statement on the Defeat of Bill Aimed at Stripping Education from Tennessee Kids Based on their Immigration Status
Published Apr 22, 2025 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement after the Tennessee Legislature adjourned sine die without passing extreme legislation that would have deprived students of their constitutional...
NILC President Kica Matos is the Recipient of the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship
NILC President Kica Matos is the Recipient of the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship
Published Apr 14, 2025 Type Media Center announced today that Kica Matos, President of the National Immigration Law Center and the Immigrant Justice Fund, is the recipient of the Puffin Prize for Creative...
NILC, Colorado Rapid Response Network, and Colorado Immigrants Rights Coalition Partner to Launch Know Your Rights Bus Shelter Ad Campaign in Aurora
NILC, Colorado Rapid Response Network, and Colorado Immigrants Rights Coalition Partner to Launch Know Your Rights Bus Shelter Ad Campaign in Aurora
Published Apr 14, 2025 AURORA, Colo. — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC), in partnership with the Colorado Rapid Response Network and the Colorado Immigrants Right Coalition, launched a Know Your Rights campaign to help inform all Coloradoans in Aurora...
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...