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    NILC Statement on Reports that Trump Plans to Revoke Policy Safeguarding Schools, Churches from ICE

    NILC Statement on Reports that Trump Plans to Revoke Policy Safeguarding Schools, Churches from ICE

    Dec 11, 2024 WASHINGTON — Heidi Altman, federal advocacy director at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to a report that President-elect Donald Trump plans to revoke a long-standing policy restricting...

    Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Oklahoma’s Anti-Immigrant HB 4156

    Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Oklahoma’s Anti-Immigrant HB 4156

    Jun 28, 2024 OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court has temporarily blocked Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a harmful and far-reaching law that would have devastating consequences for Oklahoma’s immigrant...

    NILC Statement on Biden’s Plan to Provide Relief for Some Undocumented Spouses of U.S Citizens

    NILC Statement on Biden’s Plan to Provide Relief for Some Undocumented Spouses of U.S Citizens

    Jun 18, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s plan to provide relief for some immigrants who are...

    NILC Statement on Biden’s Executive Action on the Border

    NILC Statement on Biden’s Executive Action on the Border

    Jun 4, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s anti-immigrant executive action on the...

    Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Block Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional HB 4156

    Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Block Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional HB 4156

    May 23, 2024 OKLAHOMA CITY — Civil rights groups today challenged Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a far-reaching, harmful new law that would create a state system to regulate immigration that completely bypasses and conflicts with federal law and would have...

    Community Members Wrongfully Denied Visas from Trump’s Muslim Ban Win Major Agreement to Repair Far-Reaching Harms

    Community Members Wrongfully Denied Visas from Trump’s Muslim Ban Win Major Agreement to Repair Far-Reaching Harms

    May 15, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO, C.A. — In an unwavering assertion of people’s rights to find safety and a better life, a federal judge has approved a major agreement that provides a clear visa reconsideration process, including waived application fees, to...

    Immigrant Texans and Border Organization Sue to Block Extremist Anti-Immigrant State Law

    Immigrant Texans and Border Organization Sue to Block Extremist Anti-Immigrant State Law

    Mar 12, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas — Texas residents and a local nonprofit organization are challenging the state’s new anti-immigrant law, known as S.B. 4, in federal court as unconstitutional.

    NILC Statement on Border Deal Vote

    NILC Statement on Border Deal Vote

    Feb 7, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to the Senate vote to consider a deal that would decimate the U.S. asylum system in...

    NILC Statement on the Supplemental Funding Deal

    NILC Statement on the Supplemental Funding Deal

    Feb 4, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the released text of the supplemental funding deal that would decimate the U.S. asylum system, among other dangerous...

    Immigrant Rights Groups Demand Accountability for ‘Gross Violations of Human Rights’ at Open-Air Detention Sites at U.S.-Mexico Border

    Immigrant Rights Groups Demand Accountability for ‘Gross Violations of Human Rights’ at Open-Air Detention Sites at U.S.-Mexico Border

    Dec 13, 2023 JACUMBA, Calif. — Seven immigrant rights organizations lodged an urgent federal complaint this week against the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) and its Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...

    NILC Statement on Negotiations to Trade Anti-Immigrant Restrictions for Foreign Aid

    NILC Statement on Negotiations to Trade Anti-Immigrant Restrictions for Foreign Aid

    Dec 8, 2023 WASHINGTON —Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to reports that the Biden administration is entertaining Republican demands for more extreme anti-immigrant...

    NILC Statement Condemning Anti-Immigrant Texas Bill SB 4

    NILC Statement Condemning Anti-Immigrant Texas Bill SB 4

    Nov 15, 2023 AUSTIN, Texas — Lisa Graybill, vice president of law and policy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the passage of Texas Senate Bill...

    NILC Statement on Reports that Biden Admin is Negotiating Changes to Asylum

    NILC Statement on Reports that Biden Admin is Negotiating Changes to Asylum

    Nov 3, 2023 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to reports that the Biden administration is...

    Lawsuit Claims Indiana Law Discriminates Based on National Origin

    Lawsuit Claims Indiana Law Discriminates Based on National Origin

    Sep 1, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of five Haitian immigrants who want to obtain an Indiana driver’s license or identification...

    NILC Urges President Biden to Veto Challenge to Public Charge Rule

    NILC Urges President Biden to Veto Challenge to Public Charge Rule

    May 17, 2023 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to the Senate vote to repeal the Biden administration’s public charge...