NILC Statement on Trump’s Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act
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
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NILC Statement on DHS Policy to Renew Protections for Workers Asserting Their Rights
NILC Statement on DHS Policy to Renew Protections for Workers Asserting Their Rights
Jan 17, 2024 WASHINGTON — Jessie Hahn, senior labor and employment policy attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s announcement of a process for workers who...
NILC Urges Senate to Confirm Julie Su as Department of Labor Secretary
NILC Urges Senate to Confirm Julie Su as Department of Labor Secretary
Apr 26, 2023 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, incoming president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee moving forward with the nomination of Julie Su for...
NILC Statement on the Reintroduction of The POWER Act
NILC Statement on the Reintroduction of The POWER Act
Mar 28, 2023 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, executive vice president of programs and strategy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the reintroduction of the Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation...
NILC Calls on Senate to Confirm Julie Su for U.S. Secretary of Labor
NILC Calls on Senate to Confirm Julie Su for U.S. Secretary of Labor
Feb 28, 2023 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, executive vice president of programs and strategy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s nomination of Julie Su for Secretary of...
Federal Court Approves Classwide Settlement of Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Workplace Raid
Federal Court Approves Classwide Settlement of Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Workplace Raid
Feb 27, 2023 CHATTANOOGA, TN — On Feb. 27, a federal judge approved a final settlement in a class action lawsuit challenging an April 2018 workplace immigration raid at a meat processing plant in East...
NILC Statement on the Department of Homeland Security’s Guidance Regarding Workers Asserting their Rights in the Workplace
NILC Statement on the Department of Homeland Security’s Guidance Regarding Workers Asserting their Rights in the Workplace
Jan 13, 2023 WASHINGTON — Raha Wala, vice president of strategic partnerships and advocacy, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that clarifies the process by which workers asserting their...
NILC and More Than 330 Orgs Call on Biden Admin to Release Guidance that Enables Workers Involved in Labor Disputes to Apply for Deferred Action
NILC and More Than 330 Orgs Call on Biden Admin to Release Guidance that Enables Workers Involved in Labor Disputes to Apply for Deferred Action
Nov 21, 2022 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center and over 330 immigrants’, civil, and labor rights organizations sent a letter calling on U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to follow through on the...
Federal Court Preliminarily Approves Classwide Settlement of Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Workplace ICE Raid
Federal Court Preliminarily Approves Classwide Settlement of Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Workplace ICE Raid
Oct 19, 2022 KNOXVILLE, TN — On Oct. 19, a federal judge preliminarily approved a class settlement of a lawsuit challenging an April 2018 immigration raid. The settlement provides over $1 million to workers detained as part of the raid, which took place...
NILC and SPLC Win Class Certification in Lawsuit Alleging ICE and IRS Agents Violated Workers’ Civil Rights During Workplace Raid
NILC and SPLC Win Class Certification in Lawsuit Alleging ICE and IRS Agents Violated Workers’ Civil Rights During Workplace Raid
Aug 11, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal court in Tennessee has cleared the way for a collective federal civil rights action brought on behalf of over 100 Latino workers against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Internal Revenue Service...
NILC Statement on the Department of Labor’s Guidance for Workers Involved in Labor Disputes
NILC Statement on the Department of Labor’s Guidance for Workers Involved in Labor Disputes
Jul 6, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s announcement of a process by which workers involved in labor disputes can...
NILC Statement on New DHS Memo on Worksite Enforcement
NILC Statement on New DHS Memo on Worksite Enforcement
Oct 12, 2021 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s new memo on worksite...
NILC Statement on the Essential Role of Immigrant Workers
NILC Statement on the Essential Role of Immigrant Workers
May 12, 2021 WASHINGTON — Immigrant workers, experts, and advocates testified at a hearing before a key U.S. Senate subcommittee today highlighting the experiences of immigrant essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and pending legislation to...
Federal Court Allows Workers’ Claims to Proceed in Lawsuit Challenging Major ICE Workplace Raid
Federal Court Allows Workers’ Claims to Proceed in Lawsuit Challenging Major ICE Workplace Raid
Feb 2, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Sunday, January 31, a federal judge largely allowed a lawsuit challenging an April 2018 immigration raid to proceed, denying in part the federal government’s motion to dismiss the...
National and State Immigrants’ Rights Leaders and Meatpacking Workers and Their Families Come Together to Address Worker Safety Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
National and State Immigrants’ Rights Leaders and Meatpacking Workers and Their Families Come Together to Address Worker Safety Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
May 6, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC — In meatpacking plants across the country, immigrants and people of color are facing disproportionate COVID-19 infection rates as plants are increasingly confirmed hotspots for...
Lawsuit Alleges ICE Agents Violated Workers’ Constitutional Rights Against Racial Profiling and Illegal Seizure
Lawsuit Alleges ICE Agents Violated Workers’ Constitutional Rights Against Racial Profiling and Illegal Seizure
Feb 21, 2019 KNOXVILLE — The National Immigration Law Center, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the law firm of Sherrard, Roe, Voigt & Harbison filed a lawsuit today on behalf of seven workers detained during an April 2018 immigration raid at an East...