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January 20, 2025
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NILC Statement on Trump’s Inauguration and Day-One Immigration Actions
WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s inauguration and plans for immigration-related executive actions:
“Donald Trump wasted no time in unleashing an assault on immigrant communities designed to inflict maximum cruelty and sow chaos across the country. Taken as a whole, Trump’s words and actions reveal the enormity of the danger we’re facing, which compels us all to mobilize to fight back. This is a fight not just to protect immigrants, but to also defend our democracy. NILC was unafraid to confront Trump during his first term and we will meet this moment with the courage and ferocity necessary to resist his destructive agenda.”
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Greater Boston Legal Services et al. v. Mullin
This lawsuit challenges the federal government’s new policy of hiding the locations of thousands of people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The policy unlawfully interferes with communication between detainees, their...
Last update: Oct 28, 2026
Immigrants’ Rights Organizations File Lawsuit to Stop ICE from Hiding Locations of Detained People
Published Oct 28, 2026 A group of legal services organizations today filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s new policy of hiding the locations of thousands of people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The policy unlawfully...
On National Immigrants Day, New Survey Reveals Chilling Effect of Immigration Enforcement Across Immigrant Communities
Published Oct 28, 2026 The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and BSP Research today released the 2026 Behavior and Attitudinal Immigrant National Survey findings showing the impact of the Trump administration's mass detention and deportation agenda on Latino,...
