New Materials

* For earlier materials, please see the appropriate "Advocacy" or "Media" sections*

June 2007

May 2007

April 2007

Advocacy & Media

Advocacy Issues

As the U.S. Congress debates comprehensive immigration reform legislation, NIJC is keeping its constituents abreast of key legislative developments and the impact that proposals would have on immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the United States.  For more information on this debate, including facts sheets and alerts, please contact us.

NIJC COMMENTARY ON COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

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Media Resources

Thanks to its direct legal services work and policy reform efforts, NIJC is able to provide expert analysis and, in many cases, client stories and interviews to members of the press corps.  If you are a reporter and would like further information on local, regional, or national issues impacting immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, or for more information about NIJC, please call (312) 660-1337.  Please see below for a listing of select NIJC press releases and published articles. *NOTE: Materials not produced by the National Immigrant Justice Center (or Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center) or Heartland Alliance should not be used without consent.

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IMPACT LITIGATION

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CASE STORIES

Lobsang

Xiu Rong Lin

Ahmed Ali

Kisuule Magala Katende

Josue Leocal

Xio Ping Wang

Other Case Stories

 

 

PHOTOS

Front page photo of NIJC Director Mary Meg McCarthy with Eighth Annual

Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards keynote speaker, Professor Joseph Margulies

Ad for the National Immigrant Justice Center appearing in July 17, 2006 Edition of Crain's Chicago Business

 

American Immigration Lawyers Association President-Elect and NIJC Leadership Council member and Advocacy Committee Chair Carlina Tapia-Ruano speaks out at an April 3, 2006 press conference on poison pill provisions of the Senate bill on immigration that would expand immigrant detention and strip courts of power.

NIJC Director Mary Meg McCarthy addresses members of the press on April 3 regarding the need for humane immigration reform that ensures access to justice and access to protection for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the United States. The Chicago press conference was one of seven held nationwide on detention and enforcement provisions of the Senate immigration bills.

 

 

 

 

 

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UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

detention center investigation

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    American Civil Liberties Union  LogoLutheran Immigration and refugee Service  Human Rights First  The University of Texas at Austin 

 

BRIEFING MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS

 


In May 2007, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants toured the United States on a fact-finding mission to investigate the conditions of immigrants and migrants living in the United States. The visit included tours of detention facilities in Arizona, Texas, and New Jersey. In preparation for the visit, a detention and deportation working group composed of non-governmental organizations and legal aid agencies from throughout the country submitted briefing papers highlighting human rights and due process violations they have encountered at federal detention facilities and county jails where immigrant detainees are held. The papers offer recommendations for vital detention reforms necessary to restore justice and humanity to the U.S. immigration system.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

  • OVER USE OF IMMIGRANT DETENTION AND ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION

 

 
  • DETENTION CONDITIONS

 

  • ISSUES FACED BY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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