Press Releases

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Detention

160 Organizations Call on White House, DHS to Implement a Meaningful Case Review Process for 14,000 People at Risk in Immigrant Detention

March 29, 2021

Today, 160 immigrant rights and legal services organizations called on the Biden administration to implement an effective case review process to consider the release of nearly 14,000 people who remain in immigration detention, at grave risk of...

Enforcement

We Cannot Celebrate a Bill that Perpetuates the Criminalization of Our Communities

March 3, 2021

In response to the introduction of the Dream and Promise Act today in the House, the National Immigration Project released the following statement...

Last Petitioner in Georgia Gynecological Abuse Class Action Secures Release from ICE Custody

January 22, 2021

Asylum

Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Policy That Has Trapped Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers in Mexico

October 28, 2020

Detention

Detained Immigrants Sue ICA-Farmville for COVID-19 Response as Over 80% of Facility Tests Positive

July 22, 2020

Yesterday, four immigrants detained at ICA-Farmville, a private immigration detention facility located in Farmville, VA, filed a lawsuit in federal court against ICE and Farmville Detention Center because of the facility’s woefully inadequate...

Detention

Report: Abuse, Neglect Common at Immigrant Detention Centers in the South

November 21, 2016