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A group of legal services organizations 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 interferes with...
The National Immigration Project and the End SIJS Backlog Coalition launched the SIJS Habeas Project, a national effort to win the release of young people with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status who are being held in ICE detention.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area and the National Immigration Project sued the U.S. Department of Justice and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) for illegally withholding records about a sweeping...
On October 7, 2026, a federal court declared the Trump administration’s implementation of the Remain in Mexico policy unlawful and ordered that it be vacated and set aside. The Court found that the policy violated U.S. immigration law by obstructing...
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a stay of the administration's December 2025 policy that stopped the collection of biometrics, including fingerprints and photographs, from detained immigrants with pending applications...
The US District Court for the District of Maryland has granted Plaintiffs’ motion to enforce a preliminary injunction requiring US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end unconstitutional conditions at the Baltimore Hold Rooms.
On Thursday, September 24, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard arguments in a major case over whether the federal government can detain immigrants without ever providing them a bond hearing where they can challenge whether...
The National Immigration Project, Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), and Human Rights First launched DetentionHelp.org, a free online tool that helps people held in immigration detention petition for their release without the support of a lawyer...
The National Immigration Project has released a community explainer walking people through how to arrange care for their pets in case they are detained or deported. The resource is free, available in three languages, and written for community members...