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Earlier this morning, ICE shot and killed Johan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. It’s the second time in six days that ICE has killed someone in this country. The first was Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot to death in Houston on July 7. Neither...
On the morning of July 7, ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, while he was on his way to work in Houston’s East End. Agents left him bleeding and crying for help on the street. In response, National Immigration Project Executive Director...
On July 2, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that people facing immigration detention have the right to meaningful due process protections and must be afforded a bond hearing within 90 days. The decision deals a major blow...
National Immigration Project Executive Director Sirine Shebaya issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Barbara, that President Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive order denying citizenship to certain children born in...
In response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions clearing the way for the Trump administration to strip Temporary Protected Status from more than 350,000 Haitians and Syrians, and ruling that people fleeing danger have no right to even ask for...
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the shameful Senate budget reconciliation bill, handing over an additional $70 billion dollars to ICE and CBP. This new funding includes a $350 million fund specifically for operations targeting cities...
The American Immigration Lawyers Association has named Rebecca Scholtz, Supervising Attorney at the National Immigration Project, as the recipient of the 2026 Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award, recognizing excellence in advancing the practice of...
A federal court in Washington, D.C., issued an order to enforce its own previous ruling halting the Trump administration’s policy and practice of arresting people for immigration violations in the District of Columbia without a warrant and without...
A group of detained noncitizens represented by Democracy Forward, National Immigration Project, and the National Immigrant Justice Center filed a class action lawsuit today challenging a new Trump-Vance administration policy that blocks detained...