The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a center affiliated with the
Heartland Alliance
Heartland Alliance is an anti-poverty organization based in Chicago, with a historical focus on serving American immigrant communities. Heartland Alliance devotes the bulk of its funding to initiatives that address poverty through health and hou ...
in the
United States
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that "is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers."
Its executive director is Mary Meg McCarthy
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Programs
NIJC has a number of programs dedicated to helping immigrants and affording them legal representation and protection:
* Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Program for Protection of Asylum Seekers: This is a network of approximately 1000 ''pro bono'' lawyers who seek to defend asylum rights.
* Defenders Initiative: This initiative seeks to provide information to defenders in criminal cases at the federal, state, and local level so that they can provide better advice to their clients on the potential immigration consequences of being convicted of crimes.
* Gender Justice Initiative: This upholds the rights of immigrant women, and helps those who are victims of domestic violence and crime.
* Detention, Democracy and Due Process Project: This aims to uphold the due process rights of immigrants held in detention or subject to deportation.
* Immigrant Children's Protection Project: This aims to protect the rights of detained and non-detained immigrant children who may be subject to deportation.
* Immigrant Legal Defense Project: This offers free and low-cost legal representation and related services to immigrant families in need.
* Counter-Trafficking Project: Provides comprehensive legal services and case management for children and adult survivors of human trafficking.
* LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative: Defends equal protections for LGBT immigrants.
External coverage
Media coverage
NIJC's work has been cited in articles about immigration, immigrant detention, and refugees in the ''New York Times
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'' the ''Wall Street Journal
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'', ''The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'', and numerous other publications. Letters from the editor by NIJC's executive director have been published by the NYT
See also
* American Immigration Lawyers Association
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), founded on October 14, 1946, is a voluntary bar association of over 15,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. AILA member attorneys represent U.S. families see ...
* Federation for American Immigration Reform
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a non profit, anti-immigration organization in the United States. The group publishes position papers, organizes events, and runs campaigns in order to advocate for changes in U.S. immig ...
* Immigration Policy Center
The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) is the research and policy arm of the American Immigration Council, a 501(c)(3) organization in the United States dedicated to promoting immigration to the United States and protecting the rights and privileges ...
* National Immigration Law Center The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is a center in the United States that "engages in policy analysis, litigation, education and advocacy, to achieve hevision" of "a society in which all people—regardless of race, gender, immigration or ec ...
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History of immigration to the United States
Immigration political advocacy groups in the United States
Organizations established in 2006