Press Releases

The National Immigration Project today filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on behalf of two Salvadoran men who were detained under ICE custody at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center (Moshannon), a prison owned...

Washington, DC–Last week the Biden Administration announced that it will waive environmental, public health, and cultural resource protection laws to fast-track construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Texas. This decision flatly contradicts...

Washington, DC–Yesterday, Judge Andrew Hanen issued a decision against the DACA program. It is important to note that while the decision is cruel and disappointing, the status of current DACA recipients has not changed. Despite this decision, current...

Yesterday, a federal judge ordered Texas to remove the buoys it had placed in the Rio Grande River by September 15, 2023. The buoys are just one of the latest tactics utilized by Texas Governor Abbott as part of his unconstitutional Operation Lone...

-In light of the latest developments with Operation Lone Star (OLS), 108 human and civil rights organizations from across the country delivered a letter today to the Department of Homeland Security demanding the agency take decisive action to condemn...

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition, the National Immigration Project, and the ACLU of Virginia are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on behalf of three Central American men whom ICE is arbitrarily detaining months...

Earlier this week, the Houston Chronicle reported that Texas DPS troops received instructions to push children into the Rio Grande and deny water to asylum seekers even amid extreme heat. The story also detailed multiple cases where migrants were...

Immigration advocacy groups filed a complaint today with the Department of Homeland Security's oversight bodies urging an investigation into the increased use and misuse of solitary confinement—including threats of retaliation against detained people...