National Immigration Project

This Valentine’s Day and every day, the National Immigration Project is standing with immigrants and rejecting harmful language. Immigrants are our neighbors, community leaders, and friends. Join us in taking action by using people-first language and demanding dignity for all.

#ToImmigrantsWithLove

Thanks for including “Profiting Off Pain” among these reports!

“This one asks why the system exists, who built it, and who profits from it. Where the AIC report documents the expansion of detention, this one even further maps the capitalist machinery that drives it.”

More Immigrants Are Challenging Their ICE Detention Than Ever Before Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. This total is more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including Tru...

NEW: Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.

The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.

Thank you for this in-depth reporting of our work!

“It was the best day of my life,” Pranzatelli said of securing the men’s release on Friday. They were placed on flights to their homes the next day. “Everybody woke up this morning in their own beds with their families where they belong.”

🎉 Join us in celebrating! A federal court ordered the immediate release today of 4 immigrants unlawfully re-detained by ICE. The men were released earlier today and will soon be back with their communities and loved ones.

Read the full press release: nipnlg.org/news/press-r...

Read our full statement opposing the new ICE mega-prison for opening in Social Circle, GA, a 1 million square foot warehouse—a building not intended for human habitation—slated to detain 8,500 people.

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Immigrants’ Rights Groups Oppose ICE Mega-Prison in Social Circle, Georgia 🔊 Swipe for more. To read the full statement, visit bit.ly/we-oppose-ICE-megaprison-in-GA.

On January 21, an internal ICE memo was leaked through a whistleblower report that says
ICE officers can enter the homes of people with final orders of removal without their consent & using only an administrative warrant.

✅ Download our full community explainer resource: nipnlg.org/work/resourc...

Today we published “Profiting Off Pain: Privatized Detention, Mass Surveillance and the Drive for Immigrant Prosecutions” in partnership with the Immigrant Justice Clinic at @auwcl.bsky.social.

Read the report: nipnlg.org/work/resourc...

Today, in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage & deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis.

Our thoughts are with Alex Jeffrey Pretti’s family and loved ones. We stand in unwavering solidarity with the residents of Minnesota who—even in subzero temperatures—have risen with powerful resilience to demand justice and an end to state-sanctioned violence in their community.

[Alex Pretti’s execution] marks the second fatal federal shooting in Minneapolis in less than three weeks. When federal officers repeatedly kill people on our streets, it is not a failure of policy; it is the policy.

Read more: nipnlg.org/news/press-r...

Yesterday in Minneapolis, federal immigration enforcement officers publicly executed a peaceful observer. The National Immigration Project denounces this public execution of a Minneapolis resident at the hands of an immigration officer.

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We are proud to announce that JusticeAid has selected the National Immigration Project as its 2026 grantee partner. JusticeAid will raise awareness about timely immigration issues & inspire donations to support our work. We’re grateful for this honor and recognition. justiceaid.org/national-imm...

This #GivingTuesday, take a minute to explore our 2025 Impact Report, a testament to what your support has made possible.

Together, we strengthened the movement, protected people facing unimaginable barriers & challenged enormous injustice.

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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

In March, the U.S. government sent more than 200 Venezuelan men to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

The @nytimes.com recently spoke with 40 of the 200 men, including our client Edicson Quintero.

Read their stories ⬇️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.

Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Take action NOW!

Immigrant rights and social justice organizations across Georgia are sounding the alarm after witnessing the largest ICE raid in history at the Hyundai supplier and LG Energy Solution plant in Ellabell, GA. Without warning, 475 workers were taken from their jobs midday.

🚨 We just filed a federal civil rights lawsuit after ICE unlawfully deported two families, including three U.S. citizen children, to Honduras.

ICE denied them due process. We’re demanding accountability.

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He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

We are eagerly awaiting the return of our client, Mr. Ramos Bastidas.

Stay tuned for updates.

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…hundreds of thousands of SIJS Youth across the country, CARECEN-NY, and Centro Legal de la Raza.

We stand with SIJS youth and are asking the court to reinstate the SIJS Deferred Action Policy!

Read more: nipnlg.org/news/press-r...

We are taking the Trump Administration to court for unlawfully terminating the SIJS Deferred Action Policy!

Today, the National Immigration Project, @supportkind.org,
Public Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler, and Davis Wright Tremaine sued the Trump Administration on behalf of… 1/2

Important explainer on the Supreme Court decision regarding birthright citizenship.

Three U.S. Citizen Children, Including 4-Year-Old Battling 4th Stage Cancer, Deported to Honduras The Trump administration has deported three U.S. citizen children to Honduras: a 4-year-old who was actively receiving treatment for a rare form of stage 4 cancer, his 7-year-old sister, and a 2-year-old...

Three U.S. Citizen Children, Including 4-Year-Old Battling 4th Stage Cancer, Deported to Honduras

We know of 3 US citizen children deported yesterday, along with their moms who had been living in the US for years. One of the moms was pregnant. One of the kids has a rare form of cancer. One of the kids is just 2 years old. All had caregivers in the US to stay with.

#BREAKING: Yesterday morning, the NOLA ICE Field Office deported at least two families, including two mothers and their minor children – three of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7. One of the mothers is currently pregnant.

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"We are grateful that Judge Briones saw through ICE's baseless accusations & granted Cesar & Norelia’s habeas petition so that they can return home to DC and be with their family," said @sshebaya.bsky.social from @nipnlg.bsky.social. "We hope this will mark an end to their traumatizing ordeal." 11/

Yesterday, Judge Briones, like Judges Harvey, Brinkema, and Berton before him, ordered Cesar & Norelia released. The absurdity of the situation was not lost on him as he ended the hearing and order by noting “Let's see what court you're going to go to next.” 10/