National Immigrant Justice Center: DOJ's Forced Pause of Vital Legal Programs for Immigrants Cuts Off a Lifeline for People Navigating a Complex and Punitive Immigration System
January 29, 2025
January 29, 2025
CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 29 -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following news release:
In one of the Trump administration's first actions of its anti-immigrant agenda, the National Immigrant Justice Center received a stop-work order on January 23 ending federal funding for our Immigration Court Helpdesk at the Chicago Immigration Court. Since 2016, this Department of Justice-funded program has provided legal information to immigrants who arrived at court without . . .
In one of the Trump administration's first actions of its anti-immigrant agenda, the National Immigrant Justice Center received a stop-work order on January 23 ending federal funding for our Immigration Court Helpdesk at the Chicago Immigration Court. Since 2016, this Department of Justice-funded program has provided legal information to immigrants who arrived at court without . . .