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Giving Tuesday 2025

THIS #GIVINGTUESDAY STAND TOGETHER FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS As we head into the season of giving, please consider supporting NNIRR, whether on #GivingTuesday or anytime this ...
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Voices from the Borderlands: Tucson, AZ

“There’s only one constitution, not two, one for an immigrant, one for you. So when they diminish rights for immigrants, they diminish them for you. ...
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New ICE leadership brings more violence, little accountability and zero oversight

Image Source: Carlin Stiehl, Los Angeles Times via Getty Images This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In late October, ...
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Centering Migrant Rights at the Global Forum on Migration & Development

“Resistance is not just endurance,” stated Pedro Rios of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, reflecting on his work to uphold migrant rights ...
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Isabel Garcia Featured on The Border Chronicle Podcast

NNIRR Board Member Isabel Garcia has been an powerful advocate for immigrant and refugee rights for five decades. Based in Tucson, Arizona, she is the ...
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Border Agents Found Responsible for the Death of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas

“In May 2010, longtime San Diego resident Anastasio Hernández Rojas was brutally beaten by over a dozen border agents as they were trying to deport ...
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BRIDGE and HURTIs Human Rights Training Institutes

The Human Rights Training Institutes are designed to train a new generation of human rights defenders and  to tackle critical concerns in their communities. Grounded in popular education and liberatory pedagogies, the Institutes provide the building-blocks of base-building and movement-building, provide skills on intersectional solidarity, abuse documentation and monitoring and building grassroots power.

For over three decades, the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) has been a pioneering force in advocating for the rights and dignity of migrants in the US and around the globe. As a founding member of Migrants Rights International (MRI),  NNIRR helped lay the groundwork for a unified, global network of migrant rights organizations and advocated for rights-affirming pathways for regular migration and regularization programs as well as gendered-sensitive protections for people on the move.

NNIRR is a leading voice in raising awareness about the devastating consequences of militarized border policies—human rights violations, migrant disappearances, and the preventable tragedy of migrant deaths that continue to unfold every day. Through strategic partnerships, organizing and network-building, NNIRR amplifies the voices of those affected by these injustices, pushing for bold action that puts human dignity and human rights at the center of migration and border governance.

Education, Capacity Building & Community Resources

Grounded in popular education, NNIRR has created tools and spaces to share experiences, understand those of others, and develop strategy and collective visions for a better world.