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NNIRR is Hiring!
Job Posting Administrative Assistant The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) is seeking a part-time Administrative Assistant to run day-to-day office operations out of our Oakland office. This will include administering and tracking ...
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NNIRR Mourns the Passing of Congressman Raúl Grijalva
NNIRR Mourns the Passing of Congressman Raúl Grijalva: A Champion for Immigrant Rights, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) mourns the passing of Congressman Raúl Grijalva, who died ...
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ICE Reports More than 46,000 Detainees; Highest Number Since October 2019
According to their most recent update, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) currently detains 46,269 people as of March 9, 2025, the highest number of detainees since October 2019, when ICE detained 49,419 individuals. But this is ...
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Stand with Grassroots Leaders Fighting for Human Rights and Racial Justice
Dear Friends, This #GivingTuesday, we encourage you to stand alongside women organizers leading the charge for human rights and migrant justice! Your support will help us confront urgent human rights crises, drive transformative policy change, and fight ...
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Opinion: I spent a year at the border wall. Here’s what I wish JD Vance learned.
There is no “border crisis” — or at least not the kind they want you to imagine This month, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance said to reporters he wants to stop the “insanity” at the ...
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To aid Afghan women, the world must define and address gender apartheid
Three years ago, the U.S. and its allies evacuated thousands of Afghans who had worked with them during the war against the Taliban. But the women and girls who remain in Afghanistan now live under a ...
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Honoring the life of Eduardo “Eddie” Canales
Dear Friends, It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of our colleague, friend, and board member, Eduardo “Eddie” Canales who passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning. Eduardo Canales ...
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California heat has immigration activists bracing for a humanitarian crisis
SAN YSIDRO MOUNTAINS, Calif. — It’s dawn at the foot of Otay Mountain, and the heat is already nauseating. Even this early in the morning, temperatures near this 3,500-foot peak reach triple digits, with this part ...
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NNIRR July Newsletter
Read our latest newsletter with information about the Borderlands and our response to the Presidential Debate. Click on the following link: https://nnirr.salsalabs.org/nnirrnews-newsletter_july_2024
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Lawmakers’ New Plan to Bring Back Deported Migrants Separated From Families
Lawmakers are fighting to bring back migrants and their children who have been unfairly deported, with a new resolution which would see them return to the U.S. Newsweek can reveal that congressmen plan to introduce a ...
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Border town firefighters scramble to save migrants from extreme summer heat
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — It’s a relatively quiet — and hot — afternoon at Sunland Park’s Fire Department Station 1. Some firefighters working the shift are prepping for dinner. Others are doing office work. Suddenly, a ...
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Misuse of Texas Troopers Has Broader Implications for the US
While the pro-Palestinian student protests and accounts of police crackdowns at universities across the United States in April have fallen out of the newscycle, students at the University of Texas at Austin continue to face criminal charges and other punishment after Texas Governor Greg Abbott deployed the same police ...
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