PRESS RELEASES

The End SIJS Backlog Coalition aims to center the voices and experiences of SIJS backlog impacted youth, whose stories are the heartbeat of our work and best illustrate how ending the backlog can restore the purpose of the statute — realizing permanent legal protection in the United States for immigrant children who have survived abuse, abandonment and neglect.

To request to be connected with an impacted youth, to speak to a legal expert, or to be added to our media list for updates, please contact: Arianna Rosales (arosales@nipnlg.org)

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Press Release: New Report Shows More than 100,000 Youth with SIJS Caught in Legal Limbo (December 4, 2023)

Press Release: New Study Shows Ballooning SIJS Backlog, Urgent Need to Pass Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (September 12, 2023)

Press Release: End SIJS Backlog Coalition Applauds Introduction of the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (June 22, 2023)

Press Release: Biden Administration Announces Critical Protections for Immigrant Youth with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) (March 7, 2022)

Immigration Advocacy Coalition Files Lawsuit Against USCIS for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Data (August 18, 2021)

National Coalition of Youth, Lawyers & Child Welfare Experts Call on Top Immigration Officials to Protect Young People at Risk of Deportation Despite Being Eligible to Apply for Green Cards (May 20, 2021)