Founded in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is the leading advocacy organization in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of the most vulnerable immigrants and their loved ones. NILC is committed to playing a leadership role in fulfilling our vision of a country in which everyone can live healthy and safe lives, and has the freedom to thrive, no matter where they are born, how much wealth they have, or the color of their skin.  

Over the last four decades, NILC has played a central role in shaping and promoting progressive measures to improve immigrants’ health and well-being, initiating creative litigation strategies that expand opportunities for immigrant youth and their loved ones with low-incomes, and shaping groundbreaking messaging research to promote the essential role that low-income immigrants play in U.S. society. With our unique mix of strategies—litigation and lawmaker education/outreach, movement-building, and narrative and culture change—we are uniquely positioned to seize on opportunities to advance truly inclusive policies that eliminate racialized barriers to equity, economic opportunity and prosperity, and a true sense of belonging for everyone, regardless of where they were born.   

Over the last four decades, NILC has played a central role in shaping and promoting progressive measures to improve immigrants’ health and well-being, initiating creative litigation strategies that expand opportunities for immigrant youth and their loved ones with low-incomes, and shaping groundbreaking messaging research to promote the essential role that low-income immigrants play in U.S. society. With our unique mix of strategies—litigation and lawmaker education/outreach, movement-building, and narrative and culture change—we are uniquely positioned to seize on opportunities to advance truly inclusive policies that eliminate racialized barriers to equity, economic opportunity and prosperity, and a true sense of belonging for everyone, regardless of where they were born.