Mark Fleming

Mark Fleming

Associate Director of Litigation, National Immigrant Justice Center

Mark Fleming is the Associate Director of Litigation at the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) located in Chicago, Illinois.  Mr. Fleming focuses on litigation and public policy at the intersection of state and local law enforcement and civil immigration enforcement. He has litigated multiple class actions related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) use of immigration detainers. Mr. Fleming provided technical expertise in the drafting and passage of Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance in 2012 and the Illinois TRUST Act in 2017. Mr. Fleming has been quoted in various national media outlets and appeared in a PBS FRONTLINE documentary on ICE enforcement and detention. Mr. Fleming graduated magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center.

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