The Impact of Family Separation on Children

Feb 19, 2025 | 0

What We Know About Trump’s Efforts to Roll Back TPS For Venezuelans and CHNV Parole

by Dara Lind | Feb 18, 2025 | Humanitarian Protection, Temporary Protected Status | 0

From his first day in office, President Trump made clear that part of his immigration agenda was...

The Chilling Effect of Trump’s Indiscriminate Immigration Arrests & Propaganda

by Nayna Gupta | Feb 14, 2025 | Abuses, Enforcement, Interior Enforcement | 0

As we near the one-month mark of the new Trump administration, it is clear that the president’s...

Communities Continue to Stand by Immigrants Amidst Fear, Heightened Enforcement

by Micaela McConnell | Feb 13, 2025 | Enforcement, Interior Enforcement, Public Attitudes, State and Local | 0

The first few weeks of President Trump’s second term in office have instilled a heightened level...

Sending Migrants to Guantánamo Bay Is a Costly, Abusive Shift in Immigration Detention

by Chris Opila | Feb 7, 2025 | Abuses, Detention, Enforcement | 0

Last week, President Trump ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand immigration...

Breaking Down Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship

by American Immigration Council Staff | Feb 7, 2025 | Birthright Citizenship, History of Immigration, Immigration 101 | 0

By Laila Khan and Raul Pinto On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an...

A Young U.S. Citizen’s Long Legal Road Back Home

by Pablo Balcazar | Jan 31, 2025 | How the Immigration System Works, Immigration 101 | 0

Across the country, deportation is often discussed as an absolute end. Many politicians run on a...

ICE Makes Sweeping Arrests in Chicago, Endangering City’s Livelihood

by American Immigration Council Staff | Jan 31, 2025 | Enforcement, Interior Enforcement, State and Local | 0

By Karen Aho and Anna Shepperson Chicago has been bracing for immigration raids since the...

Breaking Down the Latest Court Decision Impacting DACA

by Michelle Lapointe | Jan 31, 2025 | Benefits & Relief, DACA/DAPA | 0

Nearly 13 years since the Obama administration first created the Deferred Action for Childhood...

ICE’s Inadequate Recordkeeping on Treatment of Detained Asylum Seekers Threatens Their Lives

by Guest | Jan 24, 2025 | Abuses, Detention, Enforcement | 0

By Anne Peterson, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies As the Trump administration prepares for a...

Trump’s Day 1 Orders Use Fearmongering to Expand His Immigration Authority

by Adriel Orozco | Jan 23, 2025 | Asylum, Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection, Immigration 101, Interior Enforcement | 0

On January 20, 2025, the day President Trump took office for his second term, he issued a series...

Centering Humanity in the Immigration Debate

by Adriel Orozco | Jan 16, 2025 | Changing Culture, Immigration 101 | 0

“La tierra se secó.” That was my dad’s short explanation for why he left Mexico as a teenager in...

Biden Keeps Nearly 1 Million People From Losing Legal Status Under Trump – Until Fall 2026

by Dara Lind | Jan 15, 2025 | Humanitarian Protection, Temporary Protected Status | 0

As one of the Biden administration’s final acts on immigration, the Department of Homeland...

Business & the Workforce

H-1B Modernization Rule Provides Some Comfort But Also Raises Concerns

by Leslie Dellon | Dec 20, 2024

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued its long-awaited H-1B...

UNDERSTANDING IMMIGRATION

Immigration Was on the Ballot in Multiple States on Election Day – Here’s What Happened

by American Immigration Council Staff | Nov 22, 2024

On Election Day, voters gathered in various cities and states across the country to cast ballots...

IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

The Laken Riley Act Would Give States Sweeping Power Over Immigration Policy

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Jan 8, 2025

Want to take action on the Laken Riley Act? The House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley...

HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS

Judge Strikes Down ‘Keeping Families Together’ Parole Process

by Suchita Mathur | Nov 13, 2024

After initially blocking the Biden administration’s recent move to promote family unity for some...

Benefits & Relief

CHNV Parole Won’t Last Forever – But There Are Options for Its Beneficiaries to Stay in the US

by Dara Lind | Oct 16, 2024

In the last two years, nearly 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela have...

ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION

Policy Options: Protecting Immigrant Communities at the State and Local Level

by Victoria Francis | Dec 6, 2024

State and local communities are at the forefront of shaping the lives of immigrants. While some...