Welcoming Interactive 2025: Lessons from Detroit and the Power of Local Leadership

Jun 11, 2025 | 0

Trump’s ‘Grant and Deport’ Policy Could Lead to More Cases Like Kilmar Abrego Garcia

by Dara Lind | Jun 11, 2025 | Detention, Due Process & the Courts, Enforcement | 0

Jessica, a client of one of the Immigration Justice Campaign’s volunteer attorneys, was fully...

President Trump’s New Travel Ban: What You Need to Know

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Jun 9, 2025 | Enforcement, Executive Action, Reform | 0

Eight years ago, President Trump made history by invoking an obscure authority, section 212(f) of...

Our Leaders Must Understand Immigration Before Legislating It

by Chelsie Kramer | Jun 6, 2025 | Legislation, Reform | 0

Texas leaders cannot keep legislating immigration policy from a place of political posturing and...

‘I was sad, scared, and in a state of disbelief:’ Immigration Attorney Shares Testimony on Trump’s Third Country Disappearances

by American Immigration Council Staff | Jun 6, 2025 | Detention, Enforcement, Reform | 0

On June 6, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration...

Department of State Pauses Visa Interview for J, F, and M visitors

by Gennady Babankov | Jun 3, 2025 | Business & the Workforce, DACA/DAPA, High Skilled | 0

On Tuesday, May 27, the international exchange and education community was dealt yet another blow...

Texas Dream Act Survives—Because Texans Showed Up

by Chelsie Kramer | May 30, 2025 | Economics, Legislation, Reform | 0

In a legislative session marked by political division and increasingly polarized rhetoric, the...

A Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration

by American Immigration Council Staff | May 28, 2025 | Detention, Enforcement, Interior Enforcement, Reform | 0

Written by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Senior Fellow; and Adriel Orozco, Senior Policy Counsel As the...

What Is Habeas Corpus and Why Is It Important? Here’s What DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Got Wrong

by Melissa Cruz | May 22, 2025 | Detention, How the Immigration System Works, Immigration 101 | 0

In a tense exchange during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan asked...

District Court Greenlights ICE-IRS Agreement, Blurring Lines Between Civil Immigration Enforcement and Criminal Investigations

by Adriel Orozco | May 22, 2025 | How the Immigration System Works, Immigration 101, Reform | 0

On May 12, 2025, a federal district court allowed an unprecedented information-sharing agreement...

Supreme Court “De-Documents” 350,000 Venezuelans – And Keeps Everyone In The Dark About What’s Next

by Dara Lind | May 21, 2025 | Humanitarian Protection, Temporary Protected Status | 0

Here are the messages that the 350,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. who were granted Temporary...

New FOIA Document Undermines Key Assumption in Trump’s Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act

by American Immigration Council Staff | May 16, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0

By Laila Khan, Research Associate at the American Immigration Council & Lauren Harper, the...

Five State Immigration Bills You Should Know About

by American Immigration Council Staff | May 14, 2025 | Demographics, Legislation, State and Local, State by State | 0

By: Jojo Tompkins, State and Local Policy Fellow State legislatures are advancing policies that...

Business & the Workforce

States with Healthcare Shortages Turn to Foreign-Trained Doctors, Showing Bipartisan Immigration Policies Benefit All

by American Immigration Council Staff | Mar 11, 2025

At a time when immigration policy remains one of the most divisive issues in American politics, an...

UNDERSTANDING IMMIGRATION

Immigrants’ Experiences Differ Wildly Depending on Which State They Live In

by Juan Avilez | May 12, 2025

The Trump administration’s highly visible immigration enforcement efforts are impacting immigrants...

IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

House Reconciliation Bill Would Supercharge Immigrant Detention and Effectively Eliminate Asylum for Most

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | May 5, 2025

On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee advanced a budget reconciliation bill which, if signed...

HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS

Trump Administration Abruptly Stopped Processing Green Card Applications Filed by Asylees, Refugees. A FOIA Request Seeks Answers

by American Immigration Council Staff | Apr 23, 2025

By Raul Pinto and Jennifer Coberly On March 25, news reports surfaced that the Trump...

Benefits & Relief

In-State Tuition Policies for Undocumented Students Change Lives. I Should Know—Mine Changed for the Better

by Andrea Ramos | May 9, 2025

“And I think it is healing behavior, to look at something so broken and see the possibility and...

ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION

Ahead of Tax Day, Fear of Filing Taxes Rises Among Undocumented Immigrants

by American Immigration Council Staff | Apr 1, 2025

Written by Steven Hubbard and Micaela McConnell Tax Day is approaching, but the Trump...