The 5th Circuit Fight for DACA Is a Personal One

Oct 11, 2024 | 0

What is Tim Walz’s Record on Immigration?

by American Immigration Council Staff | Oct 2, 2024 | Changing Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Humanitarian Protection, Immigration 101 | 0

While immigration remains a top issue for the nation as a whole, for years Minnesota has taken an...

New Report Shows the Devastating Costs of Mass Deportation

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Oct 2, 2024 | Enforcement, Interior Enforcement | 0

As politicians debate the fate of millions of undocumented immigrants living in communities across...

Fighting Over Whether Haitian Immigrants Are ‘Legal’ Misses the Point: They’re Legally Vulnerable

by Dara Lind | Sep 30, 2024 | Benefits & Relief, Humanitarian Protection, Temporary Protected Status | 0

As Springfield, Ohio, and its purported (largely invented) problems with its Haitian population...

“We’re All In!” Localities Celebrate and Commit to Making Their Communities Welcoming to All

by American Immigration Council Staff | Sep 27, 2024 | Changing Culture, Civil Dialogue, Public Attitudes | 0

By: The Center for Inclusion and Belonging, State and Local Initiatives Over the last week,...

Immigrants Are Making Ohio Great. Let’s Talk About That.

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Sep 17, 2024 | Business & the Workforce, Changing Culture, Civil Dialogue, Public Attitudes | 0

20 years ago, Springfield, Ohio, had a problem. Like many communities in the Rust Belt, it seemed...

Council and BAJI Highlight Their Efforts on Government Transparency to Audience in South Africa

by Raul Pinto | Sep 13, 2024 | Enforcement, Immigration 101 | 0

This past week, the Council, alongside the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), had the...

Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Fortune 500: Powering the US Economy in 2024

by Steven Hubbard | Sep 13, 2024 | Economics, Employment and Wages, Immigration 101 | 0

Immigrant entrepreneurs continue to shape our economy and play a critical role in the success and...

Oversight Agency Says 32,000 Unaccompanied Children Are Missing. But Are They?

by American Immigration Council Staff | Sep 5, 2024 | Due Process & the Courts, Immigration 101 | 0

Written by Raul Pinto, Deputy Legal Director, Transparency at the American Immigration Council and...

Judge Grants Texas’ Request to Keep Families Apart, At Least For Now

by Suchita Mathur | Sep 3, 2024 | Due Process & the Courts, Waivers and Relief from Deportation | 0

A mere three days after 16 Republican-led states sued the Biden administration over its “Keeping...

What Project 2025 Says About Immigration

by Dara Lind | Aug 23, 2024 | Enforcement, Immigration 101, Reform | 0

The American Immigration Council does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected office. We aim...

Republican-Led States Sue to Block DACA Recipients from Accessing Affordable Health Insurance

by Emma Winger | Aug 23, 2024 | Benefits & Relief, DACA/DAPA | 0

A group of Republican-led states, headed by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, have sued to...

President Biden’s Keeping Families Together Program Has Begun

by American Immigration Council Staff | Aug 22, 2024 | Benefits & Relief, DACA/DAPA | 0

Updated: August 22, 2024 This is an update to our blog first posted on June 18, 2024, when...

Business & the Workforce

DHS Strengthens Protections for Immigrant Workers

by Michelle Lapointe | Aug 6, 2024

The Biden-Harris administration has taken hundreds of immigration actions since entering office....

UNDERSTANDING IMMIGRATION

Unpacking Myths About Noncitizen Voting — How Heritage Foundation’s Own Data Proves It’s Not a Problem

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Aug 1, 2024

Over the last decade, many politicians have called for overhauling the United States’ election...

IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

ICE’s Faulty Detention Data Undercounts the Number of People in Its Custody

by Raul Pinto | Aug 1, 2024

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be severely undercounting the number of...

HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS

Texas Attorney General Paxton Continues Fight Against NGOs That Serve Migrants

by Chelsie Kramer | Aug 21, 2024

Update on 9/13/24: On August 23rd, Harris County District Judge Ravi K. Sandill denied Attorney...

Benefits & Relief

Kamala Harris’ Opportunity to Reframe the Immigration Conversation

by Adriel Orozco | Jul 23, 2024