House GOP’s Immigration Framework Recreates Trump’s Border Wish List

Aug 18, 2022 | 0

Recent Supreme Court Ruling Limits Advocates’ Relief on Asylum Seekers’ Case

by American Immigration Council Legal Staff | Aug 17, 2022 | Asylum, Humanitarian Protection | 0

A federal court decision this month confirmed what advocates feared: that a recent move by the...

Urgent Immigration Measures Rest With the Senate After August Recess

by Walter Ewing | Aug 16, 2022 | Legislation | 0

When members of Congress return from their August recess, they will find several immigration...

Who Enforces Immigration Policy Anyway?

by American Immigration Council Staff | Aug 10, 2022 | Enforcement, How the Immigration System Works, Immigration 101 | 0

The lack of a major overhaul in the United States’ immigration system for roughly thirty years has...

Senate Rejects Harmful Immigration Amendments to Inflation Reduction Act

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Aug 8, 2022 | Legislation | 0

On Sunday after nearly 24 hours of deliberation, the Senate passed a historic budget...

Debunking Major Myths About Immigrants’ Socioeconomic Status in the US

by Walter Ewing | Aug 4, 2022 | History of Immigration, Immigration 101 | 0

Opponents of immigration often claim that European immigrants who came to the United States in the...

New Report Reveals Widespread Failures by DHS To Prosecute Immigration Court Cases

by Rebekah Wolf | Aug 3, 2022 | Due Process & the Courts, Immigration Courts | 0

Thousands of immigration court cases have been dismissed this year for an astonishing reason: U.S....

Bond Hearings for Asylum Seekers Are Latest Casualty of the Recent Supreme Court Term

by Emma Winger | Aug 2, 2022 | Detention, Enforcement | 0

For almost two decades, asylum seekers taken into Border Patrol custody who passed a “credible...

What you need to know about the new proposal to update The Registry

by Walter Ewing | Jul 28, 2022 | Adjustment of Status, Legislation | 0

Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would allow undocumented...

Welcoming and Inclusive State Policies: A Midyear Review of State Legislative Sessions in 2022

by American Immigration Council Staff | Jul 27, 2022 | Legislation, State by State, Uncategorized | 0

As immigration bills languish in Congress, state legislatures continue to pave the way in...

Supreme Court Refuses to Restore Biden’s Immigration Enforcement Priorities for Now

by Rebekah Wolf | Jul 25, 2022 | Enforcement, Interior Enforcement | 0

In a blow to the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts to set priorities for immigration...

Updated ICE Directive Fails to Deliver Meaningful Protections for Immigrant Families

by Gianna Borroto | Jul 20, 2022 | Enforcement, Interior Enforcement, Reform | 0

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced a new directive aimed at...

Immigration Agencies Get Hit with Record-High Lawsuits as Delays Worsen

by Leslie Dellon | Jul 20, 2022 | Benefits & Relief, Immigration 101 | 0

Lawsuits asking courts to order government employees to decide long-pending immigration filings...

Business & the Workforce

Unpacking the Federal STEM Initiatives and Immigrants’ Role in the US Workforce

by Nan Wu | Jun 28, 2022

Demand for workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)...

UNDERSTANDING IMMIGRATION

This Independence Day, Local Communities Lead on Celebrating Immigrants

by Mo Kantner | Jul 5, 2022

As communities across the United States came together this past weekend to commemorate and reflect...

IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

CBP Concludes Investigation Into Del Rio Incident Without Interviewing Any Migrants

by Walter Ewing | Jul 12, 2022

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has concluded in a new report that Border Patrol agents...

HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS

USCIS Restores Pathway to a Green Card for TPS Holders

by Kjerstin Lewis | Jul 11, 2022

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new policy memorandum on July 1 that...

Benefits & Relief

Biden Administration Expands Exemptions for Afghan Nationals Otherwise Inadmissible

by Rebekah Wolf | Jun 22, 2022

Obtaining immigration benefits from the U.S. government is always difficult, but it is even harder...

ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION

Hispanic Americans Are Helping Put the Rio Grande Valley on the Map

by Chelsie Kramer | Jun 2, 2022

Located on the U.S.-Mexico border at the southern tip of Texas lies the Rio Grande Valley, or as...