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

May 28, 2025 | 0

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...

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

by Juan Avilez | May 12, 2025 | Immigration 101, State by State | 0

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

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

by Andrea Ramos | May 9, 2025 | Benefits & Relief, DACA/DAPA, Legislation | 0

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

Invisible Gatekeepers: DHS’ Growing Use of AI in Immigration Decisions

by Steven Hubbard | May 9, 2025 | How the Immigration System Works, Immigration 101, Reform | 0

On April 30, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the updated 2024 inventory of...

Language Access Continues to Be An Important—and Contested—Part of American Life

by Micaela McConnell | May 7, 2025 | Changing Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Immigration 101 | 0

One month after President Trump declared English as the only official language of the United...

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

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | May 5, 2025 | Detention, Economic Impact, Economics, Enforcement, Tax Contributions | 0

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

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 | Adjustment of Status, Asylum, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Status | 0

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

The Government Is Mass-Emailing People Telling Them To ‘Leave the United States’ Within 7 Days. It’s A Mess, And It Might Be DOGE’s Fault.

by Dara Lind | Apr 17, 2025 | Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection | 0

Over the weekend, I got a WhatsApp message from Mr. A. Mr. A and I have been in touch since he was...

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

Recovery and Reform: An Ex-Gang Member’s Story

by Pablo Balcazar | Mar 26, 2025

Congress approved a full-year continuing resolution on March 14 that will fund mass deportation...

IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

In Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case, Trump Administration Escalates Its War on Due Process

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Apr 16, 2025

Less than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must...

HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS

Trump Administration Terminates CHNV Program, Impacting More Than a Half-Million Immigrants

by Dara Lind | Apr 8, 2025

On March 25, the Department of Homeland Security announced in the Federal Register that it was...

Benefits & Relief

In Victory for Transparency, Court Finds DOGE Must Make Records Available to the Public

by Raul Pinto | Mar 19, 2025

Last week, a federal court in the District of Columbia found that the Department of Government...

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...