Who Enforces Immigration Policy Anyway?

Aug 10, 2022 | 0

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...

CBP Concludes Investigation Into Del Rio Incident Without Interviewing Any Migrants

by Walter Ewing | Jul 12, 2022 | Abuses, Border Enforcement, Enforcement | 0

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

USCIS Restores Pathway to a Green Card for TPS Holders

by Kjerstin Lewis | Jul 11, 2022 | Adjustment of Status, Benefits & Relief, Humanitarian Protection, Temporary Protected Status | 0

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

Florida and Texas Escalate Their War on Migrants

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Jul 8, 2022 | Abuses, Border Enforcement, Enforcement | 0

Since President Biden took office, he has faced attacks on his handling of the border from...

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

Supreme Court Permits Biden to Terminate ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Jun 30, 2022

Almost a year after the Supreme Court allowed a federal judge in Texas to order the Biden...

HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS

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...

Benefits & Relief

Lawsuit Challenges Delays in U.S. Citizenship Application Processing Due to Cave-Stored Files

by Leslie Dellon | Jun 1, 2022

Thirteen U.S. lawful permanent residents filed a lawsuit to end the delay by U.S. Citizenship and...

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...