Economic Impact Archives | Immigration Impact

We’ve Tracked Over 700 Immigration Bills This Year. Here Are the Trends We’ve Seen.

by American Immigration Council Staff | Jul 8, 2024 | Economic Impact, Legislation, State by State | 0

Written by Juan Avilez, State and Local Policy Associate and Victoria Francis, Deputy Director of...

U.S. Census: A Closer Look at the Fastest Growing Minority Group in the United States

by Andrew Lim | May 2, 2022 | Demographics, Diversity & Inclusion, Economic Impact, Uncategorized | 0

Data from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau show that there are approximately 20.7 million Asian and...

Congress Calls to Decrease ICE Detention as COVID-19 Continues to Spread

by Katie Shepherd | Jul 8, 2020 | Detention, Economic Impact, Enforcement, Reform | 0

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security introduced their proposed budget for...

USCIS Claims It’s Strapped for Cash, Requests Emergency Funding From Congress

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | May 21, 2020 | Benefits & Relief, Economic Impact, Immigration 101 | 0

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says it’s running out of money, fast. In a...

“Public Charge” Rule Blocked Days Before Going Into Effect

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Oct 14, 2019 | Due Process & the Courts, Economic Impact | 0

The Trump administration suffered another immigration blow in court last Friday. The new “public...

After Shutdown Loss, Trump Doubles Down on Immigration in His New Budget

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Mar 12, 2019 | Border Enforcement, Detention, Economic Impact, Executive Action, Interior Enforcement, Reform | 0

After weeks of tense negotiations, Congress averted a second government shutdown last month by reaching a bipartisan agreement on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget—a budget which gave President Trump very little of his border demands. Undeterred, the president made a budget request for the next fiscal year on Monday. He called for $8.6 billion […]