By Anna Oakes |Editorial credit: Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com Mayor Eric Adams celebrated the Roosevelt Hotel’s closure and the city’s handling of the migrant crisis. A mother who spent a year there offered her own mixed assessment. The Roosevelt Hotel, which became the first stop for 155,000 migrants as it was remade into the city’s […]
By Rommel H. Ojeda, DOCUMENTED | Photo Courtesy of Envision Freedom Fund Immigrants seeking legal help online to protect themselves from Trump’s deportation plans are increasingly falling prey to costly scams. The day of his final immigration hearing, N., who asked Documented to use only his first initial due to fear of retaliation, was ecstatic. He […]
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial credit: BreizhAtao / shutterstock.com Beginning April 11, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will require alien registration. The deadline to register is May 10, 2025—30 days from the effective date In light of the newly implemented 2025 alien registration rule by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), […]
Editorial credit: Phil Pasquini / shutterstock.com Trump Administration’s Early Termination of TPS Designations Would Endanger Immigrants and Harm New York’s Economy NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James on March 25, co-led a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in opposing the Trump administration’s unlawful and baseless attempt to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) […]
Adriel Orozco | Immigrationimpact.com| Editorial credit: David Peinado Romero / Shutterstock.com The American Immigration Council does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected office. We aim to provide analysis regarding the implications of the election on the U.S. immigration system. “La tierra se secó.” That was my dad’s short explanation for why he left Mexico […]
By Esther Claudette Gittens | Editorial Credit: Claudine Van Massenhove / shutterstock.com Undocumented children in America face unique psychological challenges stemming from their uncertain legal status, limited opportunities, and socio-economic struggles. This analysis examines the psychological effects experienced by undocumented children, focusing on both those who are beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]
By Arun Venugopal | January 12, 2024 | Gothamist The last time Congress enacted immigration reform was 1986. Ronald Reagan was president. Ed Koch was New York mayor. “Platoon” was in the movie theaters. Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Since then, Congress and the White House have only known stalemate and […]
By Gianna Borroto | Sep 14, 2023 The Department of Justice has proposed a new rule to protect immigration judges’ ability to administratively close removal proceedings and control their ever-expanding dockets. The proposed rule, published on September 8, would also rescind most of the changes introduced by a 2020 Trump-era regulation, including shortened Board of Immigration Appeals […]
Editorial credit: aaronschwartzphoto / Shutterstock.com By American Immigration Council Staff | Aug 25, 2023 When the Trump administration proposed an overhaul of federal policy regarding when immigrants could be denied green cards or visas based on use of public benefits – the public charge rule – it made an impact in immigrant communities long before it technically took […]
By Dara Lind | Aug 16, 2023 When the Biden administration launched new Family Reunification Parole programs earlier this year, it pointed to existing programs for Cuban and Haitian families as the model. The new programs would allow some people from Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras stuck in the immigrant visa backlog to join their family […]