Trump’s Day 1 Orders Use Fearmongering to Expand His Immigration Authority

Trump’s Day 1 Orders Use Fearmongering to Expand His Immigration Authority

By Adriel Orozco, IMMIGRATION IMPACT | Editorial Credit: Sheila Fitzgerald / shutterstock.com Click here to know your rights 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. On January 20, 2025, the day President Trump […]

ICE’s Inadequate Recordkeeping on Treatment of Detained Asylum Seekers Threatens Their Lives

ICE’s Inadequate Recordkeeping on Treatment of Detained Asylum Seekers Threatens Their Lives

By Anne Peterson, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, IMMIGRATION IMPACT Click here to access document. As the Trump administration prepares for a dramatic increase in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, advocates are sounding the alarm that immigrants and people seeking asylum will suffer increasingly inhumane conditions in detention facilities. Immigration detention facilities—often run by […]

Dramatic Immigration Arrests Rattle Bronx and Upper Manhattan

Dramatic Immigration Arrests Rattle Bronx and Upper Manhattan

By Gwynne Hogan, Katie Honan and Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY  Click here to know your rights Federal immigration officials launched their first high-profile raids in New York City under President Donald Trump, trumpeting their actions in a 7 a.m. video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who personally oversaw the enforcement actions, proclaimed that agents were “getting the […]

Analysis of ICE Raids in 2025: Targeted Locations and Methods of Identifying Undocumented Immigrants

Analysis of ICE Raids in 2025: Targeted Locations and Methods of Identifying Undocumented Immigrants

By Esther Claudette Gittens | Editorial credit: a katz / shutterstock.com  Click here to know your rights. It’s January 2025 and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has intensified its operations to identify, detain, and deport undocumented immigrants across the United States. This escalation follows policy shifts under the current administration, leading to a broader […]

The Importance of Bishop Budde’s Comments to Trump: A Reminder Americans Don’t Support Trump’s Cruelty and Chaos

The Importance of Bishop Budde’s Comments to Trump: A Reminder Americans Don’t Support Trump’s Cruelty and Chaos

Editorial credit: Ms Jane Campbell / shutterstock.com Washington, DC — Using his nativist lies of “invasion” as justification for his extreme policies, Trump announced today that he is deploying troops to the border. Yet, just yesterday, during a service at the National Cathedral, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington Mariann Edgar Budde, issued a direct plea […]

Deportation of Unregistered Immigrants: Policies Target Those Failing to Register, Risking Mass Arrests and Legal Action

Deportation of Unregistered Immigrants: Policies Target Those Failing to Register, Risking Mass Arrests and Legal Action

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial credit: Ruben2533 / shutterstock.com  One of the most significant measures in Trump’s immigration executive orders is the mandatory registration of all noncitizens with the U.S. government. The order mandates that every noncitizen, including those with lawful status, provide their fingerprints and register under an obscure and rarely used provision […]

U.S. Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship as Unconstitutional

U.S. Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship as Unconstitutional

By Esther Claudette Gittens On January 23, 2025, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, labeling it “blatantly unconstitutional.”  Background of the Executive Order President Trump’s executive order, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” sought to redefine […]

ICE Officers Can Now Raid Churches and Hospitals Under New DHS Directive

ICE Officers Can Now Raid Churches and Hospitals Under New DHS Directive

By Fisayo Okare , DOCUMENTED | Editorial credit: Rabanser / shutterstock.com Click here to know your rights. The Trump administration has revoked a Biden-era memo prohibiting ICE from making arrests at “sensitive locations” such as schools, churches, hospitals, and shelters, according to a new directive issued by acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman. The administration […]

Attorney General James Challenges Unconstitutional Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship

Attorney General James Challenges Unconstitutional Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship

AG James and Multistate Coalition Sue to Stop Implementation of Trump Administration’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that she and a coalition of 18 states, as well as the City of San Francisco, are challenging President Donald Trump’s Executive Order ending birthright citizenship, in violation of […]

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