By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick |americanimmigrationcouncil.org | Editorial credit: a katz / Shutterstock.com As we continue to see sweeping changes to immigration enforcement inside the United States, the Trump administration has also begun taking steps to restrict immigration to the United States. Over the past two weeks, the Trump administration announced that it was intending to bring back multiple […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com AG James Co-Leads 14 Attorneys General in Submitting Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of TPS for Honduran, Nepali, and Nicaraguan Immigrants NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James on July 18, co-led a coalition of 14 attorneys general in opposing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) unlawful and baseless attempt to […]
Editorial credit: Matt Gush / shutterstock.com The Immigrant Detention Apprehension Tips document, published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), offers strategic guidance for noncitizens and their legal representatives in the face of heightened immigration enforcement. With the backdrop of aggressive immigration policies, particularly under the Trump administration, the document provides practical steps for immigrants […]
Editorial credit: Daniel Andres Garzon / shutterstock.com New York, NY—Earlier this week, the United States Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem, announced the Trump administration will revoke the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of deportation and without work permits. The temporary humanitarian program protected approximately 350,000 Venezuelans who sought refuge […]
By Pablo Balcazar, IMMIGRATION IMPACT 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. Across the country, deportation is often discussed as an absolute end. Many politicians run on a platform of stoking fear on […]
By American Immigration Council Staff, Immmigration Impact | Editorial credit: Johnny Silvercloud / 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. Chicago has been bracing for immigration raids since the presidential inauguration, following […]
By Michelle Lapointe, IMMIGRATION IMPACT 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. Nearly 13 years since the Obama administration first created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, more than 500,000 people […]
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 […]
By Jonathan Custodio, THE CITY | Editorial credit: yuriyt / shutterstock.com The school is being careful in what it’s saying before the incoming president, who has promised mass deportations, begins his second term on Monday. The CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. The City University of New York, which […]
Editorial credit: Susan Montgomery / shutterstock.com A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s effort to allow DACA recipients—immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children—to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace. The ruling affects “Dreamers” in 19 states where Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit, […]
