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 Fisayo Okare, DOCUMENTED | Editorial credit: Ben Von Klemperer / shutterstock.com In what is likely to be the most consequential year for immigrant New Yorkers in decades, Gov. Kathy Hochul said nothing about protecting immigrant New Yorkers, the state collaborating with or resisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, or anything related to Trump’s […]
By American Immigration Council Foreign workers fill a critical need in the U.S. labor market—particularly in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Every year, U.S. employers seeking highly skilled foreign professionals compete for the pool of H-1B visa numbers for which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) controls the allocation. With a low […]
By Leslie Dellon, 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. The Supreme Court recently cut off another path for judicial review of decisions by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjudicators. […]
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, 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. Who runs the U.S. immigration system? If the Senate passes the Laken Riley Act this week, the answer might not be […]
By Mary Campbell | Editorial credit: Stephanie Kenner / shutterstock.com The U.S. government has announced that it will refund application fees to tens of thousands of unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens following the recent federal court decision that struck down a Biden administration immigration policy. According to internal government documents obtained by CBS News, […]
By Zach Ahmad , New York Civil Liberties Union | Editorial credit: Ameer Mussard-Afcari / shutterstock.com Trump’s efforts to expel millions of immigrants are a threat to all of us. New York State is home to nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants. Most of them have lived in New York for more than a decade. They are our […]
Editorial Credit: David Peinado Romero / shutterstock.com Washington, DC — Today, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 29, “The Laken Riley Act.” America’s Voice urges a “no” vote: The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “This bill would empower state anti-immigrant zealots, like Ken Paxton and Kris Kobach, […]
By Chris Tobias | Editorial credit: Maxim Elramsisy & Frederic Legrand – COMEO / shutterstock.com The social media posts by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, advocating for an expansion of foreign worker visas, have sparked an urgent and heated debate among supporters of President-elect Donald Trump over the future of immigration policy, particularly regarding highly skilled […]
By Gwynne Hogan, THE CITY| Editorial credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY All residents of the Brooklyn tent shelter complex are slated to depart by Jan. 15. Some have been reassigned in recent days, with others still eager to leave the tent encampment. Migrant parents and children on a recent morning lugged suitcases across the wind-swept tarmac to […]