By Chris Opila, IMMIGRATION IMPACT | 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. Last week, President Trump ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand immigration […]
By American Immigration Council Staff, IMMIGRATION IMPACT On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for babies of undocumented immigrants and for people with temporary status in the U.S. Executive Order 14156: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship departs from over 125 years of precedent […]
Editorial credit: Claudine Van Massenhove / Shutterstock.com An Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) is a tax processing number issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to individuals who are required to have a U.S. taxpayer identification number but are not eligible for a Social Security Number (SSN). This includes nonresident aliens, resident aliens, and undocumented […]
By Chris Tobias | Editorial credit: Manoej Paateel / Shutterstock.com In a dramatic development that has drawn sharp criticism, several Indian nationals were deported from the United States back to India in the wake of the Trump administration’s ongoing push for mass deportations. The deportees, many of whom have been living in the U.S. for […]
By Maribel Hastings, America’s Voice | Editorial credit: Chip Somodevilla / shutterstock.com Washington, DC : Despite the chaos, cruelty, and intentional strategy of the Trump administration to overwhelm sectors affected by its multiple and draconian executive orders on various fronts, not only on immigration, we still see examples of resistance even though the challenges are […]
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 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 Brian Figeroux, Esq. The Laken Riley Act represents a significant clarification and development in the context of mandatory detention under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Specifically, it addresses the interpretation of certain crimes that trigger mandatory detention under INA § 236(c)(1)(E), elucidating how these terms should be understood within the legal frameworks of […]
Editorial credit: David Peinado Romero / shutterstock.com Click here to know your rights U.S. citizens, Tribal members, and veterans among those being detained in Trump ICE sweeps Washington, DC — Yesterday delivered several reminders that the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda is sweeping in its scope, harm and indiscriminate nature, viewing all immigrants here without legal […]