How the Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Clears the Way for Racial Profiling During Immigration Raids

How the Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Clears the Way for Racial Profiling During Immigration Raids

By: americanimmigrationcoucil.org | Editorial credit: Joey Sussman / Shutterstock.com This week the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that clears the way for racial profiling during immigration raids and sweeps. Now we could see the Trump administration rapidly expand the racially discriminatory ICE practices we have already seen terrorize families, workplaces, and communities around the […]

Trump’s New Registration Requirement Could Forcibly Separate Millions of Immigrant Families

Trump’s New Registration Requirement Could Forcibly Separate Millions of Immigrant Families

By Nayna Gupta | IMMIGRATION IMPACT | Editorial credit: Jana Shea / 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. Sara Hamdi was 12 years old when her parents were forced to “register” […]

GOP Budget Reconciliation Plan —Cutting Essential Programs To Supercharge Deportations

GOP Budget Reconciliation Plan —Cutting Essential Programs To Supercharge Deportations

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. Early Friday morning, the Senate is expected to begin the process for passing a budget reconciliation bill, a somewhat obscure Congressional […]

Sending Migrants to Guantánamo Bay Is a Costly, Abusive Shift in Immigration Detention

Sending Migrants to Guantánamo Bay Is a Costly, Abusive Shift in Immigration Detention

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 […]

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 […]

Allowing a Third Term for Donald Trump While Excluding Barack Obama

Allowing a Third Term for Donald Trump While Excluding Barack Obama

By Brian Figeroux | Editorial credit: ZB Photos / shutterstock.com  In January 2025, Congressman Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) introduced a proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to permit former President Donald Trump to seek a third, non-consecutive term. Notably, the proposed amendment includes a clause that would prevent former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George […]

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 […]

Biden Should Use his Authority to Protect Vulnerable Immigrants Before he Leaves Office

Biden Should Use his Authority to Protect Vulnerable Immigrants Before he Leaves Office

By Adriel Orozco, IMMIGRATION IMPACT | Paul Froggatt / Shutterstock.com he 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. President-elect Donald Trump vowed to deport millions of immigrants in his successful bid for a second […]

Likely Impact of Trump 2.0 on Latin America and the Caribbean Migrants, Tariffs, China & Oil

Likely Impact of Trump 2.0 on Latin America and the Caribbean Migrants, Tariffs, China & Oil

By Ron Cheong |Photo by A.I. The election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, with Republican control of the Senate and probably the House, is likely to bring sweeping, heavy-handed changes, staffing his Administration with like-minded people and purging professional staffing at government agencies, including the military, justice department, law […]