Immigration at the Border

Immigration at the Border

Attorneys & Advocates Discuss the Harms of the Trump Administration’s Forced Disappearances to El Salvador

Attorneys & Advocates Discuss the Harms of the Trump Administration’s Forced Disappearances to El Salvador

Since March 15, the Trump administration has disappeared over 280 people to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the CECOT, well-known for its abusive conditions and use of torture. Read More

House Reconciliation Bill Would Supercharge Immigrant Detention and Effectively Eliminate Asylum for Most

House Reconciliation Bill Would Supercharge Immigrant Detention and Effectively Eliminate Asylum for Most

On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee advanced a budget reconciliation bill which, if signed into law, would represent the single biggest increase in funding to immigration enforcement in the history of the United States. The bill would provide nearly $80 billion for internal immigration enforcement, including $45 billion… Read More

Investigating ICE’s Changes to Parole Policies and Other Implementation of President Trump’s Day One Immigration Actions

Investigating ICE’s Changes to Parole Policies and Other Implementation of President Trump’s Day One Immigration Actions

This FOIA request seeks all memoranda, musters, guidance, and other similar records in the implementation of the “Securing Our Borders” Executive Order and “Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion” Presidential Proclamation. Read More

Challenging Disappearance under the Alien Enemies Act Without Due Process

Challenging Disappearance under the Alien Enemies Act Without Due Process

The American Immigration Council and the ACLU filed a habeas petition to prevent our petitioner's transfer to CECOT without affording him a meaningful opportunity to appear before a judge to review the government’s allegations against him. Read More

Lawsuit Filed After U.S. Embassy Presumes Innocent Man is a Gang Member and Separates Family Based on Tattoos

Lawsuit Filed After U.S. Embassy Presumes Innocent Man is a Gang Member and Separates Family Based on Tattoos

The lawsuit is on behalf of a U.S. citizen whose husband was in the final stages of obtaining his green card when the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala presumed he was a gang member and failed to consider evidence proving his innocence. Read More

Impugnando la detención ilegal de padre de dos hijos en la célebre prisión salvadoreña

Impugnando la detención ilegal de padre de dos hijos en la célebre prisión salvadoreña

El Consejo Americano de Inmigración, el Proyecto Nacional de Inmigración y el Centro de Derechos Constitucionales presentaron una petición de hábeas corpus enmendada ante el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos en nombre del Sr. Quintero. Read More

In Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case, Trump Administration Escalates Its War on Due Process

In Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case, Trump Administration Escalates Its War on Due Process

Less than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the “release from custody in El Salvador” of wrongfully-deported Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration has doubled down on defiance, with administration lawyers telling a federal court that Mr. Abrego Garcia… Read More

Protected No More – How States Are Responding to Immigration Enforcement in Sensitive Locations

Protected No More – How States Are Responding to Immigration Enforcement in Sensitive Locations

For almost 15 years, immigrants in the United States were able to seek medical care, attend school, and access other critical services without much worry of encountering immigration enforcement in these locations. This all changed on the first day of the new Trump administration, when the Department of Homeland Security… Read More

The Fight for Immigrant Students’ Education: Policies, Barriers, and What’s at Stake 

The Fight for Immigrant Students’ Education: Policies, Barriers, and What’s at Stake 

By: Jojo Tompkins, State and Local Fellow, American Immigration Council For generations, the United States has upheld education as the foundation for better opportunities. But the fraught politics of immigration are creating new barriers for immigrant children and families in accessing both K-12 schooling and higher education. These… Read More

These Men Were Deported to El Salvador With No Due Process. Their Stories Show Why an Investigation Is Necessary

These Men Were Deported to El Salvador With No Due Process. Their Stories Show Why an Investigation Is Necessary

In the weeks before March 15, the Trump administration’s preparations for a major operation kicked into high gear. Venezuelan men attending routine check-ins with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ended up leaving in handcuffs. ICE agents fanned out across communities and began questioning and detaining men with tattoos. By the… Read More

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