Immigration at the Border

Immigration at the Border

A Week of Immigration 'Red Flags' From the Trump Administration

A Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration

As the Trump administration continued to ramp up immigration enforcement measures across the United States last week, new “red flags” emerged; policy measures that dramatically impact the basic rights of immigrants in this country or that erode basic legal protections and good governance. These red flags range from new collaborations… Read More

What Is Habeas Corpus and Why Is It Important? Here's What DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Got Wrong

What Is Habeas Corpus and Why Is It Important? Here’s What DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Got Wrong

In a tense exchange during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan asked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if she could define “habeas corpus.” “Habeas corpus” is the constitutional right that ensures that people have a chance to challenge their imprisonment in front of a judge. Habeas corpus… Read More

Impugnación de la Desaparición bajo la Ley de Enemigos Extranjeros sin el Debido Proceso

Impugnación de la Desaparición bajo la Ley de Enemigos Extranjeros sin el Debido Proceso

El Consejo Americano de Inmigración y la ACLU presentaron una petición de hábeas corpus para impedir el traslado de Y.A.P.A. al CECOT sin darle una oportunidad significativa de comparecer ante un juez para revisar las acusaciones del gobierno en su contra. Read More

Seeking Records about DHS’s Renewed Mass Influx Declaration and Deputization of State and Local Law Enforcement as Immigration Officers

Seeking Records about DHS’s Renewed Mass Influx Declaration and Deputization of State and Local Law Enforcement as Immigration Officers

Council and ACLU-MI file a FOIA request for records about the basis of the DHS Secretary’s renewed mass influx determination and the supervision and training of state and local law enforcement officers acting as immigration officers thanks to this determination. Read More

What's in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill So Far? 

What’s in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill So Far? 

Analysis of the immigration and border-related spending recommendations for reconciliation measures approved in the House Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Armed Services Committees in FY 2025. Read More

Five State Immigration Bills You Should Know About

Five State Immigration Bills You Should Know About

By: Jojo Tompkins, State and Local Policy Fellow State legislatures are advancing policies that directly impact immigrant communities — creating new rules, expanding enforcement, and offering critical protections. At the start of the 2025 legislative session, the American Immigration Council shared how states could pass policies to protect their… Read More

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

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