Immigration at the Border

Immigration at the Border

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

Ahead of Tax Day, Fear of Filing Taxes Rises Among Undocumented Immigrants

Ahead of Tax Day, Fear of Filing Taxes Rises Among Undocumented Immigrants

Tax Day is approaching, but the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts may make many undocumented immigrants hesitant to file taxes. Some worry that providing personal information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could be used against them. Undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes every year. However, the Trump administration’s… Read More

American Immigration Council Suing Trump Administration Over Unprecedented Requirement That Immigrants Register with the Government

American Immigration Council Suing Trump Administration Over Unprecedented Requirement That Immigrants Register with the Government

The registration requirement paves the way for widespread potential abuse and turns the United States into a 'show me your papers’ country. Read More

Challenging Trump’s Unlawful Registration Rule

Challenging Trump’s Unlawful Registration Rule

This lawsuit, filed on behalf of nonprofit organizations, challenges a DHS rule requiring noncitizens to register and carry proof or face prosecution. Read More

The Missing Due Process for Gang Allegations

The Missing Due Process for Gang Allegations

When the Trump administration essentially disappeared 238 Venezuelan men (and potentially women) living in the United States to a prison in El Salvador earlier this month, it alleged they were members of a Venezuelan gang. Administration officials declared with certainty that these men belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang, boasting on social… Read More

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