State and Local
Challenging Florida’s Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law
This lawsuit, filed on behalf of several individuals and the Farmworker Association of Florida, challenges Section 10 of Florida’s new anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718. Read More
State Legislatures in Florida and Texas Propose and Enact Harmful Immigration Bills
Usurping the role of the federal government, state legislatures in Florida and Texas have proposed multiple harmful immigration bills during this year’s legislative session. Several Florida immigration bills passed while the Texas bills have—for now—not moved off the legislative floor. Florida’s Immigration Bills On May 8, 2023, Florida Governor Ron… Read More
Florida Doubles Down with New Law Designed to Spend Millions to Relocate Migrants
Florida made headlines last year as it passed a law allowing Governor Ron DeSantis to spend up to 12 million dollars to transport migrants out of Florida. DeSantis used over $1 million of that funding to fly 50 unwitting migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard and plan a second… Read More
Colorado’s H-2A and H-2B Workers in Fiscal Year 2021
Two new factsheets from the American Immigration Council, Colorado’s H-2A Workers in Fiscal Year 2021 and Colorado’s H-2B Workers in Fiscal Year 2021 provide data on the different steps in the H-2A and H-2B processes to inform policymakers and advocates of the demand for temporary agricultural and nonagricultural workers in the Centennial State. Read More
New Research Shows Immigrants Account for Nearly 13 Percent of Utah Physicians as Demand for Bilingual Workers Jumps 38.8 Percent
The American Immigration Council released new research, The Growing Demand for Healthcare Workers in Utah, which underscores the crucial role immigrants play in some of the state’s fastest growing and most in demand healthcare fields. Read More
FOIA Request Seeks Records Regarding Parole Guidance and Incorrect Addresses on CBP Documents After Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard
The requested records will shed light on CBP's practices with respect to granting and extending humanitarian parole and the agency's determinations regarding which addresses to include on immigration paperwork. Read More
New Research Reveals Changing Demographics in Foreign-Born Voters and Younger Voters in Swing States
The data interactive, “The Changing Demographics of the Electorate at a State Level,” highlights the changes in the demographics of eligible voters in every state now compared to 2016, broken down by gender, age, and ethnicity. Read More
Asylum Seekers Become Political Pawns in Governors’ Transportation Stunts
The Republican governors of Texas, Arizona, and now Florida are playing a cynical political game with the lives of migrants—including many asylum seekers fleeing persecution. Officials in these states are using taxpayer money to ship thousands of migrants to other, Democratic-leaning states and dumping them there. In recent weeks, these… Read More
New Research Shows Texas Immigrants Accounted for Over 20 Percent of Workforce Across Several Leading Industries
New research on released today by the American Immigration Council–in partnership with the Texas Association of Business and the Texas Business Leadership Council–underscores the crucial role immigrants in Texas play in some of the state’s fastest growing and most in demand fields. Read More
New Americans in Utah
This research brief highlights the key role that new Americans are playing in Utah as participants in the state’s workforce, taxpayers, consumers, entrepreneurs, international students, and more. Read More
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