Immigration Reform

Immigration Reform

The last time Congress updated our legal immigration system was November 1990, one month before the World Wide Web went online. We are long overdue for comprehensive immigration reform.

Through immigration reform, we can provide noncitizens with a system of justice that provides due process of law and a meaningful opportunity to be heard. Because it can be a contentious and wide-ranging issue, we aim to provide advocates with facts and work to move bipartisan solutions forward. Read more about topics like legalization for undocumented immigrants and border security below.

New Report Reveals Devastating Impact of Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban

New Report Reveals Devastating Impact of Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban

$715 Million in Taxes, $2.5 Billion in Spending Power at Risk WASHINGTON, DC, August 6 — A new report released today by the American Immigration Council details the sweeping economic and humanitarian toll of the Trump administration’s June 2025 travel ban, which restricts immigration from 19 countries. In 2022,… Read More

Airport passengers, with their backs to us, looking at their flight status on a screen in the airport

Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban: Who Is Affected and What It Could Cost the U.S. Economy

On June 4, 2025, the Trump administration announced a new travel ban targeting 19 countries. Learn what countries this affects and the potential impacts. Read More

Seeking Records about Immigration Court Arrests and Dismissals

Seeking Records about Immigration Court Arrests and Dismissals

In the middle of May 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) began to arrest noncitizens at immigration courts throughout the country at their court hearings. Initially, the agency targeted only those whose immigration cases an immigration judge had just dismissed at its request, seemingly because it could now attempt… Read More

New Report: Trump’s Second Term Ushers in Extreme Immigration Overhaul that Threatens Our Democracy 

New Report: Trump’s Second Term Ushers in Extreme Immigration Overhaul that Threatens Our Democracy 

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2025 — A special report released today offers a sweeping analysis of the Trump administration’s first six months back in office, revealing an unprecedented transformation of the U.S. immigration system that strikes at the foundation of American democracy. While some voters may have supported a… Read More

Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration's Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America

Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America

The first six months of President Trump’s return to office have marked the most extreme changes to the immigration system in modern U.S. history. Read More

Facts About Fentanyl Smuggling

Facts About Fentanyl Smuggling

Most fentanyl enters the U.S. through ports of entry, not via migrants. U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers, often recruited by criminal networks. Effective solutions focus on better screening at borders and public health strategies—not blaming migrants. Read More

What’s in the Big Beautiful Bill? Immigration and Border Security Unpacked

What’s in the Big Beautiful Bill? Immigration and Border Security Unpacked

H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” injects $170B into immigration enforcement, expanding detention, border wall funding, and imposing steep new fees on legal immigration. This analysis breaks down the bill’s sweeping impact. Read More

Transforming Together

Transforming Together

Belonging is a powerful force linked to health, happiness, and productivity. Yet in today’s divided society, belonging remains fraught and fragile, with most Americans reporting feelings of non-belonging at work and in their communities. In 2022, the American Immigration Council’s Center for Inclusion and Belonging created the Belonging Innovation Lab… Read More

Senate Approves Unprecedented Spending for Mass Deportation, Ignoring What’s Broken in our Immigration System

Senate Approves Unprecedented Spending for Mass Deportation, Ignoring What’s Broken in our Immigration System

Washington DC, July 1, 2025 — On July 1, the U.S. Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes an unprecedented allocation of funds for immigration detention and enforcement while simultaneously stripping healthcare from millions of Americans. The bill, passed today with Vice President JD Vance contributing the tie-breaking vote,… Read More

The Council Received Data on City-Level Refugee Resettlement From the Department of State

The Council Received Data on City-Level Refugee Resettlement From the Department of State

Background Through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, the United States accepts tens of thousands of refugees each year. Before coming to the United States as refugees, individuals undergo a long and arduous process: they must prove they either have been persecuted or… Read More

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