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.

Immigrant Workers Help Florida Thrive. Anti-Immigrant Policies Threaten That.

Immigrant Workers Help Florida Thrive. Anti-Immigrant Policies Threaten That.

In 2022, more than one in five Florida residents were immigrants. In that same year, immigrants in Florida were over 14% more likely than their U.S.-born neighbors to be of working age, positioning them to actively participate in the labor force and economy. And they did just that—immigrants contributed… Read More

Biden Announces Immigration Protections for Up to 550,000 Spouses and Children of US Citizens

Biden Announces Immigration Protections for Up to 550,000 Spouses and Children of US Citizens

On June 18, the Biden administration announced two major new policies which may help provide streamlined paths to legal status for certain long-time undocumented immigrants. The first policy will allow undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens who have been in the country to apply for “parole in place,” a protection… Read More

Biden Expands Immigration Protections to Undocumented Spouses and Streamlines Employment-Based Visas for DACA Recipients

Biden Expands Immigration Protections to Undocumented Spouses and Streamlines Employment-Based Visas for DACA Recipients

On June 18, the Biden administration announced policy changes that will provide immigration relief to thousands of deeply-rooted immigrants in the United States. Read More

Biden's Executive Action Will Not Make Border More Orderly or Secure

Biden’s Executive Action Will Not Make Border More Orderly or Secure

The U.S. government needs to be able to quickly and fairly sort out migrants who have a valid asylum claim, but instead of investing in U.S. ports of entry, immigration courts, or more options for legal migration, the order focuses on harsh and arbitrary turnbacks. Read More

New Data Analysis: Immigrants Driving Opportunity, Prosperity in the U.S., Including in Swing States

New Data Analysis: Immigrants Driving Opportunity, Prosperity in the U.S., Including in Swing States

A new analysis of 2022 U.S. census data highlights how, amidst the Biden administration's recent actions to limit asylum access along the U.S.-Mexico border, and in the context of ramped-up anti-immigrant rhetoric during this year’s presidential campaign, immigrants are helping make the United States a more prosperous and economically booming country. Read More

New Report Shows Immigrants Play Critical Role to Michigan’s Population Growth, Economy

New Report Shows Immigrants Play Critical Role to Michigan’s Population Growth, Economy

Immigrants accounted for 57.7 percent of Michigan’s population growth over last decade and contributed $67.8 billion, or 9.9 percent, of the state’s total GDP in 2022 Read More

Contributions of New Americans in Michigan

Contributions of New Americans in Michigan

New research from the American Immigration Council highlights the crucial role immigrants play in Michigan’s population growth, labor force, business creation, and consumer spending power. Read More

Taking Welcoming Work to New Heights in the Lone Star State: Welcoming Interactive 2024

Taking Welcoming Work to New Heights in the Lone Star State: Welcoming Interactive 2024

Six years ago, the Dallas City Council passed a resolution to make the city more welcoming for immigrants and long-time residents alike. The city council proposed policy recommendations to address the unprecedented challenges immigrants and refugees in the Texas city face. Alongside the resolution, the city, in collaboration with… Read More

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Block Iowa's Unconstitutional SF 2340

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Block Iowa’s Unconstitutional SF 2340

Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit today to block SF 2340, one of the worst, most far-reaching immigration laws ever passed in the state of Iowa. Read More

New Round of Grants will Support Cities’ Efforts to Welcome Immigrants

New Round of Grants will Support Cities’ Efforts to Welcome Immigrants

The American Immigration Council and Welcoming America, two national nonprofits, are thrilled to announce that four communities were selected to receive Implementation Technical Assistance and Grant awards as part of Round V of the Gateways for Growth Challenge (G4G). Read More

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