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American Immigration Council Calls for USCIS to Conduct Appropriate Searches When Processing FOIA Request for Immigration Records
On November 25, 2024, the Council sent a letter to the USCIS Ombudsman and FOIA Liaison asking them to investigate and cure the agency’s growing pattern of misprocessing FOIA requests for immigration records. Read More
Council and AILA submit Comments on the Biden Administration’s Final Rule Restricting Access to Humanitarian Protections at the U.S./Mexico Border
The American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) submitted a joint comment sharing their concerns that these changes would constitute a significant departure from the laws enacted by Congress and lead to more asylum seekers being wrongfully returned to harmful and dangerous conditions. Read More
Over 100 Businesses Call on the Biden Administration to Address the Work Permit Backlog
The American Immigration Council joins over 100 business organizations, including chambers of commerce and trade associations throughout the country, to call on the Biden administration to address the work permit backlogs. In eliminating the work permit backlog and providing stable access to work permits, more workers can get to work… Read More
Council Comment Supporting the Temporary Increase of the Automatic Extension Period for Certain Renewed Employment Authorization Documents
The American Immigration Council submitted a comment in response to a temporary final rule on the Temporary Increase of the Automatic Extension Period of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Employment Authorization Document (“EAD”) Renewal Applicants. Read More
Council and AILA submit Comments on Interim Final Rule Restricting Access to Humanitarian Protections at the U.S./Mexico Border
In June of 2024, the American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) submitted a joint comment urging the Biden administration to rescind this IFR. Read More
Council and AILA Submit Comment on the Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings
The American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) submitted comments to a Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice proposed rule that would apply certain bars to asylum during asylum seekers' credible and reasonable fear screenings. Read More
Businesses Push to Let Asylum Seekers Work
The American Immigration Council and over 100 business organizations, including chambers of commerce and trade associations, want Congress to remove the present obstacle to asylum applicants acquiring work permits swiftly. Read More
American Immigration Council leads coalition letter to DHS requesting transparency into Family Expedited Removal Program
The American Immigration Council joined 45 other organizations in calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to provide more transparency into the Family Expedited Removal Program (FERM). The letter calls for DHS to: Publish and maintain… Read More
Multiple Organizations Call for Addressing Procedural Deficiencies in the H-1B Visa Registration Process
This letter, signed by multiple organizations representing stakeholders across the United States, urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to address the procedural deficiencies in the Fiscal Year 2024 H-1B Visa registration and lottery process. The letter highlights the significant increase in the… Read More
Letter Requesting Improved Language Access for Unaccompanied Children
The American Immigration Council joined a team of nonprofits across the country to write a letter to Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Director Robin Dunn Marcos to express concern over lack of appropriate language access services for minors in ORR care. The Council and other groups urge ORR to develop… Read More
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