General Litigation & Advocacy Pages
Statement for the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security on “Interior Immigration Enforcement Legislation”
The United States government has failed to enact legislation, and in this has failed to recognize that enforcement with reform is the only effective way to repair our broken immigration system. Read More
Statement for the House Judiciary Committee on “Birthright Citizenship: Is it the Right Policy for America?”
The statement details our research and policy analysis on why attempts to restrict "birthright citizenship" would be unconstitutional, unnecessary, impractical, counterproductive, and contrary to American values. Read More
Statement for the House Judiciary Committee on “President Obama’s Executive Overreach on Immigration”
The statement provides a brief historical overview of presidential authority related to immigration which gives President Obama the authority for his Immigration Accountability Executive Action. Read More
How the El Paso Immigration Court Fails to Uphold Due Process
This complaint highlights systemic due process violations that are undermining justice for detained immigrants called before judges at the El Paso Service Processing Center (SPC) Immigration Court. The complaint draws from court observations of hundreds of immigration hearings, several sworn statements from legal practitioners appearing before the El Paso SPC Immigration… Read More
Complaint Urges Immediate Release of Infants from Immigration Detention
Numerous babies under the age of one—and some as young as six months old—are being detained in immigration detention at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Read More
Why the Government Should End the Migrant Protection Protocols Policy
The Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)—also commonly known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy—will put asylum seekers at grave risk of harm by forcing them to remain in Mexico pending their request for protection. Due to these concerns, immigration advocates submitted a letter to the government with first-hand testimonies of ten families attesting to the violence and harm–including rape, beatings, kidnappings, and ransom–they faced on the Mexican side of our southern border. Read More
Comments Opposing Proposed Regulation Barring Asylum to Those Entering Between US Ports of Entry
The American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) submitted a joint comment opposing the “Interim Final Rule: Aliens Subject to a Bar on Entry Under Certain Presidential Proclamations; Procedures for Protection.” The Rule, which was published in the Federal Register on November 9, 2018 and which has… Read More
Regulatory Comments Opposing the Indefinite Detention of Children
The Trump administration proposed new regulations undermining the 1997 Flores settlement agreement. If the proposed regulations are finalized, they would weaken protections for children and place them at greater risk of trauma and mistreatment. Read More
Comments Opposing “Public Charge” Plan
The American Immigration Council, with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, filed comments because a financial litmus test should never serve as a measure for who we welcome into our country. Read More
Statement for the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Hearing on “The Implications of Reinterpretation of the Flores Settlement for Border Security and Illegal Immigration Incentives”
The American Immigration Council and American Immigration Lawyers Association submitted a written statement to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for a September 18, 2018 hearing on “The Implications of Reinterpretation of the Flores Settlement for Border Security and Illegal Immigration Incentives.” The statement covers… Read More
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