Adriel Orozco

Adriel D. Orozco is a Senior Policy Counsel at the American Immigration Council. Adriel is responsible for advancing the Council’s strategic goals by providing analysis and research on immigration policy issues, including those related to government accountability and efforts to improve the quality of due process in the immigration system. Prior to the Council, Adriel was a Staff Attorney at the North Carolina Justice Center, where they represented low-income immigrants at all stages of the immigration process and advocated for inclusive immigration-related policies at the state level. Prior to their work at the North Carolina Justice Center, Adriel held several positions at the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, culminating in being its Executive Director, where they worked with local and statewide coalitions to support immigrant integration and provided representation to low-income immigrants. Adriel holds a J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law and a B.A. in politics and economics from Brandeis University.

Adriel Orozco

Publications

A Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration

As the Trump administration continued to ramp up immigration enforcement measures across the United States…

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Five State Immigration Bills You Should Know About

  • May 14, 2025

By: Jojo Tompkins, State and Local Policy Fellow State legislatures are advancing policies that directly…

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H.R. 32 Would Empower President to Cut Essential Services in States and Cities

  • February 25, 2025

Efforts to penalize so-called “sanctuary cities” are back. On his first day back in office,…

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