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What Is Habeas Corpus and Why Is It Important? Here's What DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Got Wrong

  • Detention
  • May 22, 2025

In a tense exchange during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan asked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if she…

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Refugee: Why Superman Is the Type of Hero We Need Right Now

  • July 18, 2025
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For Victims of Gender-Based Violence, Getting Asylum Just Got Harder

  • Asylum
  • August 6, 2025
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Immigrants Help Fund Our Public Programs

Immigrants Help Fund Our Public Programs

By American Immigration Council Staff

Biden's Reviving Phone-Booth Asylum. Here's Why It Was a Disaster

Biden’s Reviving Phone-Booth Asylum. Here’s Why It Was a Disaster

By Dara Lind

DHS Publishes Privacy Document About ATDs and the Data They Collect – Two Decades Late

DHS Publishes Privacy Document About ATDs and the Data They Collect – Two Decades Late

By American Immigration Council Staff

A Groundswell of Opposition to Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban

A Groundswell of Opposition to Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban

By American Immigration Council Staff

New USCIS Center Is Good News For Some Of Its Worst Backlog Victims

New USCIS Center Is Good News For Some Of Its Worst Backlog Victims

By Dara Lind

What Is the Law? Under New Immigration Decision, the Answer Isn’t Always Clear

What Is the Law? Under New Immigration Decision, the Answer Isn’t Always Clear

By American Immigration Council Staff

Deadly Detention Center Fire Is a Reminder: Both the US and Mexico Are Failing Migrants

Deadly Detention Center Fire Is a Reminder: Both the US and Mexico Are Failing Migrants

By Dara Lind

US and Canada Expand Safe Third Country Agreement in Another Move to Limit Asylum

US and Canada Expand Safe Third Country Agreement in Another Move to Limit Asylum

By Gianna Borroto

Where the ‘Migrant Protection Protocols’ Stand, Four Years After Going Into Effect

Where the ‘Migrant Protection Protocols’ Stand, Four Years After Going Into Effect

By Suchita Mathur

Dispelling the Myth: How Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes and Contribute to the US Tax Base

Dispelling the Myth: How Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes and Contribute to the US Tax Base

By Steven Hubbard

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