Press Releases
U.S. Supreme Court on DACA: Blocks Trump’s Cruel Attempt to Upend the Lives of 650,000 Community Members Across America
The U.S. Supreme Court today blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a critical initiative that has offered deportation protection and work authorization to hundreds of thousands of young people who arrived in the United States as children. Read More
New Regulation on Asylum Seeks to Erase Our Immigration History and Legacy
The Trump administration proposed a regulation that would eviscerate the United States asylum system. The proposed regulation would make it nearly impossible for most applicants to successfully claim humanitarian protection in the United States. Read More
The American Immigration Council Announces Kate Melloy Goettel As Legal Director of Litigation
The American Immigration Council has named experienced attorney and litigator Kate Melloy Goettel to be its legal director of litigation. Read More
The American Immigration Council Stands Against Racism and Commits to Connecting our Cause to Others Working for Justice.
We feel the weight of racial violence continuing unabated throughout our country as communities protest the violent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and hundreds of other Black lives. The American Immigration Council stands in solidarity with Black communities in demanding accountability and justice. Read More
New Report Reveals the Impact of COVID-19 Across the US Immigration System
The American Immigration Council's latest report examines major changes to the U.S. immigration system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unique challenges the pandemic has created for noncitizens and government agencies. Read More
US: Lawsuit Over ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Secrecy
The American Immigration Council, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Human Rights Watch, and the law firm Winston & Strawn LLP filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Northern District of California today to compel the release of records about the US Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as the “Remain in Mexico” program. Read More
Twelve Local Communities Awarded Research to Support Immigrant-inclusive COVID-19 Relief Measures.
New American Economy announces research support to local communities committed to including immigrants in emergency responses. NEW YORK, NY – Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic local leaders in communities across the country have been working tirelessly to ensure that all community members — and particularly the most… Read More
New Data Shows Immigrants Contributed $920 Million to Longview’s GDP in 2017
Immigrants accounted for 11.8 percent of all entrepreneurs in the Longview Metropolitan Area LONGVIEW, TX – Immigrants contributed $920 million to the GDP of the Longview metropolitan area in 2017, according to new research from New American Economy (NAE) in partnership with the Longview Chamber of Commerce. Read More
Complaint Details ICE’s Failure to Protect Those in its Custody Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association , through their joint initiative the Immigration Justice Campaign, filed an oversight complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Office of the Inspector General highlighting the experiences of individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
New Documents Reveal Immigration Judge Hiring Plan Designed to Stack the Courts, Prioritize Politics Over Justice
The American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Council released documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act litigation revealing the Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review’s updated hiring plan for immigration judges and appellate immigration judges. Read More
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