Press Releases
Council Statement of CBP’s Body-Camera Policy Announcement
Washington D.C. – Ben Johnson, Executive Director of the American Immigration Council, responded to the announcement that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) staff will expand the agency’s camera review with the following statement: “Today’s decision to not broadly implement body-worn cameras is a significant step backwards for CBP. For an agency… Read More
Council Urges Prompt Appeal to the Supreme Court of Flawed Fifth Circuit Decision
In a disappointing but unsurprising decision, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the federal government’s appeal of the preliminary injunction that has temporarily stopped President Obama’s latest deferred action initiatives from being implemented. Read More
Executive Director Benjamin Johnson to Take Helm at the American Immigration Lawyers Association
Washington D.C. – It is with a mixture of sadness and excitement that the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council (Council) announce the departure of Executive Director Benjamin (Ben) Johnson. Ben will become the Executive Director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in… Read More
Government Continues Incarcerating Mothers and Children Despite Judge’s Ruling
Washington, D.C.–Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), the American Immigration Council, Refugee andImmigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), partners in the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project, are calling on the government to fully comply with U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee’s… Read More
Time for Congress to Go Back to Bi-Partisan Comprehensive Solutions to Immigration
Washington D.C. – Today, the Senate rejected the motion to proceed on Senator David Vitter’s (R-LA) “Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act” (S. 2146). This bill is an enforcement-only approach to immigration and would punish cities and states that adopt community policing policies that work to make communities safer and… Read More
Just-Released Customs and Border Protection Standards Still Lack Accountability
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its long-awaited, new National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention and Search (TEDS), which govern the transfer of individuals in CBP custody, procedures for handling such individuals’ belongings, conditions in CBP detention facilities, and personal searches. The following is a… Read More
Coercion and Intimidation of Detained Mothers and Children Must Stop
Today, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), the American Immigration Council, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), partners in the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project, submitted the latest in a series of formal complaints to the Department of Homeland… Read More
USCIS “Do-Over” of Visa Bulletin Undercuts Administration’s Goal of Visa Modernization
Washington D.C. – As the result of a grave error made by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) just days ago, thousands of noncitizens who had expected to apply to adjust their status to lawful permanent residence in October will continue to face lengthy waits before they can submit… Read More
Incarcerated Children and Mothers Denied Due Process and Critical Information Before Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), the American Immigration Council, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to account for the cascade of due process violations and detrimental practices at the South Texas… Read More
Deplorable Medical Treatment at Family Detention Centers
Ten mothers came forward to lodge formal complaints about the substandard medical care they and their children received while detained by the Department of Homeland of Security. Read More
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