Press Releases
Federal Judge Enjoins Key Provisions of South Carolina’s Immigration Law
Washington, D.C.—The American Immigration Council welcomes today’s ruling from U.S. District Judge Richard M. Gergel, which temporarily enjoined three provisions of South Carolina Act 69 and found a fourth provision likely to be overturned in future proceedings. The ruling makes South Carolina the sixth state—after Arizona, Indiana, Georgia, Utah, and… Read More
Speaker Boehner Ignores the Costs of Doing Nothing
Washington D.C. – Yesterday, Speaker of the House John Boehner reassured the far-right wing of the Republican Party and anti-immigrant activists that he would never agree to a conference to hammer out an agreement on a House immigration bill and S. 744, the Senate’s bipartisan immigration bill that passed in… Read More
American Immigration Council Files BALCA Brief Challenging Unfair DOL Process
Yesterday, the American Immigration Council, in collaboration with AILA, filed an amicus brief in an en banc case pending before the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA), an administrative body at the Department of Labor (DOL) that reviews denials of PERM labor certifications. The case involves a regulation… Read More
Press Release: With 2014 Elections in Focus, New Polls Show Majority of Americans Will Hold Elected Officials Accountable if they Oppose Immigration Reform
Americans Nationally and in 12 Key Battleground States Are Three Times More Likely to Penalize Than to Support Opponents of Reform 71 Percent of Americans Favor Immigration Reform With the focus of the political world now shifted toward the… Read More
Immigration Advocacy Groups Urge Supreme Court to Interpret Child Status Protection Act Broadly
Washington, D.C.—This week, the American Immigration Council filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to rule in favor of young adults who, due to long delays caused by visa backlogs, lost the opportunity to obtain their “green cards” before they turned 21. The brief was… Read More
Court Approves Settlement in National Class Action Lawsuit on Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers
Washington, DC – On Monday, November 4, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones ordered the final approval of a nationwide class action settlement agreement. The settlement will help ensure that asylum seekers, who have fled persecution in their home countries, are not unlawfully prevented from working and supporting their… Read More
Press Release: More than 600 Conservative Leaders Urge Congressional Action on Immigration Reform
Leaders Bring National Consensus on Immigration Reform to Halls of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today on Capitol Hill, more than 600 conservative leaders from nearly 40 states across the country are delivering a unified message to more than 100 members of Congress: The House of Representatives needs to… Read More
House Democrats Unveil Comprehensive Immigration Reform Proposal
Washington D.C. – Today, in an important effort to keep the conversation and momentum on immigration reform moving forward in the House, a group of centrist Democrats introduced their version of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. Although the full text has not yet been made available,… Read More
First Circuit Holds That Immigrants Can Pursue Cases From Outside the United States
Washington, D.C. – Last week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that individuals who have been deported must have the opportunity to pursue motions to reopen their cases from outside the United States. A motion to reopen is an important procedural safeguard that helps ensure noncitizens are afforded… Read More
Press Release: New Report Shows That Immigration Revitalizes Communities by Preserving Thousands of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs and Increasing Housing Wealth
Analysis of U.S. Census and American Community Survey Data Shows 46 U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Are Created or Preserved for Every 1,000 Immigrants Living in a County Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and The Partnership for a New… Read More
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