Press Releases
Press Release: Statement from Partnership for a New American Economy Co-Chair and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Introduction of the Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 by Bipartisan Members of the U.S. Senate
“If we want to out-innovate the rest of the world, we need to make sure that we are able to recruit and retain the world’s top innovators. The Immigration Innovation (I2) Act of 2013 will ensure that more of the world’s most talented individuals can bring their inventions and… Read More
Press Release: Statement from Partnership for a New American Economy Co-Chair and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Framework Calls For Immigration System that Reflects Economic Needs, Secures Our Borders, Provides a Path to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants, Reduces Visa Backlogs, and Ensures that Employers Hire Only Legal Workers Following today’s announcement of a “Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform” by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY),… Read More
The American Immigration Council Welcomes Senate’s Bipartisan Principles on Immigration Reform
Washington D.C. – Today, a bipartisan group of eight Senators unveiled a new set of comprehensive immigration reform principles, adding to the growing body of evidence that legislation to fix our nation’s broken immigration system is not only necessary, but possible. Although the framework offers only a very rough… Read More
The American Immigration Council Welcomes Customs and Border Protection’s New Guidance on Interpretation
Washington D.C. – The American Immigration Council (AIC) welcomes U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) decision, announced yesterday, to stop providing interpretation assistance to other law enforcement agencies. This decision, which is set forth in new agency guidance that has not been publicly released, reportedly… Read More
The AIC Welcomes Customs and Border Protection’s New Guidance on Interpretation
The American Immigration Council (AIC) welcomes U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) decision, announced yesterday, to stop providing interpretation assistance to other law enforcement agencies. This decision, which is set forth in new agency guidance that has not been publicly released, reportedly directs CBP personnel to refer requests for… Read More
Press Release: New Report by the Information Technology Council, Partnership for a New American Economy, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Confirms Labor Needs in Fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Low Unemployment Rates in STEM Occupations Reaffirm that Foreign Born Workers with Advanced Degrees Complement United States STEM Workers The Information Technology Industry Council, The Partnership for a New American Economy, and The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released a new report, “Help Wanted:… Read More
Press Release: Statement from Partnership for a New American Economy Co-Chair and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Passage of the STEM Jobs Act in the U.S. House of Representatives
Bill Provides Green Cards for Foreign-Born Graduates with Advanced STEM Degrees and Reunites Families by Providing Visas to Spouses and Children of Current Green Card Holders Following today’s passage of the STEM Jobs Act of 2012 (H.R. 6429), the bill introduced by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) that… Read More
Federal Judge Orders USCIS to Release Records on Access to Counsel
This week, a federal district court issued an opinion highly critical of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) handling of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted by the American Immigration Council (AIC) for records relating to noncitizens’ access to counsel. The Court ordered USCIS to turn over… Read More
Council Challenges Denial of Motion to Suppress Evidence Obtained Through Unlawful Conduct
The American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center argued that local police violated the Fourth Amendment by unnecessarily prolonging an individual’s detention based solely on the suspicion that he was not lawfully present in the United States. In Arizona v. United States, the Supreme Court cautioned against prolonging a detention to… Read More
LAC Wins Release of H-1B Fraud Documents for AILA
For Immediate Release LAC Wins Release of H-1B Fraud Documents for AILA Washington, D.C.—USCIS released in full the four remaining contested documents in a FOIA lawsuit brought by the American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center (LAC) and Steptoe & Johnson LLP on behalf of AILA. The… Read More
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