North Carolina, District 8
A Shortage of Immigration Lawyers Is Another Barrier to Integration for Immigrants
Immigrants are now far more likely to face the complexities of the immigration court system alone, without an attorney. As of December 2023, only 30% of immigrants with pending cases have secured representation, down from 65% just four years ago. This new data comes from… Read More
Council Submits Amicus Brief Challenging Agency Failure to Undergo Notice and Comment Rulemaking
The Council filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction and summary judgment motion that the government did not satisfy the stringent requirements necessary to sidestep notice and comment rulemaking. Read More
Caller Times: Corpus Christi leaders hope area can be one of the nation’s ‘Gateways for Growth’ for foreign talent
With a number of international companies making South Texas their choice to establish new businesses, community leaders in Corpus Christi want to do what they can to integrate that foreign talent into the area. The ultimate goal? To foster local economic growth. “I just see that… Read More
CNN Money: Immigrants made American business what it is today
Imagine the United States with no AT&T. No Procter & Gamble. No Bank of America. Also no Apple, Google or eBay. And no upstarts like Tesla, SpaceX or Uber. These companies share one important characteristic besides the thousands of employees who depend on them for a paycheck: They all were founded or co-founded by… Read More
From Struggle to Resilience: The Economic Impact of Refugees in America
Refugees earn more than $77 billion in household income and paid almost $21 billion in taxes in 2015, according to this New American Economy report, that offers one of the few comprehensive analyses of how refugees contribute to the U.S. economy overall and provides insight into the economic… Read More
After Accepting Immigrants, Kentucky Thrives
Since the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, began helping immigrants and refugees secure employment and affordable housing, something has happened: the local economy has grown 6 percent and unemployment has dropped to one of the lowest rates in the state. “A lot of these folks are entrepreneurs at heart,” says Joe… Read More
Silicon Valley Business Journal: More than a third of Silicon Valley’s population is foreign-born
More than one out of three people in Silicon Valley are foreign-born, a group that collectively pays around $11.4 billion in state and federal taxes each year, according to a new compilation of immigration data from the Partnership for a New American Economy. The group, which is spearheaded by former… Read More
Jennings v. Rodriguez – Ninth Circuit
The American Immigration Council, in collaboration with the American Immigration Law Association, filed an amicus brief in the case Jennings v. Rodriguez, calling for the Court to overturn Demore v. Kim and end mandatory detention. Read More
Third-Generation Apple Farmer Barney Hodges Can’t Find Enough Americans to Harvest His 200-Acre Farm
Barney Hodges III is a third-generation apple farmer and the second generation to run his family’s farm in Vermont. Like his father and his grandfather before him, Hodges depends on migrant labor to keep the family business alive—a farm that pumps $3 million into the local economy each year. These… Read More
Dreaming of Becoming a Lawyer — But How When You’re Not a Citizen in Your Own Country?
Frida Islas Valdez, a sophomore at Wake Forest University, is keeping busy: She’s a leader in a social justice teaching program, a senator in the student government, and a peer leader trained to mentor students who’ve violated the school’s code of conduct. She plans to major in both… Read More
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