Connecticut, District 2

Connecticut, District 2

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on SF 2340, Iowa’s Anti-Immigrant Law

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on SF 2340, Iowa’s Anti-Immigrant Law

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, JAN. 25, 2025 — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today upheld a temporary block on SF 2340, Iowa’s worst-ever immigration law. The Iowa law was passed during the 2024 Iowa legislative session and was temporarily blocked by the courts just weeks after. It conflicts… Read More

Misguided Laken Riley Act Does Nothing to Fix the Problems That Plague Our Immigration System

Misguided Laken Riley Act Does Nothing to Fix the Problems That Plague Our Immigration System

WASHINGTON, JAN. 22, 2025 — Today, the House voted in the final step for passing S. 5, legislation that will have devastating implications for many immigrants in the United States and our system of legal immigration alike.   The bill eliminates due process for many immigrants, including some… Read More

Senate Border Bill a Step in Right Direction, but Falls Short in Guaranteeing Due Process for Asylum Seekers

Senate Border Bill a Step in Right Direction, but Falls Short in Guaranteeing Due Process for Asylum Seekers

On Sunday night, a bipartisan group of senators released the “Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024." Jeremy Robbins, Executive Director of the American Immigration Council, responds to this controversial legislation that faces an uncertain future. Read More

Civil Rights and Legal Advocates File Lawsuit Against Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1718

Civil Rights and Legal Advocates File Lawsuit Against Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1718

Legal organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718. Read More

Legal Advocates to File Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law

Legal Advocates to File Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law

The Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and American Immigration Council have announced they will file a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s draconian Senate Bill 1718, which goes into effect, July 1. Read More

The Afghan Adjustment Act Is a Pathway to Belonging in America

The Afghan Adjustment Act Is a Pathway to Belonging in America

A a group of U.S. senators and representatives introduced the Afghan Adjustment Act, a bipartisan bill that would establish a legal adjustment of status process for thousands of Afghans currently in the United States who relocated and resettled in American communities since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Read More

U.S. House Moves Immigration Reform in Bill Aimed at Increasing American Competitiveness and Helping Economy

U.S. House Moves Immigration Reform in Bill Aimed at Increasing American Competitiveness and Helping Economy

The U.S. House of Representatives passed an economic competitiveness bill focused on advancing the United States’ innovation and global competitiveness, which also proposes reforms to U.S. immigration law to help attract and retain immigrant talent. Read More

A New Vision for Immigration Creates a Welcoming and Inclusive Immigration System

A New Vision for Immigration Creates a Welcoming and Inclusive Immigration System

President Joseph R. Biden announced a welcoming and inclusive vision for immigration in a legislative proposal that provides a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants who call the United States home. Read More

Time for Congress to Go Back to Bi-Partisan Comprehensive Solutions to Immigration

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

The American Immigration Council Welcomes Bi-Partisan Senate Immigration Bill

The American Immigration Council Welcomes Bi-Partisan Senate Immigration Bill

Washington D.C. – The American Immigration Council applauds the “Gang of Eight” Senators who have introduced the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act.” The Senators and their staff have been working tirelessly, for months, to create a bi-partisan solution that attempts to fix our broken… Read More

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