Court Does Not Expedite Work Permit Renewals for Asylum Seekers, Leaving Thousands Without Work or at Risk of Losing Jobs
A federal court denied preliminary relief in a lawsuit challenging USCIS's extreme delays and failure to process work permit renewals for asylum seekers. The judge declined to order USCIS to process work permit renewal applications within the 180-day automatic extension of employment authorization. Read More
Lawsuit Seeks Answers to Privacy and Data Risks Associated with the CBP One App
The American Immigration Council filed a FOIA lawsuit against CBP requesting information about the agency’s implementation of CBP One— an app designed to help process individuals entering the United States including asylum seekers—that has raised concerns among immigration and privacy advocates. Read More
New Report Shows Immigrants in the City of Los Angeles Paid nearly $15 Billion in Taxes and Held More Than $38 Billion in Spending Power
Los Angeles, CA – A new report released today by New American Economy in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) underscores the crucial role immigrants in Los… Read More
Mexican Immigrant Supports Immigrant Youth Through Education in Los Angeles
Lizbeth GarciaTeacher, Academia Avance High School When Lizbeth Garcia was 8 years old, her older sister was diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease. Unable to find treatment in Guerrero, Mexico, her parents decided to move the family to Los Angeles to get the medical help they needed. Garcia’s parents… Read More
Honduran Immigrant Helps Others Gain Citizenship in Los Angeles
Emanel NorezaLegal assistant Emanel Noreza was little more than a baby when his parents left him with his grandmother in Honduras and came to the United States. “We lived in a run-down apartment with no running water and a rodent infestation,” Noreza recalls. “They worked really hard, but there… Read More
2021 End of Year Report
Dear Friends and Supporters, This year’s end of year message is a particularly meaningful one for us: As of January 1st, New American Economy will officially merge with and become the American Immigration Council. We are so grateful for your partnership, support, and commitment to our… Read More
American Immigration Council and New American Economy Announce Merger
Two of the nation’s leading immigration advocacy organizations are merging, adding the research, state and local policy, and art and culture arms of New American Economy to the legal, federal policy, and belonging work of the American Immigration Council and creating a unified organization uniquely able to protect immigrants’… Read More
American Immigration Council and New American Economy Announce Merger
Two of the nation’s leading immigration advocacy organizations are merging, adding the research, state and local policy, and art and culture arms of New American Economy to the legal, federal policy, and belonging work of the American Immigration Council and creating a unified organization uniquely able to protect immigrants’ rights, secure a path to economic success for immigrants, and make American communities more welcoming. Read More
The Restart of MPP is a Betrayal of President Biden’s Promises To Restore a Humane Asylum System
The Biden administration announced today that it will begin to reimplement as early as Monday the Migrant Protection Protocols—a Trump-era policy also known as the “Remain in Mexico” program. Under MPP, the U.S. government sent nearly 70,000 people seeking humanitarian protection to dangerous areas of Mexico to await their hearings, leading thousands to suffer. Read More
ICE Continues to Ignore FOIA Request for Reports on Enforcement Activities and Removals
Immigration advocacy groups filed a FOIA lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting ICE’s internal reports on enforcement activities and removals under the Biden-Harris administration’s interim enforcement priorities. Read More
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