A Life Rebuilt Through Caregiving in Bentonville, Arkansas
Five years after Laura agreed to relocate from Mexico to the United States, where her husband’s family worked as Christian missionaries, her husband was killed in an accident, leaving her with two children. “I started doing any kind of job I could do because I needed to support myself,” she said. Unauthorized to work in the United States, Laura did what so many immigrant women in her situation do: she worked as a babysitter and nanny. “Every single day I show up.” When a family asked if she knew anyone who cleaned houses, she said, “I know no one, but I can do it.” Read More
Creating Pathways for Families Beyond Early Childhood
Childcare doesn’t end when the kids turn 12 or 13. It just evolves. Combine increasingly unwalkable neighborhoods, smaller local family networks, and the relentless extracurricular demands of college admissions, and many American parents end up looking more like chauffeurs. Lisa is an industrial designer specializing in jewelry and housewares. To help manage the demands of parenting and work, her family hired an au pair. “We have a whole system that is quite broken, I’d say. But in trying to work within it, having household help is quite necessary.” Read More
Immigrant Nannies Make Work Possible for a New York Family
Liz, a fourth-generation New Yorker, found her family’s first nanny through a neighborhood parent group, and their second through a nanny co-operative. Both were immigrants, simply because, as Liz put it, “the bulk of nannies who are working in Brooklyn are immigrants.” Liz works in child welfare and philanthropy, and her husband is a medical researcher. “I want to be working,” Liz said. “If I didn’t have somebody who I thought was safe and caring and aligned with my kids every day then I wouldn’t be working.” Read More
New Podcast Feature: Beyond Borders – Why Cultural Exchange Still Matters
We’re excited to share that Lisa Murray, Program Director for Cultural Exchange at the American Immigration Council, recently joined the Beyond Borders podcast to discuss the lasting value of international exchange programs and how they strengthen communities, institutions, and global understanding. In the episode, Lisa highlights: 👉 Listen to the full conversation here: Beyond… Read More
Amidst Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign, Report Shows Access to Lawyers is Critical
Washington DC, Nov. 20 — As the Trump administration intensifies its mass deportation and detention campaign, a new report from the American Immigration Council shows that legal representation is one of the most powerful tools to increase fairness in immigration court. Read… Read More
SCOTUS Grants Review of Ninth Circuit Decision Holding Turnbacks of Asylum Seekers Unlawful
Washington (November 17, 2025) – Today, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to review a Ninth Circuit decision that declared unlawful the U.S. government’s prior turnback policy, which the government calls “metering.” Under this policy, border officers physically blocked people from seeking asylum at ports of… Read More
Lawsuit Challenges the Department of Education Over New Public Service Loan Forgiveness Rule
Washington, D.C., Nov. 4 — Four non-profit public-interest organizations filed a lawsuit today to challenge a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that threatens to disqualify certain employers from eligibility for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The… Read More
New Platform Details the Chaos Behind Family Separation
Transparency Project Offers New Insight into the First Trump Administration’s Implementation of Family Separations Oct. 30, 2025, WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the American Immigration Council launched a platform analyzing new records about the U.S. government’s chaotic implementation of family separations during the… Read More
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Iowa’s Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law
Ruling Protects Families and Upholds Constitutional Limits on State Power Oct 23, 2025, WASHINGTON DC — In a sweeping victory for immigrant communities and the rule of law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today upheld an injunction blocking Iowa’s SF 2340. Read More
National Immigrant Rights Organizations Sue the Federal Government Over Withheld Records on ICE Arrests in Immigration Courts
Washington, D.C, October 15 — Today, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the American Immigration Council, and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, demanding the release of critical records the government has unlawfully withheld about arrests at immigration courts and the dismissal of… Read More
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