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What Project 2025 Says About Immigration
The American Immigration Council does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected office. We aim to provide analysis regarding the implications of the election on the U.S. immigration system. What would a second Donald Trump presidency mean for immigrants? It’s often hard to answer these questions using politicians’ own words – you have to parse […]
Read MorePresident Biden’s Keeping Families Together Program Has Begun
Updated: August 22, 2024 This is an update to our blog first posted on June 18, 2024, when President Biden first announced two policies to help provide streamlined paths to legal status for certain undocumented immigrants. On August 19, 2024, details regarding the two policies described below were posted as a notice in the Federal […]
Read MoreThe Refugee Olympic Team: Resilience and Hope at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics
By: Devashish Basnet Since their unforgettable debut at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, the Refugee Olympic team, which represents millions of refugees and forcibly displaced people worldwide, keeps making history. This summer at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the team won its first-ever medal. Cindy Ngamba, a Cameroonian refugee who now lives in the UK, […]
Read MoreNew York Times Guest Essay: Do Politicians Realize How Difficult and Rare Immigrating to the U.S. Legally Actually Is?
See Jorge Lowere, Managing Director of Programs and Strategy at the American Immigration Council, in his guest essay for NYT Opinion. During the Republican National Convention, speakers repeatedly tried to draw a contrast between asylum seekers who’ve crossed the southern border in recent years and immigrants who’ve entered the country through other channels. As Vivek […]
Read MoreEmpowering Texas: Immigrants’ Contributions to the Energy Industry
A new research report, Empowering Texas: Immigrants’ Contributions to the Energy Industry, underscores the crucial role immigrants play in Texas’ energy industry. The report was prepared in partnership with Texans for Economic Growth.
Read MoreEmpowering Texas: Immigrants’ Contributions to the Healthcare Industry
A new research report, Empowering Texas: Immigrants’ Contributions to the Healthcare Industry, underscores the crucial role immigrants play in some of Texas’ healthcare industry. The report was prepared in partnership with Texans for Economic Growth.
Read MoreEmpowering Texas: Immigrants’ Contributions to the Construction Industry
Empowering Texas: Immigrants’ Contributions to the Construction Industry underscores immigrants’ crucial role in Texas’ energy industry. The report was prepared in partnership with Texans for Economic Growth.
Read MoreThe Council Sues the Department of State for Data on Where the Agency Resettles Refugees
On April 25, the Council filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with the Department of State to obtain locational and demographic data on refugees admitted to the United States.
Read MoreWhy Are Border Crossings at Their Lowest Level in Four Years?
Border crossings are at their lowest in four years. Is the Biden administration’s executive action working as intended—or is there another factor at play? Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border spiked to a record 250,000 in December 2023, but they’ve been falling since then. Beginning in January 2024, a crackdown by Mexico with the goal of […]
Read MoreDo 287(g) Agreements with ICE Make Communities Safer?
Written by Juan Avilez, Policy Associate for State and Local Initiatives and Raul Pinto, Deputy Legal Director Texas’ SB4 set the tone for the national discourse around immigration enforcement. Since then, certain states have felt emboldened to create their own immigration enforcement regimes, like Iowa and Oklahoma, which enacted equally strict copycat bills. Other states […]
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