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Dream Act Would Bring In $15.9B To New York, Center For American Progress Claims
New York Business Journal October 2, 2012 New York is one of 12 states that would feel the greatest economic impact as a result of the Dream Act passing, according to a report released Monday by the Center for American Progress and Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s coalition, the Partnership for a New American Economy. The Development, […]
Read MorePress Release: More Than 150 University Presidents and Chancellors From All 50 States Sign Letter to the President and Congress Supporting Visa Reform
University presidents and chancellors with a combined student body of over 4 million students and a total endowment of over $240 billion support visa reform Today, 165 chancellors and presidents of American universities sent a letter to President Barack Obama and to all members of Congress urging members of both parties to find a bipartisan […]
Read MoreNo Hiring New H-1B Visa Holders for the Next 15 Months
Forbes June 13, 2012 H-1B temporary visas are important because they typically are the only practical way for a skilled foreign national, including international students educated on U.S. campuses, to work long-term in the United States. Despite this, U.S. companies will not be able to hire anyone on a new H-1B visa for a long […]
Read MoreRep. Gutierrez to Introduce Immigration Reform Bill December 15
Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL.), announced that he will be introducing a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Congressman Gutierrez said “We have waited patiently for a workable solution to our immigration crisis to be taken up by this Congress and our President. The time for […]
Read MoreNew Report Reveals Devastating Impact of Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban
$715 Million in Taxes, $2.5 Billion in Spending Power at Risk WASHINGTON, DC, August 6 — A new report released today by the American Immigration Council details the sweeping economic and humanitarian toll of the Trump administration’s June 2025 travel ban, which restricts immigration from 19 countries. In 2022, nearly 300,000 people from these countries […]
Read MoreTrump’s 2025 Travel Ban: Who Is Affected and What It Could Cost the U.S. Economy
On June 4, 2025, the Trump administration announced a new travel ban targeting 19 countries. Learn what countries this affects and the potential impacts.
Read MoreIn Just Six Months, Trump’s Immigration Policy Has Built a Crueler World
The American Immigration Council’s new special report, Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America, is a guide to the first six months of the second Trump administration, what might be coming, and who is being harmed. This is the second in a series of blog posts lifting up the cross-cutting […]
Read MoreTrump’s Attack on Immigrants Is the Tip of the Spear for His Attack on Democracy
The American Immigration Council’s new special report, Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America, is a guide to the first six months of the second Trump administration, what might be coming, and who is being harmed. This is the first in a series of blog posts lifting up the cross-cutting […]
Read MoreMass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America
The first six months of President Trump’s return to office have marked the most extreme changes to the immigration system in modern U.S. history.
Read MoreUnited States Frees Venezuelans Held in El Salvador Following Prisoner Swap
Starting four months ago, the Trump administration carried out one of the worst abuses of government power in generations, imprisoning roughly 250 Venezuelan men (and dozens of Salvadorans) without due process in El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). The operation came less than 24 hours after President Trump secretly invoked the wartime Alien Enemies […]
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