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Office of New Americans (ONA) State Network
Together with World Education Services, the Council supports and co-convenes an emerging, nationwide Office of New Americans (ONA) State Network. Through this network, the Council and WES provide a forum for state policy leaders to drive positive change that supports immigrant and refugee integration into the workforce and econom The ONA State Network brings together a […]
Read MoreICE to Close or Scale Back Use of Four Immigration Detention Facilities, Citing Concerns over Conditions, Treatment of Detained Individuals
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it will close or scale back four detention facilities over concerns about conditions at those centers.
Read MoreNew Biden Administration Policies Offer Crucial Protections for Immigrant Youth
The government made two important announcements on March 7th affecting immigrant children who have been abused, abandoned, and neglected. The first is a new policy that offers work permits and deportation protection to children with approved Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) petitions. The second is a long-anticipated SIJS regulation, clarifying eligibility requirements for youth seeking […]
Read MoreImmigration and Customs Enforcement Issues Annual Report—What Does It Really Mean?
Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released its fiscal year 2021 annual report. In it, the agency reported a significant decrease in both overall deportations and internal apprehensions from fiscal year 2020 and prior years. While related media coverage has largely attributed these changing trends to policy decisions made by the Biden administration, much […]
Read MoreNew Americans in Lancaster County
In January 2022, NAE merged with the American Immigration Council to combine a broad suite of advocacy tools to better expand and protect the rights of immigrants, more fully ensure immigrants’ ability to succeed economically, and help make the communities they settle in more welcoming. New research from New American Economy shows that immigrants in […]
Read MoreWhy Are Afghans Facing Significant Delays in Humanitarian Parole and Refugee Processing?
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in August 2021—as the country’s government was overtaken by the Taliban—led to the chaotic evacuation of thousands of Afghan nationals. The tragic images from Kabul airport last summer of desperate Afghans trying to escape their embattled nation evidenced the dire need to assist those who were not able […]
Read MoreAlternatives to Immigration Detention: An Overview
This fact sheet provides an overview of the wide range of programs that provide alternatives to detention (ATDs) and run the gamut from no governmental intervention to extensive surveillance and restrictions on liberties,
Read MoreFlorida’s Anti-Immigrant Bills Follow a Decade-Long Trend
The path toward commonsense federal immigration solutions seems to be continuing the cyclical and frustrating pattern of two steps forward, one step back. As soon as a measure is introduced—be it visa recapture, reducing the H-1B backlog, or a long overdue solution for Dreamers and TPS holders—it gets clawed back. In the absence of meaningful […]
Read MoreHow Would Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Handle Immigration Cases?
President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court. With nearly a decade as a federal judge, Judge Jackson’s record may provide some clues about how she would handle immigration cases as a Supreme Court Justice. Immigration law has three main components: Federal statutes […]
Read MoreDueling Court Orders May Decide Fate of President Biden’s Title 42 Expulsions
In just under two years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has carried out over 1.5 million rapid “expulsions” of asylum seekers and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border under Title 42, a controversial public health law invoked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 200,000 parents and children have been expelled, […]
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