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Bond Hearings for Asylum Seekers Are Latest Casualty of the Recent Supreme Court Term
For almost two decades, asylum seekers taken into Border Patrol custody who passed a “credible fear” interview have been eligible to seek release from detention on bond while they go through the asylum process. But now that right is gone. On July 29, a federal district court in Washington erased a key legal victory which […]
Read MoreImmigration Agencies Get Hit with Record-High Lawsuits as Delays Worsen
Lawsuits asking courts to order government employees to decide long-pending immigration filings have increased sharply in the past year. According to a recent report by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), in May 2022 the federal courts recorded 647 immigration-related lawsuits for agency delay. This is “the highest number of such cases filed in a […]
Read MoreMetering Notices
This page provides translations of the Notice of Potential Class Membership, Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas, which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted on its website on September 13, 2022. According to USCIS, the “notice is intended to provide information for individuals who (1) may be an AOL PI Class Member; (2) had the ‘third-country […]
Read MoreNew Research Shows Texas Immigrants Accounted for Over 20 Percent of Workforce Across Several Leading Industries
New research on released today by the American Immigration Council–in partnership with the Texas Association of Business and the Texas Business Leadership Council–underscores the crucial role immigrants in Texas play in some of the state’s fastest growing and most in demand fields.
Read MoreTending to America’s Food Supply
This fact sheet analyzes the essential role of immigrant workers in America’s food production, particularly in the meat and dairy industries
Read MoreSupreme Court Permits Biden to Terminate ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program
Almost a year after the Supreme Court allowed a federal judge in Texas to order the Biden administration to restart the so-called “Migrant Protection Protocols” (MPP), the Supreme Court ruled in the Biden administration’s favor on June 30. The decision will not only permit President Biden to finally end MPP, also known as the “Remain […]
Read MoreIn Blow to Asylum, House Appropriations Committee Greenlights Title 42
The House Appropriations Committee on Friday passed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill for Fiscal Year 2023, as part of the year-over-year process that Congress undertakes to fund the government. Although the bill contains several pro-immigrant measures, much of that progress was overshadowed by a successful last-minute amendment targeting asylum. The amendment would […]
Read MoreNew Fortune 500 List Shows America’s Economic Success Relies on Immigrants
America’s economic success is built on the world’s best and brightest coming to our shores bringing ingenuity, creativity, and determination. From Wall Street to Main Street, businesses started by immigrants have helped the U.S. economy enormously. The history of immigrant entrepreneurship stretches back to the country’s founding. Famously, the designer of the American financial system […]
Read MoreHispanic Americans Are Helping Put the Rio Grande Valley on the Map
Located on the U.S.-Mexico border at the southern tip of Texas lies the Rio Grande Valley, or as Texans call it “the Valley” or “RGV.” While the RGV–made up of Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy counties–most recently made national news during Texas Governor Abbott’s anti-immigrant blockade, there is so much more to the region. The […]
Read MoreBiden’s New Asylum Rules Go Into Effect On A Limited Basis
The Biden administration’s overhaul of the asylum system went into effect for the first time on May 31, but only a limited basis. According to guidance published by the Department of Homeland Security, the rule will initially be applied to several hundred asylum seekers per month. The rule will only be for those who are […]
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