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American Immigration Council Announces Honorees for 2024 Immigration Impact Awards
The American Immigration Council will honor an activist and a DACAmented immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico, and a law firm founder and leading expert in immigration law, with its 2024 Immigration Impact Award.
Read MoreTrump Administration Intentionally Expelled Thousands of Unaccompanied Children to Danger Under Title 42
Report by The Center for Human Rights of the Child of the Loyola School of Law, with Expertise from the American Immigration Council Under the auspices of protecting the public from COVID-19, beginning in 2020, the Trump administration expelled thousands of unaccompanied children pursuant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Title 42 […]
Read MoreTaking Welcoming Work to New Heights in the Lone Star State: Welcoming Interactive 2024
Six years ago, the Dallas City Council passed a resolution to make the city more welcoming for immigrants and long-time residents alike. The city council proposed policy recommendations to address the unprecedented challenges immigrants and refugees in the Texas city face. Alongside the resolution, the city, in collaboration with multisector stakeholders, launched the Welcoming Dallas […]
Read MoreCivil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Block Iowa’s Unconstitutional SF 2340
Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit today to block SF 2340, one of the worst, most far-reaching immigration laws ever passed in the state of Iowa.
Read MoreFY 2024 Government Funding Package Is a Mixed-Bag on Immigration
President Biden signed the final 6-bill “minibus” funding package for fiscal year (FY) 2024 on March 23, which includes funding for the agencies that implement our immigration laws. This was the culmination of months of negotiations mired by attempts to insert restrictive border and immigration policy changes into the budget. While the compromise package doesn’t […]
Read MoreNew Report Shows Immigrants in Androscoggin County, Maine Paid Over $24 Million in Taxes and Held Over $74 Million in Spending Power in 2019
Immigrants play a crucial role in the labor force in southern Maine, according to data in a new report.
Read MoreTexas SB4 Law Sets Damaging Precedent for Similar Bills that Endanger Immigrant Families
SB4 is cruel, inhumane, and clearly unconstitutional.
Read MoreImmigration Impact Awards 2024
Date: Friday, June 14, 2024 Time: 6:30 pm CT – Pre-Awards Reception (Open to all attendees), 7:30 pm CT – Immigration Impact Awards Location: Marriott Marquis 2121 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616 The American Immigration Council is hosting our annual Immigration Impact Awards on June 14th at the Marriott Marquis, Chicago. Together, we will […]
Read More200 Immigration-Related Bills Have Already Been Introduced in State Legislatures in 2024
Amid inaction from the federal government on immigration policy and growing calls for action from localities, some state legislatures are taking a proactive role in welcoming immigrants and refugees. Once again, states are leading the way on immigration policy in the U.S. Despite being less than a month into the 2024 state legislative cycle, state […]
Read MoreNew Research Shows Approximately 6.3% of Workers in Ohio’s Manufacturing Industry Were Immigrants, Despite Making up 4.7% of Ohio’s Total Population in 2019
New research on The Economic Contributions of Immigrants in Ohio’s Manufacturing Sector released today by Ohio Business for Immigration Solutions underscores the crucial role immigrants in Ohio already play in the state’s manufacturing industry.
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