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US Citizens Caught in Immigration Dragnet As Enforcement Gets More Aggressive
There is a disturbing trend in aggressive immigration enforcement that is appearing more and more recently: the detention of U.S. citizens. There are clear indications that U.S. immigration agents are locking up people they assume must be non-citizens, but who are in fact U.S. citizens. These abuses transcend any presidential administration. But there are indications […]
Read MoreNew American Economy Announces First-of-its-Kind New American Festival, a Celebration of Immigrants in American Culture, September 14-15, 2019
NEW YORK – New American Economy (NAE) announces the launch of the New American Festival, a groundbreaking celebration of immigrant contributions to American comedy, art, food, film, fashion, and more. This festival highlights how so much of American culture is shaped by immigrants, and how diversity has electrified creativity in America—giving the country its cultural […]
Read MoreImmigrants in Creative Industries
Across all industries in the U.S. economy, there were more than 400,000 immigrants working in creative or artistic occupations, helping support the nearly $1 trillion creative industry sector in the United States. There were more than 25,000 immigrant actors, producers, and directors; nearly 23,000 musicians; more than 17,400 photographers; and more than 16,000 writers and […]
Read MoreImmigrants and Families Appear in Court
Comprehensive analyses of the government’s own data show that in the vast majority of situations, immigrants placed into removal proceedings appear for all of their court hearings.
Read MoreImmigrants in North Texas
New research from New American Economy shows that immigrants make up nearly 30 percent of North Texas’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workers. The brief, Immigrants in North Texas, shows that immigrants in North Texas contributed billions in taxes in 2017, including $7.3 billion in federal taxes and $3.2 billion in state and local […]
Read MoreReligion News Service Opinion: The refugee crisis broke my heart, but refugees mended it
For most of my life, the word “refugee” meant little to me. I knew its definition but never its gravity. My eyes were opened when I read a harrowing biography about one man’s journey through the Sudanese refugee crisis. Then, in 2015, when pictures of a dead Syrian refugee toddler who had washed ashore made […]
Read MoreThe Institutional Hearing Program: An Overview
The Institutional Hearing Program permits immigration judges to conduct removal proceedings for noncitizens serving criminal sentences in certain correctional facilities.
Read MoreFOIA Lawsuit Demands Release of Information on the Institutional Hearing Program
This FOIA lawsuit sought information from the EOIR on the Institutional Hearing Program (IHP), which it runs jointly with ICE and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
Read MoreFOIA Request on EOIR Institutional Hearing Program
The Council, along with AILA and the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) seeking information relating to the Institutional Hearing Program (IHP).
Read MoreFOIA Request Seeks All Immigration Judge Standing Orders
The Council filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) seeking all immigration judge written standing orders presently in force at immigration courts nationwide governing requests by counsel.
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