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The Film Club
Welcome to NAE’s new Film Club, a monthly virtual film series focused on immigrant filmmakers and subject matters related to the immigrant experience in America. Each month we’ll screen one movie for free and then host a virtual discussion with a key member of the film team to discuss themes of immigration. RSVP today for […]
Read MoreCouncil and Broad Coalition Urge Department of Homeland Security to Withdraw Records Destruction Plans
In this letter, the Council and a diverse coalition call on the Biden administration to stop and reevaluate plans to destroy immigration agency records documenting abuse and misconduct.
Read MoreU.S. Businesses Resolve Lawsuit Challenging USCIS’ Rejections of H-1B Petitions with a Start Date After October 1
Seven U.S. businesses dismissed their lawsuit against USCIS after the agency agreed to accept and adjudicate the H-1B nonimmigrant employment-based petitions previously rejected by the agency.
Read MoreEconomic Contributions and Growth of Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, NAE will be examining the contributions and characteristics of what is now the fastest growing minority group in the United States: the AAPI community. In this first installment, we look at the growth of the AAPI community as a whole and take stock of its […]
Read MoreRising Border Encounters in 2021: An Overview and Analysis
This Council fact sheet provides an overview and analysis of border encounters and border apprehensions in 2021.
Read MoreA Diverse Sisterhood of Strangers Showed Me How Pluralism Works
Two years ago, I joined a Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom local chapter in Manhattan. The Sisterhood brings together equal numbers of Jewish and Muslim women in intimate chapters of between 10-20 members, all across America. The goal is to build personal bonds, improve knowledge and literacy about the two religions, dispel misconceptions, fight hate, and […]
Read MoreBorder Patrol’s New Coordinators Are Meant to Help Process Children, But Concerns Linger
A record number of migrant children are arriving to the U.S.-Mexico border alone. In March 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered nearly 19,000 unaccompanied minors—the most to ever arrive in a single month. But for the first time, Border Patrol processing coordinators—not law enforcement agents—will be stationed at CBP facilities to help care […]
Read MoreHow the Biden Administration Is Responding to Unaccompanied Children, Families, and Adults at the Border
Only days after President Biden took office, some people were already declaring that the border was in a state of crisis. But recently released U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics reveal that the truth is more complicated. The Biden administration is dealing with two very different phenomena at the border right now. One is driving […]
Read MoreImmigration Policies Based on Deterrence Don’t Work
Over the last two months, the Biden administration has been pressured to carry out another crackdown at the border as the number of arriving families and children rise. But officials making these calls must grapple with one simple fact: immigration enforcement through deterrence doesn’t work. If we want to keep people from making the dangerous […]
Read MoreNew Data Highlights the Economic Contributions of DREAMers in Major Texas Metros
Analysis confirms DACA-eligible residents pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes, wield billions in spending power annually in Texas metropolitan areas HOUSTON– Today, Texans for Economic Growth (TEG) and the Texas Opportunity Coalition (TOC) released new data from the 2019 American Community Survey that demonstrates the significant financial and economic impact that Dreamers make […]
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