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How to Engage in an Immigration Debate Where Everyone Has Their Own Facts
Advocates of immigrant rights decry working in what feels like the age of the fact-free debate. A debate driven in large part by leaders willing to cherry-pick facts on immigration that encourage division and sacrifice solutions. Yet, all of us have a role to play in improving the nature of the public debate on immigration. […]
Read MoreGovernment Data Reveals the Inner Workings of the U.S. Immigration Detention System
A report on immigration detention examines the United States’ complex, sprawling network of facilities used to detain immigrants. The report, “The Landscape of Immigration Detention in the United States,” reveals that detained individuals were commonly held in facilities operated by private entities and located in remote areas, far away from basic community support structures and legal advocacy networks.
Read MoreGovernment Data Shows ICE Detention Relies on Private Companies and Remote Locations
There is a lot that we don’t know about immigration detention. Although Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been in the headlines more often than in past years, the network of facilities ICE uses to imprison immigrants is a major aspect of the agency that is often hidden in plain sight. According to a national […]
Read MoreThe Landscape of Immigration Detention in the United States
This analysis reveals that individuals detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were commonly held in privately operated and remotely located facilities, far away from basic community support structures and legal advocacy networks.
Read MoreTexas Tribune Opinion: Proposed federal rule could penalize legal immigrants, like my parents
When my parents took my brothers and me to visit my grandparents in Mexico last summer, it was meant to be a relaxing family reunion. But I spent the week feeling terrified. I couldn’t stop thinking about what would happen when we crossed the border and returned to Texas. In years past, I never worried […]
Read MoreThe United States Could Solve Undocumented Immigration With a Better System
New estimates indicate that the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States continues a decade-long decline, standing at about 10.7 million as of 2016 (down from 12.2 million in 2007). Just as important as the numbers themselves, however, are the trends that underlie them: migrants are now primarily coming from Central America, not Mexico. […]
Read MoreActing AG Matthew G. Whitaker Lacks Authority to Decide Immigration Case, Say Immigration Groups
The American Immigration Council and other immigrant rights organizations filed a legal brief on Friday that explains why President Donald Trump’s designation of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting attorney general is unlawful. As a result, the brief asserts, Whitaker lacks the authority to decide a critical immigration case.
Read MoreThe Horn Coffee: Ahmed’s Story
From Somali immigrant to Nashville business owner, Ahmed Sayid has his own piece of the American Dream.
Read MoreNew Americans in Chicago
A new report from New American Economy shows that immigrants represented 36 percent of Chicago’s entrepreneurs and generated $659 million in business income in 2016. The report, New Americans in Chicago, was produced in partnership with the Chicago Mayor’s Office of New Americans. The report also shows that immigrants also held nearly a quarter of the […]
Read MoreImmigrants Accounted for One-Third of Chicago’s Entrepreneurs in 2016
CHICAGO, IL – Immigrants represented 36 percent of Chicago’s entrepreneurs and generated $659 million in business income in 2016, according to a new report by New American Economy (NAE), produced in partnership with the Chicago Mayor’s Office of New Americans. The report also shows that immigrants also held nearly a quarter of the spending power […]
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