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New Americans in Louisville, KY

New research from New American Economy (NAE) released today in partnership with Louisville’s Office for Globalization highlights how immigrants are both essential to Louisville’s rapid response efforts and especially vulnerable due to gaps in our federal relief package, language access barriers, and increased risks of infection associated with frontline and essential work.  Key findings from […]

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Louisville Uses New Research to Inform Immigrant-inclusive COVID-19 Relief Measures

New Research from New American Economy shows that immigrants in Louisville play an outsize role in critical industries, making up over 25 percent of all Food Processing workers and 9.1 percent of all Restaurant and Food Services workers in 2018. Louisville, KY– New research from New American Economy (NAE) released today in partnership with Louisville’s […]

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USCIS Hasn’t Approved a Single Person for Liberian Legalization Program

A program created in late 2019 to allow certain Liberian noncitizens in the United States to become lawful permanent residents (LPRs) is falling far short of its potential, according to a new report. The program in question is Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF), a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 […]

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ICE Unlawfully Detains Immigrant Youth: Federal Court Ruling

A federal court has ruled that the failure of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to consider less restrictive settings before transferring unaccompanied immigrant youth to ICE detention on their 18th birthdays violates U.S. immigration laws.

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Court-Ordered Release of Children May Lead to Family Separation

Federal Judge Dolly Gee has ordered that children held for more than 20 days at U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) family detention centers must be released. The order was the latest development in Judge Gee’s oversight of the Flores Settlement, a decades-old binding decree governing the detention and treatment of immigrant children in government […]

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Stephanie Guevara

My existence is proof that this country truly is a melting pot. My Ecuadorian parents raised me and my brother in New York City. We spoke Spanish at home and English at school. At times growing up I felt like I didn’t belong here, and yet being bilingual, I get to be a part of […]

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USCIS Claims It’s Strapped for Cash, Requests Emergency Funding From Congress

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says it’s running out of money, fast. In a letter to Congress, USCIS declared that the coronavirus pandemic had caused unavoidable budget shortfalls. The agency—normally funded by fees from visa petitions and immigration benefit applications—says it will run out of money by June. It’s asking Congress for an emergency […]

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US: Lawsuit Over ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Secrecy

The American Immigration Council, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Human Rights Watch, and the law firm Winston & Strawn LLP filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Northern District of California today to compel the release of records about the US Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as the “Remain in Mexico” program.

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Twelve Local Communities Awarded Research to Support Immigrant-inclusive COVID-19 Relief Measures.

New American Economy announces research support to local communities committed to including immigrants in emergency responses.  NEW YORK, NY – Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic local leaders in communities across the country have been working tirelessly to ensure that all community members — and particularly the most vulnerable populations — have access to […]

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After Filing Suit, Council Releases Records Describing ICE’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The American Immigration Council filed a lawsuit after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) failed to timely respond to the Council’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The request asked for information about ICE’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in immigration jails and the measures it was taking to identify and treat detained individuals who are […]

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