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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on SF 2340, Iowa’s Anti-Immigrant Law

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, JAN. 25, 2025 — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today upheld a temporary block on SF 2340, Iowa’s worst-ever immigration law. The Iowa law was passed during the 2024 Iowa legislative session and was temporarily blocked by the courts just weeks after. It conflicts with federal law and would […]

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After Day One: A High-Level Analysis of Trump’s First Executive Actions

On the first day of his second term, President Trump issued ten executive orders aimed at overhauling U.S. immigration law and policy, impacting nearly every aspect of the system; this factsheet analyzes these actions.

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Misguided Laken Riley Act Does Nothing to Fix the Problems That Plague Our Immigration System

WASHINGTON, JAN. 22, 2025 — Today, the House voted in the final step for passing S. 5, legislation that will have devastating implications for many immigrants in the United States and our system of legal immigration alike.   The bill eliminates due process for many immigrants, including some who have been living and working legally in the […]

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Judicial Review of Visa Decisions After the Supreme Court’s Decision in Department of State v. Muñoz

In Department of State v. Muñoz, 602 U.S. 899 (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that a U.S. citizen and her noncitizen spouse had no access to judicial review of a consular officer’s denial of an immigrant visa. The Court held that a U.S. citizen has no “fundamental liberty interest” in her spouse’s admission to the […]

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Mass Deportations Will Undermine Our Safety

When the Trump administration deported Goura Ndiaye, he had lived in the United States for 20 years, running his own business as an electrician, working as primary breadwinner for his three U.S. citizen daughters, and serving as an active member of his church in Ohio. For 10 years, Goura regularly checked in with immigration authorities […]

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Businesses and Workers Get Win with Permanent Work Permit Extension Rule

On December 13, the Biden administration issued a permanent rule that automatically extends the validity of certain work permits by up to 540 days if they are timely renewed.  The American Immigration Council and many other organizations and businesses made this a key ask to the outgoing administration to protect workers from employment gaps as […]

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What Will Mass Deportations Look Like?

In less than two months, President-elect Donald Trump will begin his second term. We expect a flurry of immigration-related executive actions within days, including a dramatic shift in immigration enforcement in the interior of the United States. On the campaign trail, Trump promised that on “day one” he would “launch the largest deportation program of […]

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The Council Received Data on City-Level Refugee Resettlement From the Department of State

A FOIA request provided demographic data on refugees resettled in the U.S. from October 2017 to December 2024, which the Council used to create a state-level visualization tool showing refugee nationality, age, gender, education, and English proficiency, while protecting individual privacy by redacting data in areas with fewer than 50 resettlements.

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