Jorge Loweree

Jorge Loweree is the Managing Director of Programs and Strategy at the American Immigration Council. In this role, he provides strategic leadership for the Council’s legal, policy, state & local, and research teams, in addition to the Immigration Justice Campaign. Jorge brings extensive policy, advocacy, legislative, and coalition-building experience to the Council, previously serving as the Council’s policy director and spending ten years in a variety of positions with the U.S. House of Representatives.

Earlier in his career, Jorge provided direct legal representation to immigrants impacted by immigration enforcement and detention in Colorado. He spent his youth in Juárez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, and is a fluent Spanish speaker. Jorge holds a J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School and Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the Saint Mary’s University.

Jorge Loweree

Publications

DHS Watchdog Recommends Immediate Action to Address Horrific Conditions in ICE Detention

  • March 22, 2022

In an unprecedented move, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’) watchdog agency—the Office of the…

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How Biden Can Reform Immigration Enforcement and Detention

This article is part of the Moving Forward on Immigration series that explores the future…

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The Media Is Obsessed With the ‘Latino Vote’ – There Is No Such Thing

  • November 6, 2020

A major theme of the 2020 election has been how demographic shifts in the American…

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