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130+ Groups Release Top Five Immigration Priorities for Biden Administration’s Next Budget
As the Biden administration begins crafting next year’s budget, 131 organizations published a statement for the Biden administration outlining the top immigration priorities that must be included in the country’s budget for Fiscal Year 2023.
Read MoreA Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration
As the Trump administration continued to ramp up immigration enforcement measures across the United States last week, new “red flags” emerged; policy measures that dramatically impact the basic rights of immigrants in this country or that erode basic legal protections and good governance. These red flags range from new collaborations between Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Read MoreFive State Immigration Bills You Should Know About
By: Jojo Tompkins, State and Local Policy Fellow State legislatures are advancing policies that directly impact immigrant communities — creating new rules, expanding enforcement, and offering critical protections. At the start of the 2025 legislative session, the American Immigration Council shared how states could pass policies to protect their immigrant communities. Now, as the 2025 […]
Read MoreThese Men Were Deported to El Salvador With No Due Process. Their Stories Show Why an Investigation Is Necessary
In the weeks before March 15, the Trump administration’s preparations for a major operation kicked into high gear. Venezuelan men attending routine check-ins with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ended up leaving in handcuffs. ICE agents fanned out across communities and began questioning and detaining men with tattoos. By the week of the March 10, […]
Read MoreWhat We Know About Trump’s Efforts to Roll Back TPS For Venezuelans and CHNV Parole
From his first day in office, President Trump made clear that part of his immigration agenda was to strip legal protections from people who currently qualify for them, rendering them deportable as “illegal immigrants.” In his first weeks, the administration has made a few opening moves in that effort, while leaving the door open to […]
Read MoreJudicial 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 […]
Read MoreTorrance County Detention Facility’s Troubling Role in Detaining Haitian Migrants During the 2021 Del Rio Incident
Table of Contents Background Methodology & Organization Analysis of Detained Individuals Race and Ethnicity Analysis Placements into Torrance in 2021 Haitians at Torrance Abuses Continue into 2022 Conclusion Executive Summary The Torrance County Detention Facility (Torrance) is one of approximately 200 facilities across the United States where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains immigrants with […]
Read MoreBirthright Citizenship in the United States
This fact sheet explains birthright citizenship, the Fourteenth Amendment, and its interpretations. Who is eligible for birthright citizenship? Can birthright citizenship be taken away?
Read MoreImmigrant from Burundi Proves “Anything is Possible,” Even Amidst Challenges
In this series of profiles in the New Americans in Androscoggin County report, we hear from a Burundi Immigrant who believes anything is possible in the United States.
Read MoreOhio, We Have A Problem
Ohio, We Have A Problem BORDER PATROL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT’S PATTERNS AND TACTICS OF ABUSE IN OHIO’S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENTTuesday, March 19, 2024 Contents Executive Summary Background Data Sources Demographic Findings Findings Regarding Tactics Used by USBP Ohio Local Law Enforcement Agencies Cooperate Extensively with Border Patrol to Target Immigrants Targeted Individuals Do Not […]
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