By governor.ny.gov Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York State Department of Labor has implemented a new process to shield undocumented immigrant workers from retaliation and removal...
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 195
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 195 (Highlights) Law Criminalizing ‘Encouragement or Inducement’ of Immigrants to Live in the US Unlawfully Is Upheld in SCOTUS Case Governor Hochul Announces I...
Supreme Court Refuses to Narrow Criminal Grounds of Removability
By American Immigration Council Staff, Immigration Impact In a split decision issued on June 22, the Supreme Court ruled against two noncitizens seeking to overturn agency findings that their state ...
DeSantis and Trump: Anti-Immigrant Figures cut From the Same Cloth
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – MARCH 27, 2019: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visits 2019 Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Shutterstock) Washington, DC – Below is a co...
Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban – Where Are We Now?
San Diego, California, USA – May 12 2023: Migrant woman holding her crying infant child at the San Diego, CA and Mexico international border wall after title 42 policy has expired. (Shutterstock...
Supreme Court Allows Biden Administration to Reinstitute Its Immigration Enforcement Priorities
San Diego, California, USA – May 12 2023: Close up of Border Patrol patch on uniform at the San Diego, CA and Mexico international border wall after title 42 policy has expired. (Shutterstock) B...
Mayor Adams Declared NYC ‘Destroyed’ by Migrants, but Economics Tell a Different Story
By Greg David, THE CITY New York has been “destroyed by the migrant crisis,” Mayor Eric Adams claimed in April at a news conference in Washington. Adams’ administration projects spending more th...
Immigrant Rights Advocates Condemn NYS Legislators for Failure to Pass New York For All
The New York for All Act would prohibit local law enforcement and state agencies from colluding with federal immigration agents New York—The New York State Legislative session is coming to a close, ...
DHS Launches Process for Afghans to Extend Permission to Stay in the US
By Alex Miller, Immigration Impact Time was running out for many Afghan refugees living and working in the United States after American troops withdrew from Afghanistan. Thanks to the Biden administra...
Internal Investigation Shows Appalling Carelessness from Border Patrol Led to Death of 8-Year-Old
By Dara Lind, Immigration Impact An internal investigation into the death of a medically vulnerable eight-year-old girl after over a week in Border Patrol custody continues to reveal shocking negligen...