Editorial credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com On June 14, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) c...
The 2024 ‘Celebrate America’ Creative Writing Contest Winner: Stories of Us
Posted by American Immigration Council Staff | Immigration Impact Stories of Us I sit By the windowsill Gazing outside. Down, on the street, so many heads, Each is unique. Amidst the traffic and fran...
Trump Will Likely Reinvoke Public Charge Rule
Editorial credit: Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com By Sunita Sohrabi | Ethnic Media Services NEW YORK — If elected to a second term, former President Donald Trump could re-invoke the public charge ru...
Border Patrol’s 100th Anniversary Offers Chance to Look Back at Its Disturbing Origins
Editorial credit: Vic Hinterlang / Shutterstock.com By Michelle Lapointe | Immigration Impact The U.S. Border Patrol turned 100 years old on May 28. Its troubled origins and history form the backdrop ...
Are More Undocumented Immigrants Living in the US Now? Here’s What the Numbers Say
By Karen Aho | Immigration Impact According to a new report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, about 11.0 million undocumented immigrants were living in the United States in 2022—a 4.6% ...
House Republicans Focus Their Latest White Nationalist Attacks On School Kids
By Gabe Ortiz | America’s Voice It seems like no U.S. policy priority is immune from the GOP’s obsessive fearmongering on immigrants. Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Wo...
Commentary: New York for All Act Would Bar Local Police from Cooperating with ICE
Editorial credit: chrisdorney / Shutterstock.com By Andrew Gounardes and Karines Reyes | Times Union New Yorkers across the political spectrum agree that our nation’s immigration system is broken. ...
Immigrant Advocates Rally for New York for All Act to Keep ICE Out of Our Communities
Photo courtesy: Diana Livestream is available here. Albany, NY—Today, the New York For All coalition, elected officials, community members, and allies rallied and held a press conference at the Mil...
Happy Immigrant Heritage Month from America’s Voice
By Gabe Ortiz | America’s Voice June marks the annual Immigrant Heritage Month, a time for our nation to honor, celebrate, and uplift the stories of immigrants and their communities. In multiple...
Biden Executive Order Is a “Missed Opportunity”
Editorial credit: Consolidated News Photos / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice Washington, DC — Numerous press reports are highlighting the details of the expected border and asylum executiv...