By America’s Voice Tom Homan was the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal immigration agency responsible for arresting and deporting undocumente...
DiNapoli: NYC Immigrant Workforce Below 2015 Peak
Federal Policies Still Weighing on City’s Labor Force The size of New York City’s immigrant workforce was flat over nearly a decade, according to a new report from New York State Comptroller...
How to Get a Green Card: Family Sponsorship – Why Getting Legal Help is Important
For many immigrants to the United States, obtaining a Green Card through family sponsorship is a pathway to stability, security, and the realization of dreams. Family-based immigration allows U.S. cit...
Differences in State Sunshine Laws Can Threaten Transparency Around Immigration Detention and Enforcement
By Raul Pinto | Immigration Impact The main way in which the public can access information about what the federal government is doing is through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). However, laws th...
District Court in Texas Allows CHNV Parole Program to Continue
By American Immigration Council Staff | Immigration Impact On March 8, a federal district court in Texas dismissed a challenge to a parole program set up by the Biden administration to allow 30,000 Cu...
Adult Migrants Limited to 30-Day Stay in ‘Right-to-Shelter’ Settlement
By Gwynne Hogan New York City can restrict shelter stays for adult migrants to a single 30-day placement, with extensions granted only under “extenuating circumstances,” according to the terms of ...
Despite Progress, the Tragedy of Family Separation Can Never Be Undone
By Kel Smith-Holbourn | Immigration Impact Six years ago, a man came to the U.S./Mexico border with his five-year-old daughter, looking for safety in the United States. At home, a rival political ...
Trinidad and Tobago Migrant Found Dead After 4 Years in ICE Detention
Editorial credit: Grossinger / Shutterstock.com By Sunita Sohrabji | Ethnic Media Services More than 160 detained migrants have embarked on a hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma,...
Showdown Between Texas Authorities and the Federal Government Headed to the Supreme Court
By Kate Melloy Goettel and Juan Avilez | Immigration Impact A Texas law that allows local law enforcement to arrest migrants, state court judges to issue removal orders, and state officials to remove ...
Memo: Making Sense of Latest Immigration Polling and Public Opinion
By America’s Voice While the salience of immigration has increased, and Americans are concerned about maintaining an orderly border, the majority of the public is open to a “both/and” approa...