Vanessa Cárdenas: “To the extent that this is a policy discussion at all, the immigration policies they propose are a perfect encapsulation of the GOP’s ongoing descent into extremism” Washingt...
Five Key Immigration and Border Dynamics to Know
Washington, DC – The Republican push to shut down the government, including over the border and immigration, is the crescendo of their relentless focus on anti-immigrant themes during the Biden adm...
The Economic Benefits of Work Permits
Editorial credit: Mircea Moira / Shutterstock.com By Maribel Hastings The Spanish-language media coverage of the refugee crisis in New York reveals a common denominator among immigrants: they want to ...
On Press Call, Advocates, Legal Experts, and Impacted Individuals React to Latest on DACA
Washington, D.C. – Today, on a press conference call at 11 AM Eastern, a group of advocates, experts, and litigators reacted to the latest ruling from Judge Andrew Hanen in the U.S. District Cour...
Fifth Circuit Allows Texas to Keep Its Controversial ‘Buoy Barrier’ in Place for Now
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Sep 14, 2023 Since President Biden took office, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been escalating both rhetoric and action in response to a rise in migration across the Rio ...
Biden Administration Fights to Keep Private Immigration Jails Open, Despite Promises
By Suchita Mathur | Sept. 8, 2023 “There should be no private prisons, period, none, period. And we are working to close all of them.” Those are the words of President Joe Biden in April 2021, wh...
USCIS Updates Key CSPA Interpretation to Protect Some Immigrant Youth, But Backlogs Continue to Cause Hardships
Editorial credit: Mehaniq / Shutterstock.com By Adriel Orozco | Sep 5, 2023 On August 24, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new update to its policy manual clarifyi...
Feds Seek Fix to Speed Work Permits to Thousands of Migrants in NYC
Editorial credit: Ajdin Kamber / Shutterstock.com By Julia Preston, THE MARSHALL PROJECT | SEP 8, 2023 The Biden administration has begun using a pathway called humanitarian parole to sidestep the asy...
Adams: Cost of migrants ‘will destroy New York City’
Mayor Eric Adams helps distribute donated food and clothing to families of asylum seekers housed in the city at public school 20 in New York on February 11, 2023 (Photo: Shutterstock) By Jeff Coltin...
The Ghost of Public Charge Keeps Scaring Immigrant Families Away from Public Benefits
By American Immigration Council Staff | Aug 25, 2023 When the Trump administration proposed an overhaul of federal policy regarding when immigrants could be denied green cards or visas based on use ...