By Brian Figeroux, Esq. The Laken Riley Act represents a significant clarification and development in the context of mandatory detention under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Specifically...
What Project 2025 Says About Immigration
Posted by Dara Lind | Aug 23, 2024 | Enforcement, Immigration 101, Reform What would a second Donald Trump presidency mean for immigrants? It’s often hard to answer these questions using poli...
Mayors Highlight Way Forward for Biden Administration & Congress to Advance Order and Fairness on Asylum
Vanessa Cárdenas: “Asylum seekers need a hand up, not a handout. These mayors understand this and that is why they are calling for an orderly, efficient and fair process for asylum seekers to arriv...
New Immigration Court Rule Would Protect Critical Docket Management Tools and Rescind Trump-Era Changes
By Gianna Borroto | Sep 14, 2023 The Department of Justice has proposed a new rule to protect immigration judges’ ability to administratively close removal proceedings and control their ever-expan...
Congress Introduces Sweeping Immigration Reform Bill ‘DIGNIDAD Act’ to Address Systematic Challenges
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact On May 23, members of Congress introduced what has sadly become an increasingly rare bit of legislation; a comprehensive immigration reform bill aimed at ...
Biden Administration Must Take Executive Action on Immigration
Dallas, TX USA – April 9, 2017: American Flags Waved During Immigration Reform March. (Shutterstock) (Washington)—The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is calling on President Biden to use ex...
A DC-Based Immigration Advocacy Group Has a Message Alejandro Mayorkas: “Do Your Job”
Voces de la Frontera, a DC-based advocacy group gathered in protest outside Secretary Mayorkas’ home. Photo: Courtesy of VDLF By Carlos Nogueras, AL DIA NEWS In the early morning of July 25, a Washi...
The U.S. Immigration Debate
Immigrants and their supporters march to the White House on International Workers’ Day, to call for legal reforms and an end to workplace raids May 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Shutterstock) By C...
The Dignity Act Could Signal Increasing Support for Immigration Reform on Capitol Hill
By Jeremy Robbins, Immigration Impact Miami Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, a freshman Republican from Florida’s 27th congressional district, introduced an immigration reform bill that she calls the “D...
New Polling: 75% of Americans Back Immigration Reform Provisions of BBB Legislation
By America’s Voice Washington, DC – A new poll from Data for Progress on the immigration provisions in the BBB legislation finds broad bipartisan support for relief targeted at long-settled ...