By Adriel Orozco, IMMIGRATION IMPACT | Paul Froggatt / Shutterstock.com he American Immigration Council does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected office. We aim to provide analysis regarding t...
Defenses Against Deportation for Visa Violations and Overstay in the U.S.
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. Introduction When a person enters the United States on a visa and overstays their authorized time, they may be subject to deportation (also known as removal). U.S. Immigration ...
Deportation Defenses and Legal Representation: Navigating the Complexities of U.S. Immigration Law
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial credit: Bartolomiej Pietrzyk/ shutterstock.com Increased deportation enforcement, particularly against individuals who have failed to meet asylum criteria or were o...
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...
Do 287(g) Agreements with ICE Make Communities Safer?
By Juan Avilez, Policy Associate for State and Local Initiatives and Raul Pinto, Deputy Legal Director | Immigration Impact Texas’ SB4 set the tone for the national discourse around immigration enfo...
Ice Detainees Suffer Preventable Deaths − Q&A With A Medical Researcher About Systemic Failures
By Cara R. Muñoz Buchanan | The Conversation The 2024 Homeland Security appropriations bill increased funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to handle an anticipated daily de...
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. ...
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,...
ICE Subjected Immigrants in Detention to Unnecessary Surgeries, Report Finds
By Raul Pinto | February 2, 2024 | Immigration Impact The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (OIG) published a report last month finding that nearly one-third o...
ICE Will Be Required to Wear Body Cameras in a Win for Transparency—But the Implementation Will Be Key
By Kel Smith-Holbourn | January 19, 2024 | Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a policy on January 12 calling for ICE personnel to wear body cameras in most s...