By American Immigration Council Staff, Immigration Impact As immigration bills languish in Congress, state legislatures continue to pave the way in welcoming immigrants and refugees in 2022. With the ...
New Report Reveals Widespread Failures by DHS To Prosecute Immigration Court Cases
By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact Thousands of immigration court cases have been dismissed this year for an astonishing reason: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has failed to file the most b...
Immigration Agencies Get Hit with Record-High Lawsuits as Delays Worsen
By Leslie Dellon, Immigration Impact Lawsuits asking courts to order government employees to decide long-pending immigration filings have increased sharply in the past year. According to a recent rep...
D.A. Bragg: Immigration Lawyer Sentenced to 1-3 Years in State Prison
Photo Courtesy: Manhattan DA’s Office Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the sentencing of New York City-based immigration lawyer, CARLOS MORENO, 61, for unlicensed pra...
‘Mija’ Film Review: Intimate Doc Spotlights Two First-Generation Daughters of Mexican Immigrants
By Elizabeth Weitzman, TheWrap For her first feature-length film, documentarian Isabel Castro set out to capture a widely experienced, yet still broadly overlooked immigrant perspective. And thereR...
Updated ICE Directive Fails to Deliver Meaningful Protections for Immigrant Families
By Gianna Borroto, Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced a new directive aimed at preserving family unity and the parental rights of noncitizens. The d...
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 Devastation of Immigration Services Fraud
By Mary Campbell Immigrants who seek to adjust their immigration status can be at risk of being scammed by companies or individuals who provide unauthorized and fraudulent immigration services. Unscru...
Biden Immigration Enforcement Memo Prioritizes Family Unity, Replaces Trump Guidance
By Ted Hesson, Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. immigration enforcement directive issued on Thursday calls on federal officers to ask immigrants about their parental status during arrests, ...
Immigrant ‘Dreamers’ Face Severe Disruption If Court Wrecks DACA
By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Ellen M. Gilmer, Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Advocates for more than 600,000 undocumented immigrants who entered the US as children told a federal appeals panel in New Orl...