By Brian Figeroux, Esq. The National Interest Waiver (NIW) is an immigration pathway available to certain foreign nationals under the Employment-Based Second Preference (EB-2) category of the U.S. imm...
President Biden’s Keeping Families Together Program Has Begun
Posted by American Immigration Council Staff | Aug 22, 2024 | Benefits & Relief, DACA/DAPA Updated: August 22, 2024 This is an update to our blog first posted on June 18, 2024, when President Bide...
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...
DHS Strengthens Protections for Immigrant Workers
Michelle Lapointe The Biden-Harris administration has taken hundreds of immigration actions since entering office. But one of the administration’s most overlooked reforms is a process to prot...
The United States: A Country of Immigrants
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. Introduction The United States has long been known as a nation of immigrants. Its history is deeply intertwined with the stories of those who came seeking a better life, escapi...
Strengthening America’s Workforce of Immigrant STEM Workers by Expanding the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program
By Steven Hubbard | Immigration Impact The United States faces a critical imperative: keeping some of the brightest minds in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in the country to secure ...
Houston Celebrates Over 2,200 New Citizens in Historic Naturalization Ceremony
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Olga Diaz-Nasser | Immigration Impact Naturalization is viewed by many as the end point of an immigrant’s journey—the finish line—and for good r...
Immigrants May Benefit While Others Lose Out From the Supreme Court’s Decision Overruling Chevron
Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com By Suchita Mathur | Immigration Impact The Supreme Court handed a momentous victory to supporters of deregulation on June 28 in Loper Bright Enterpr...
Immigrants Do Not Displace US Workers or Reduce Wages
By Robin Lundh, Research Manager and Karen Aho, Consultant | Immigration Impact A new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper confirms that immigration continues to benefit American worke...
CeBONDS One Year After its Implementation
By Raul Pinto & Laila Khan | Immigration Impact Approximately one year ago, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched Cash Electronic Bonds (CeBONDS), a web portal with the stated in...