Editorial credit: Vic Hinterlang / Shutterstock.com By American Immigration Council Staff Borderland: The Line Within, a documentary directed by Pamela Yates and produced by Skylight Pictures, made i...
On International Workers’ Day, Unions and Worker Justice Groups Call for Passage of New York For All Act
Hundreds of workers march to Foley Square in New York City to demand stronger worker protections and a full pathway to citizenship for immigrants on May 1, 2022. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK—Unions and w...
The Border Patrol’s Inhumanity Has Reached New Heights
Nogales, Arizona, USA – May 29, 2022: A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) truck drives in front of the fortified border wall. (Shutterstock) By Suchita Mathur, Immigration Impact A family w...
Border Patrol Agents on Horseback Used “Unnecessary” Force Against Haitian Migrants Last Year, Investigators Find
Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 05-12-2021 – Haitian migrant family crosses the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juárez to surrender to the border patrol in the United States with the intention of requesting a...
The Border Patrol is Going to Eliminate its Secretive Critical Incident Teams
By Katy Murdza U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced in a May 6 memorandum that it would eliminate its Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams (BPCITs). The teams have faced criticism for their...
Asylum Is In Danger After Court Upholds Rushed Screening Process at the Border
A Customs and Border Protection agent along the U.S.-Mexico border. 0398 – Yuma Sector, Ariz. / US – July 26, 2016 (Shutterstock) By American Immigration Council Staff, Immigration Impact ...