American Immigration Council

04/14/2026

Do immigrants pay taxes?

Yes, and their contributions are significant.

Here’s what you need to know.

03/24/2026

Our laws are clear — no one should ever be sent back to a place where their life is at risk.

Today, we’re at the Supreme Court with our co-counsel , , , and to defend access to asylum for all who need it.

03/19/2026

Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case that could have major implications for people seeking asylum at our southern border.

The stakes couldn’t be higher.

The Supreme Court’s decision will determine whether the United States continues to honor its most basic humanitarian commitment.

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03/10/2026

The government doesn’t get to hide how it runs its mass deportation machine and subverts due process.

The public deserves the truth — and we’ll keep fighting until we get transparency.

03/02/2026

Why is ICE buying up warehouses?

Our Senior Fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick explains what you need to know about ICE’s new model for immigration detention.

02/13/2026

Danell had no reason to expect that his most recent trip to Trinidad would end anywhere but home.

He grew up in New Jersey. His family got green cards when he was four years old. Danell occasionally visits family back in Trinidad, where he was born, but his life is in the United States with his two children.

When he landed in Texas following his latest trip to Trinidad, he was detained at the airport because of a past conviction he was told would not jeopardize his legal status.

After months in detention, Danell managed to accomplish something exceedingly rare under the Trump administration: he won his case and got released.

But Danell's story shows just how expansive the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda has become — detaining people who are in the country legally and pose no public safety threat.

12/12/2025

If you’re waiting to hear back from the U.S. government about an immigration application, you need to listen to this.
 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is putting a significant number of applications on hold. And it’s even threatening to reopen some applications it’s approved in the past few years.
 
American Immigration Council Senior Fellow Dara Lind explains what you need to know.
 
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12/10/2025

There’s no evidence that the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda is making communities safer.

In fact, it’s the opposite.

By diverting resources away from other public safety priorities, the mass deportation agenda is making our communities LESS safe.

12/08/2025

The 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw is here.

But as the world celebrates, the Trump administration’s travel ban is already picking winners and losers among millions of fans.

The American Immigration Council’s Director of State and Local Initiatives, Rich André, explains how.

11/17/2025

For years, details on how the first Trump administration carried out family separation during the implementation of the “zero-tolerance” policy were hidden behind redacted files and official denials.
 
Now, thanks to years of litigation by the American Immigration Council, key documents about the government’s response to the “zero-tolerance” policy are finally public.
 
Raul Pinto, the Council’s Deputy Legal Director, Transparency, explains what the records reveal about how the policy was implemented and the chaos it created.
 
Read the full report at the link in our bio.

08/06/2025

$715 million in tax revenue. Gone.

Our new report analyzes the devastating costs of the Trump administration's travel ban.

Here's what you need to know 👇 https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/trump-2025-travel-ban/

07/23/2025

The Trump administration’s first six months back in office represent the most extreme and sweeping immigration crackdown in modern U.S. history.

But our special report shows that this isn't just a hardline immigration agenda.

It's an attack on our democracy.

Read the report here 👇

The first six months of President Trump’s return to office have marked the most extreme changes to the immigration system in modern U.S. history.