By: Andrea Ramos | americanimmigrationcouncil.org | Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com Across several presidential administrations, the U.S. government has used American workplac...
Trump Administration Deadlier for ICE Detainees Than COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Molly Gibson | americanimmigrationcouncil.org On September 29, 2025, in what has become a shockingly common occurrence, Huabing Xie died in ICE custody after suffering an apparent seizure. Xie, ...
Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Makes Everyone Less Safe — Including Immigration Agents
By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | americanimmigrationcouncil.org | Editorial credit: Phil Pasquini / Shutterstock.com On September 24, 2025, a disturbed young man climbed to the roof of a building outside ...
What a Government Shutdown Means for the Immigration System
By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick |americanimmigrationcouncil.org With weeks of failed negotiations, Congress has less than 12 hours to avert a possible government shutdown. Should government funding lapse o...
Facing Fear, Finding Strength: Confronting the Shadow of Deportation with Dignity and Hope
Undocumented immigrants and their families often live with a shadow that darkens the brightest of days: the fear of deportation. It’s not merely a legal concern—it’s a deeply human strug...
Breaking Free: How VAWA Empowers Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Abuse to Reclaim Their Lives
In the quiet corners of homes across America, countless immigrant women endure unspeakable abuse—trapped not only by the pain inflicted by their spouses but also by the fear of losing their legal st...
Left Behind, Not Forgotten: A Path to Legalization for Abandoned Immigrant Minors
Across the United States, countless immigrant children live in fear and uncertainty—not because of something they’ve done, but because they have been left behind. Abandoned by parents or caregiver...
USCIS Unveils First Changes to Naturalization Test in Multi-Step Overhaul of American Citizenship Standards
Changes to naturalization civics test better assess applicants’ knowledge of U.S. history and government WASHINGTON: On September 17, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a Feder...
New USCIS ‘Special Agents’ Will Be Given the Power to Arrest, Use Deadly Force Against Immigrants
Editorial credit: Walter Cicchetti / Shutterstock.com On September 5, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency established by Congress to adjudicate immigration applications, made...
Attorney General James Files Brief Opposing ICE Courthouse Arrests
Editorial credit: Steve Edreff / Shutterstock.com NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today took action to stop U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) alarming practice of...









