By Mary Campbell | Editorial credit: Vic Hinterlang / shutterstock.com On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that 64 individuals have voluntarily left the country aboard a government-chartered flight as part of a new self-deportation program aimed at encouraging undocumented immigrants to return to their home countries. The initiative, called […]
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Photo Copyright IQ INC. Bringing a foreign partner to the United States with the intention of getting married involves navigating specific U.S. immigration laws and procedures. While the desire to be together “as soon as possible” is understandable, the process is governed by regulations designed to ensure compliance and can take […]
By Selen Ozturk, ACOM On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order redefining who gets to be an American. On Thursday, May 15, the Supreme Court heard arguments from challengers to Trump’s January 20 Executive Order 14160 — denying U.S. citizenship to babies born to a mother who is either illegally […]
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Law Firm of Figeroux & Associates | Photo Copyright IQ INC. The landscape of marijuana legality in the United States is complex and rapidly evolving at the state level. A growing number of states have legalized cannabis for medical and/or recreational use, creating a patchwork of state laws that often […]
Washington, DC: Americans are recoiling after experiencing the first months of the Trump administration’s mass detention and deportation assault across the country. Americans are witnessing the targeting of long-standing, law-abiding members of our communities, seeing families torn apart, and watching how due process rights and common-sense enforcement priorities are trampled in the process (see our “Trump’s America” map for a […]
Editorial credit: PradeepGaurs /shutterstock.com Baltimore M.D. — The new administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan was officially posted in the Federal Register this week. Though news reports and comments from White House and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials had suggested this outcome for more than a month, the official announcement represents a […]
By Mary Campbell | Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / shutterstock.com Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan has been federally indicted on charges of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest, following allegations that she aided an undocumented immigrant in evading U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The indictment stems from an incident […]
By Chris Tobias In May 2025, the Trump administration granted refugee status to 59 white South Africans, primarily Afrikaners, citing claims of racial persecution and violence in South Africa. This decision has sparked significant controversy, with critics questioning the validity of the persecution claims and the motivations behind the policy. Background: The Refugee Admissions Pause and […]
By Steven Hubbard, IMMIGRATION IMPACT | Editorial credit: Walter Cicchetti / shutterstock.com The American Immigration Council does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected office. We aim to provide analysis regarding the implications of the election on the U.S. immigration system. On April 30, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the updated 2024 inventory […]
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, IMMIGRATION IMPACT The American Immigration Council does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected office. We aim to provide analysis regarding the implications of the election on the U.S. immigration system. On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee advanced a budget reconciliation bill which, if signed into law, would represent the single […]