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Over 12.3 million Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) immigrants live in the United States, placing them among the fastest-growing racial groups in the country. Between 2010 and 2017, the number of AAPI immigrants grew four times as fast as the total U.S. population. Yet, despite being an integral and expanding part of American communities, […]

The post New Report on Asian American and Pacific Islander Immigrants Highlights Education, Economic Opportunity Gaps appeared first on Immigration Impact.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar tweeted recently that “Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are two sides of the same bigoted coin.” Her comments came in response to media reports that the suspect behind the shooting at a San Diego synagogue was also under investigation for burning a mosque.

The U.S. State Department announced a new rule last week that changes the Diversity Visa Program, a lottery system that grants 50,000 foreign nationals the opportunity to apply for an immigrant visa number. Applicants must come from an underrepresented country that has low rates of immigration to the United States. The lucky ones, after applying […]

The post New Diversity Visa Requirements Impose Major Obstacles for Applicants appeared first on Immigration Impact.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not following its own policies—and hundreds of men and women who have served in our military are getting deported for minor offenses due to the agency’s negligence. A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released last week details how ICE ignores two of its long-standing policies that […]

The post ICE Deported Hundreds of Immigrant Veterans – And Has No Record of Them in Their Database appeared first on Immigration Impact.

There were 10.5 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. in 2017. The number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants declined since 2007.

The post 5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S. appeared first on Pew Research Center.

AILA member Isabel Duarte describes a recent immigration court hearing with families impacted by the Remain in Mexico or Migrant Protection Protocols policy, showing how the program harms families and is an assault on human rights and due process.

The latest Pew Research Center data estimates there were 10.5 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in 2017, down significantly from a decade prior. In this video, our researchers go behind the scenes to explain the “how” and “why” behind determining these new numbers.

The post Video: Is the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. declining? appeared first on Pew Research Center.

The number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants has fallen since its peak of 6.9 million in 2007 and was lower in 2017 than in any year since 2001.

The post Mexicans decline to less than half the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population for the first time appeared first on Pew Research Center.

Mexico has apprehended and deported more migrants within its borders so far this fiscal year than at the same point in fiscal 2018.

The post Migrant apprehensions and deportations increase in Mexico, but remain below recent highs appeared first on Pew Research Center.

As the Trump administration ramps up efforts to expand immigration detention in the United States, many detained immigrants continue to suffer behind bars due to woefully inadequate medical and mental health care. In the past two years, 24 people died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention alone as a result. In June 2018—almost […]

The post No Help “Unless We’re Dying.” Immigrants Present Evidence of Inadequate Medical Care in Detention appeared first on Immigration Impact.

Only weeks after threatening to impose tariffs on Mexico, President Trump backed down on Friday after both countries announced that Mexico would step up immigration enforcement at its southern border. The Mexican government also said it would also expand its participation in the so-called “Migrant Protection Protocols” (MPP) by taking in more asylum seekers who […]

The post Here’s What to Expect From Trump’s New Immigration Deal With Mexico appeared first on Immigration Impact.

Applications for permanent residence and other immigration benefits are taking longer than ever to process. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency responsible for adjudicating these applications, has a backlog at “crisis levels.” While USCIS processing delays have increasingly been a problem, the backlog is reaching new highs under the Trump administration. But for […]

The post USCIS Processing Delays to be Investigated by Government Accountability Office appeared first on Immigration Impact.

In this blog post, AILA member and ACLU MN Policy Counsel Julia Decker highlights recent changes to social media information collection and the "serious" civil liberties implications and chilling effect the collection will have.

The Trump administration is cutting funds for educational programs, recreation, and legal services for unaccompanied children who are waiting to be placed with a sponsor in the United States. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which contracts with shelters around the country to hold unaccompanied immigrant children, says that if it does not cut these […]

The post ‘What’s Next? Drinking Water?’ Government Cuts English Classes, Recreation for Immigrant Children in Shelters appeared first on Immigration Impact.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6—the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019—by a bipartisan vote of 237-187 on Tuesday evening. The bill would create permanent protections for Dreamers, participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, as well as beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED). […]

The post The House Passes Historic Legislation to Provide Path to Citizenship for Dreamers and TPS Holders appeared first on Immigration Impact.

The internal watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found “dangerous overcrowding” and unsanitary conditions at a Border Patrol processing facility in El Paso, Texas during an unannounced inspection last month. The watchdog said conditions were so bad they posed an “immediate risk to the health and safety not just of the detainees, but […]

The post People Forced to Stand on Toilets, Wear Soiled Clothing for Days at Border Patrol Facility appeared first on Immigration Impact.

The Trump administration’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexican goods unless the Mexican government somehow reduces undocumented migration from Central America is devoid of logic. Tariffs could backfire on the United States economically—as experts from the world-renowned Wilson Institute point out—and they won’t address the root causes of Central American migration. They will not provide […]

The post Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt US and Mexico Economies, Not Manage Central American Migration appeared first on Immigration Impact.

More than 40 million people living in the U.S. were born in another country, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s migrants in 2017.

The post Key findings about U.S. immigrants appeared first on Pew Research Center.

In this blog post, AILA Treasurer Jeremy McKinney urges AILA members to vote on a set of bylaws amendments, writing that while most of them aren't Earth-shattering, there are amendments that would provide much needed "structure, formality, risk management, and most importantly, due process."

There were a record 44.4 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2017, making up 13.6% of the nation’s population. Explore charts and tables with demographic data on the foreign born population in the U.S. from 1960 to 2017.

The post Facts on U.S. Immigrants, 2017 appeared first on Pew Research Center.