Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, Feb. 12, 2024 "In this letter , the Presidents’ Alliance Steering Committee addresses the President, Vice President, and Congressional leaders, urgently calling for the incorporation of...
"The increased arrivals at the U.S. southern border, and the dysfunction of an immigration system that has not been reformed by Congress for more than 30 years, have fueled arguments that the United States should turn away immigrants at the border. While newly...
Prof. Sital Kalantry and Prof. Stephen Yale-Loehr, Dec. 22, 2023 "The U.S. immigration system disproportionately impacts people from India who are contributing to the U.S. economy. Each year, the United States issues 140,000 green cards based on employment...
Kevin Frey, Spectrum News, Dec. 19, 2023 "Negotiations to tighten the southern border continue in Washington, as senators search for a potentially elusive deal. However, some immigration experts question if an agreement would have any tangible impact —...
The current federal Immigration and Nationality Act is based on a bill passed by Congress in 1952. But did you know that President Harry Truman vetoed the bill? Congress overrode his veto. Here is his veto message ...long, but worth the read. For those in a hurry...
ABA, Dec. 4, 2023 "American Bar Association President Mary Smith wrote to the U.S. Senate to urge senators to continue working towards bipartisan solutions to the difficult challenges presented at the U.S. southern border. However, the ABA would oppose including...
Crystal Bermudez, WENY, Aug. 17, 2023 " Nearly 100,000 migrants have arrived in New York City since the Spring of 2022. While asylum seekers are granted permission to come to the U.S. to await their hearings, new numbers show the concrete jungle is running...
Dean Kevin R. Johnson, Feb. 1, 2022 "[I]f one is truly interested in immigration change, the appropriate measuring stick is not what Biden did in year one but what Congress has failed to do for decades — pass meaningful immigration reform. Democrats...
AILA posted: "On 2/18/20, 54 immigration, civil rights, faith-based, government accountability, and labor organizations, including AILA, call on Congress to establish an immigration court system that is independent of DOJ so that it can guarantee due process...
The American Immigration Lawyers Association, Amnesty International USA, The National Immigrant Justice Center and the Women’s Refugee Commission submitted a letter to Congress on Oct. 7, 2019 : "The undersigned organizations respectfully call on Congress...
Muzaffar Chishti, Sarah Pierce, and Randy Capps, Migration Policy Institute, Feb. 28, 2019 "Despite a breakthrough bipartisan agreement to fund the federal government and avert another shutdown, a faceoff between the Trump administration and Congress on...
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, Oct. 7, 2016 - "More than 50 Democratic and Republican House lawmakers from 20 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands have joined Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson on a letter to President Obama urging his...
Alec MacGillis, New York Times, Sept. 18, 2016 - "[J]ust four years ago, Republican leaders, coming off a presidential election in which their candidate received barely a quarter of the Hispanic vote, made a concerted push to reach a compromise on immigration...
Recent letters to Congress from the Major Counties Sheriffs Association , the National Fraternal Order of Police and the National League of Cities opposing proposed 'grant penalties' related to so-called 'sanctuary cities.'
"U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson asked lawmakers this week to consider several key changes to the EB-5 immigrant investor program, according to a letter obtained by Law360, as the program is eyed for reauthorization before it expires...