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...
October 18th, 2023 Link to video Witness testimonies: - Hon. Mimi Tsankov , President, National Association of Immigration Judges - Jeremy L. McKinney , Immediate Past President and Member of the Board of Governors, American Immigration Lawyers Association...
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...
WRITTEN TESTIMONY BY Lorie Davidson , Vice President for Children and Family Services, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service For a Hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on “Ensuring the Safety and Well-being of UCs” Wednesday, June...
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...
Statement of Margaret D. Stock Attorney, Cascadia Cross Border Law Group; Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), Military Police Corps, US Army Reserve On “Honoring Veterans and Military Families: An Examination of Immigration and Citizenship Policies for US Military...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic Staff Report, Oct. 13, 2020 Michelle Hackman, José de Córdoba, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 13, 2020 "U.S. border agents working in Guatemala detained Honduran migrants intending to make their way...
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...
GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN and MATTHEW G. OLSEN, March 13, 2019 Gen. Michael Hayden (ret.) is the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency. Matthew G. Olsen is former director of the National Counterterrorism Center. "We...