Washington DC, July 1, 2025 — On July 1, the U.S. Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes an unprecedented allocation of funds for immigration detention and enforcement while simultaneously stripping healthcare from millions of Americans. The bill, passed today with Vice President JD Vance contributing the tie-breaking vote, earmarks some $170 billion for The post Senate Approves Unprecedented Spending for Mass Deportation, Ignoring What’s Broken in our Immigration System appeared first on American Immigration Council.

WASHINGTON, DC, June 24, 2025—The American Immigration Council honored Luu Ly, an 11-year-old attending the Chapin School in New York City, with its 28th annual Celebrate America Creative Writing Contest award, which honors the immigrant experience.    Luu’s poem, “American Poem,” narrates her grandparents’ escape from Vietnam during the war, describing how they settled down as The post Young Poet Wins 2025 Creative Writing Award, Paying Tribute to Refugees appeared first on American Immigration Council.

WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2025  — On June 20, a coalition including a religious organization and two individuals filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a newly enacted Tennessee law that criminalizes providing shelter to people who are undocumented, even when there is no intent to conceal them. The Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection The post Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee “Anti-Harboring” Law that Criminalizes Providing Shelter to People who are Undocumented appeared first on American Immigration Council.

In a May 21 decision, a federal district court in Georgia ordered the federal government to refrain from disappearing a Venezuelan man under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA). The post District Court Blocks Unlawful Removal of Venezuelan Asylum Seeker Under Alien Enemies Act appeared first on American Immigration Council.

People fleeing persecution and torture in their home countries have joined immigrant rights organizations to challenge the Trump administration’s unlawful shutdown of asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border. The post Asylum Seekers Challenge Trump’s Asylum Shutdown Policy appeared first on American Immigration Council.