# American Immigration Council

> The American Immigration Council envisions a nation where immigrants are embraced, communities are enriched, and justice prevails for all\.

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## Pages
- [Home page](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/)
- [Sign Up for Emails]()
- [Donor\-Advised Funds](): Your Donor\-Advised Fund \(DAF\) can be a powerful tool for justice\. By recommending a grant to the Council, you help protect the rights of immigrants, uplift their stories, and shape a fairer and more welcoming America\.
- [Ways to Help]()
- [Contact Us]()

## Posts
- [New Podcast Feature: Beyond Borders – Why Cultural Exchange Still Matters]()
- [Amidst Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign, Report Shows Access to Lawyers is Critical ]()
- [SCOTUS Grants Review of Ninth Circuit Decision Holding Turnbacks of Asylum Seekers Unlawful]()
- [Lawsuit Challenges the Department of Education Over New Public Service Loan Forgiveness Rule ]()
- [New Platform Details the Chaos Behind Family Separation ]()

## Events
- [The Supreme Court’s Year in Immigration – the Shadow Docket and Beyond]()
- [ICE Detention 59,000: Record Levels, Horrible Overcrowding, Dwindling Due Process]()
- [Six Months Of Trump: What’s Happened And Who’s Harmed]()
- [Immigration Impact Reception 2025]()
- [The State of Play: An Update on Immigration Policy Changes]()

## Venues
- [Gaylord Rockies Resort, Adams Ballroom]()
- [Gaylord Palms Resort \& Convention Center 6000 W Osceola Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL]()
- [Javits Convention Center, 445 11th Avenue, New York, NY]()
- [The Schuyler at the Hamilton Hotel; 1001 14th Street NW; Washington, DC 20005]()
- [Marriott Marquis 2121 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616]()

## City Index
- [Anaheim]()
- [Albuquerque]()
- [Seattle]()
- [Washington DC]()
- [El Paso]()

## Charts
- [Arizona: Eligible Voters, 2016\-2020]()
- [Test Chart EB]()
- [Test Chart EB2]()
- [District Chart]()
- [State Data Table]()

## Cities
- [Daytona Beach Metro Area]()
- [Des Moines Metro Area]()
- [Poughkeepsie Metro Area]()
- [Akron Metro Area]()
- [Durham Metro Area]()

## Blog
- [Trump's Travel Ban Decides the Real Winners and Losers of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw]()
- [Trump Administration Responds to Tragedy By Putting Hundreds of Thousands of Legal Immigrants’ Lives On Hold ]()
- [In Victory for Transparency, Court Finds DOGE Must Make Records Available to the Public]()
- [Arpaio Only One Smiling in Maricopa County]()
- [All Mirth and No Matter: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Showcases Empty Anti\-Immigrant Rhetoric in Gubernatorial Debate]()

## Reports
- [What Are Third\-Country Removals? Understanding Their Use In U\.S\. Immigration Policy]()
- [Temporary Protected Status \(TPS\): An Overview](): This fact sheet provides an overview of how Temporary Protected Status designations are made, what benefits TPS confers, and how TPS beneficiaries apply for and regularly renew their status\.
- [Where Can You Win in Immigration Court?](): Using immigration court data this report examines the role of legal representation in shaping outcomes in immigration court proceedings\.
- [How the United States Immigration System Works](): U\.S\. immigration law is very complex, and there is much confusion as to how it works\. This fact sheet provides basic information about how the U\.S\. legal immigration system is designed\.
- [New American Fortune 500 in 2024](): In 2024, looking at Fortune 500 companies, 46 percent, or 230 companies, were founded by immigrants or their children\.

## Amicus Briefs
- [Amicus Brief Argues that Judicial Review is Available When Consular Officer Reclassifies an Immigrant Visa Petition Creating Delay for Applicant](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/amicus-brief/amicus-brief-immigrant-visa-reclassification/)
- [Amicus Brief to the Second Circuit Arguing for Individualized Custody Determination After Prolonged Mandatory Detention](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/amicus-brief/amicus-brief-to-the-second-circuit-arguing-for-individualized-custody-determination-after-prolonged-mandatory-detention/)
- [Amicus Brief in Support of Judicial Review of Delay Claims when Immigrant Visa Applications are in Administrative Processing](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/amicus-brief/amicus-brief-visa-delay-review/)
- [Amicus Brief Argues that the Internal Revenue Service should be Stopped from Sharing Taxpayer Information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Contrary to Longstanding IRS Policy and Improperly Using Confidential Taxpayer Information to Facilitate Mass Deportations](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/amicus-brief/amicus-brief-irs-tax-info-sharing-ice/)
- [\<em\>Matter of Castillo Angulo\</em\> \- BIA](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/amicus-brief/content-matter-bia-amicus-brief/): The Council, along with amici the University of Houston Law Center, AILA, and others, submitted a brief in response to a request from the Board of Immigration Appeals, arguing that lawful permanent residents who were initially admitted to the United States after being waved through a port of entry were eligible for cancellation of removal on the grounds that they had been “admitted in any status,” a requirement of the cancellation statute\. 

## Authors
- [Molly Gibson]()
- [Jojo Tompkins]()
- [Yared Avalos Iniguez]()
- [Hannah Boyke]()
- [Sam Lynch]()

## Declarations
- [Declaration from Paromita Shah]()
- [Declaration from Phillip Smith]()
- [Declaration from Kim Hunter]()
- [Declaration from Shelley Wittevrongel]()
- [Declaration from Julia Baker]()

## FOIA
- [Council Seeks Information on How USCIS Is Processing A\-File FOIA Requests]()
- [Council and Partners Demand that USCIS Resume Posting Administrative Appeals Office Decisions on its Website]()
- [Photo and Video Evidence of Unconstitutional Immigration Detention Conditions from \<em\>Doe v\. Wolf\</em\>]()
- [Seeking Records about Immigration Court Arrests and Dismissals]()
- [Investigating ICE’s Changes to Parole Policies and Other Implementation of President Trump’s Day One Immigration Actions](): This FOIA request seeks all memoranda, musters, guidance, and other similar records in the implementation of the “Securing Our Borders” Executive Order and “Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion” Presidential Proclamation\. 

## General Litigation \& Advocacy Pages
- [How the El Paso Immigration Court Fails to Uphold Due Process]()
- [Firsthand Accounts of Medical Negligence in Customs and Border Protection Facilities](): The administrative complaint filed with government oversight agencies highlights a systematic failure to provide adequate medical care to children in Customs and Border Protection \(CBP\) custody\. This violates CBP’s own internal guidance and extensive medical guidelines\.
- [Summary of Proposed Changes to Student and Exchange Visitor Admissions Process by DHS]()
- [Comments Opposing Proposed Rule That Would Impose Bars to Asylum and Rewrite Asylum Law](): The American Immigration Council submitted these comments opposing bars to asylum proposed by the Trump administration\.
- [Comment on \<em\>Security Bars and Processing\</em\> Regulation]()

## Litigation
- [Stopping ICE From Unlawfully Detaining Immigrant Youth](): This lawsuit challenged ICE’s practice of transferring unaccompanied minors who turn 18 years old to adult custody in the agency’s contracted jails and prisons, without considering less restrictive placements\. 
- [Challenging Customs and Border Protection's Unlawful Practice of Turning Away Asylum Seekers](): Asylum seekers are being illegally turned away by Customs and Border Protection officers\. We're suing\.
- [Challenging the Government’s Barriers to Access to Counsel in Immigration Detention Centers](): This lawsuit challenges ICE's policies that have made it extremely difficult—and in many cases impossible—for people in immigration detention to access their attorneys\.
- [Challenging the Shutdown of Asylum Access at Ports of Entry](): On June 11, 2025, asylum seekers, Al Otro Lado, and Haitian Bridge Alliance filed suit in the U\.S\. District Court for the Southern District of California to challenge the asylum shutdown policy and the cancellation of CBP One appointments\. 
- [Challenging Trump’s Unlawful Registration Rule](): This lawsuit, filed on behalf of nonprofit organizations, challenges a DHS rule requiring noncitizens to register and carry proof or face prosecution\.

## Practice Advisory
- [Detention under INA § 235\(b\): The Statutory Scheme and Strategies for Release]()
- [Requesting Attorneys' Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act](): In the immigration context, Equal Access to Justice Act fees generally are available in petitions for review, mandamus actions, Administrative Procedure Act suits, habeas corpus actions, and naturalization actions\.
- [Practice Tip: The Government Answered a Complaint Alleging Administrative Procedure Act Violations – Now What?](): This practice tip responds to a frequent question from attorneys new to federal court litigation who filed a lawsuit claiming the government violated the Administrative Procedure Act\.
- [Strategies and Considerations in the Wake of \<em\>Niz\-Chavez v\. Garland\</em\>](): This practice advisory by the Council and partners provides an overview of the Niz\-Chavez v\. Garland decision and its impact on eligibility for cancellation of removal; eligibility for post\-conclusion voluntary departure and broader applications of the decision\.
- [Mandamus and APA Delay Cases: Avoiding Dismissal and Proving the Case](): This Practice Advisory provides basic information about filing an immigration\-related delay action in federal district court under both the Mandamus Act and the APA\. It discusses the required elements of a successful mandamus and APA actions as well as jurisdictional concerns that may arise\.

## Sub\-Reports
- [Audio]()
- [The Public’s Attempt at Oversight of Family Separations]()
- [Challenges Compiling Data]()
- [Key Agencies \& Players]()
- [The Press Highlighted Harms from Family Separation and Played a Key Role in the Government’s Response]()

## Categories
- [In the News](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/category/in-the-news/)
- [Stories](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/category/story/)
- [Press Releases](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/category/press-release/)
- [Reform](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/category/immigration-reform/)
- [Research](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/category/research/)

## Tags
- [Center for Immigration Studies](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/tag/center-for-immigration-studies/)
- [Undocumented Immigration](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/tag/undocumented-immigration/)
- [Department of Homeland Security](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/tag/department-of-homeland-security/)
- [Donald Trump](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/tag/donald-trump-immigration/)
- [USCIS](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/tag/u-s-citizenship-and-immigration-services/)

## Publication Types
- [Fact Sheet](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/publication-type/fact-sheet/)
- [Special Report](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/publication-type/special-report/)
- [Research and Analysis](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/publication-type/research-and-analysis/)
- [Litigation](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/publication-type/litigation/)
- [Letters](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/publication-type/letters/)

## Locations
- [United States of America](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/locations/national/)
- [South Carolina, District 7](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/locations//south-carolina-district-7/)
- [District of Columbia](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/locations/district-of-columbia/)
- [California, District 12](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/locations//california-district-12/)
- [Iowa, District 3](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/locations//iowa-district-3/)

## Topics
- [Border Enforcement](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/about-immigration/border-enforcement/)
- [Legislation](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/about-immigration/legislation/)
- [Entrepreneurship](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/about-immigration/entrepreneurship/)
- [Immigration 101](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/about-immigration/immigration-101/)
- [Detention](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/about-immigration/detention/)

## Event Types
- [single\-event](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/event-type/single-event/)

## Legends
- [Overall Score](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-legends/overall-score/)
- [Emergency Management](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-legends/emergency-management/)
- [Job Opportunities](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-legends/job-opportunities/)
- [Socioeconomic Score](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-legends/socioeconomic-subscore/)
- [Policy Score](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-legends/policy-subscore/)

## Groups
- [Republican Control](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-groups/republican-control/)
- [Democratic Control](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-groups/democratic-control/)
- [Developing](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-groups/developing/)
- [Inclusive](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-groups/inclusive/)
- [Low Immigration Metro Area](https://americanimmigrationcouncil.ddev.site/city-index-groups/low-immigration-metro-area/)

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