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Over the weekend, I got a WhatsApp message from Mr. A. Mr. A and I have been in touch since he was trying to get out of Afghanistan after American troops withdrew in 2021. After finally escaping with his young family and making it to Mexico, he eventually got an appointment using the CBP One […] The post The Government Is Mass-Emailing People Telling Them To ‘Leave the United States’ Within 7 Days. It’s A Mess, And It Might Be DOGE’s Fault. appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]

Less than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the “release from custody in El Salvador” of wrongfully-deported Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration has doubled down on defiance, with administration lawyers telling a federal court that Mr. Abrego Garcia is detained in the custody of […] The post In Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case, Trump Administration Escalates Its War on Due Process appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]

For almost 15 years, immigrants in the United States were able to seek medical care, attend school, and access other critical services without much worry of encountering immigration enforcement in these locations. This all changed on the first day of the new Trump administration, when the Department of Homeland Security Secretary revoked a policy that […] The post Protected No More – How States Are Responding to Immigration Enforcement in Sensitive Locations appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]

On March 25, the Department of Homeland Security announced in the Federal Register that it was revoking humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in the U.S. legally under the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan parole program (CHNV). In early April, parolees started receiving individual letters notifying them that their permission to stay […] The post Trump Administration Terminates CHNV Program, Impacting More Than a Half-Million Immigrants appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]

By: Jojo Tompkins, State and Local Fellow, American Immigration Council For generations, the United States has upheld education as the foundation for better opportunities. But the fraught politics of immigration are creating new barriers for immigrant children and families in accessing both K-12 schooling and higher education. These actions place undue burdens on immigrant students […] The post The Fight for Immigrant Students’ Education: Policies, Barriers, and What’s at Stake  appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]