Report by the ILRC calling for the end of immigration raids targeting Central American families and outlining the legal and factual grounds for the expansion of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. This report also provides… Read MoreRead More

This memorandum reflects new policies for the apprehension, detention, and removal of aliens in this country. This memorandum should be considered Department-wide guidance, applicable to the activities of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs… Read MoreRead More

A new report, “Banking on Detention: Local Lockup Quotas and the Immigrant Dragnet” released today by Detention Watch Network and the Center for Constitutional Rights explores and exposes the depth of local lockup quotas in immigrant… Read MoreRead More

As Young Child Population Is Increasingly Diverse in U.S. and Florida, Early Childhood Field Faces Urgent Need to Improve Workforce’s Linguistic & Cultural Competence Extensive research shows that high-quality early learning experiences are critical to children’s healthy development and academic… Read MoreRead More

This chart is a simplified version of understanding the Congressional Legislative Process of how the current immigration reform bill will become a law. Currently, we have a bill, but not a law. This chart explains the process the bill will… Read MoreRead More

(republished content) Press Release March 22, 2013 Contact: Michelle Mittelstadt 202-266-1910 mmittelstadt@migrationpolicy.org The ‘Back of the Line’: New Migration Policy Institute Issue Brief Explains ‘The Line,’ Who Is in It, Wait Times & More MPI Launches Issue Briefs Series Focusing… Read MoreRead More

In the debate over comprehensive immigration reform, various policymakers and business groups have suggested that Congress create a new or expanded guestworker program to ensure a steady supply of foreign workers for industries that rely on an abundance of cheap labor. Congress should look before it leaps. Read More

The Path Not Taken: Two-thirds of Legal Mexican Immigrants are not U.S. Citizens. Nearly two-thirds of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico are not citizens of the United States, even though they are eligible to naturalize. Their rate of naturalization----36%----is only half that of legal immigrants from all other countries combined, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.Read More

Via Families for Freedom: January 30, 2013 (New York, NY) – A new report from Families for Freedom in collaboration with New York University (NYU) Immigrant Rights Clinic entitled, “Uncovering USBP: Bonus Programs for United States Border Patrol Agents and… Read MoreRead More

There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in March 2011, unchanged from the previous two years and a continuation of the sharp decline in this population since its peak in 2007, according to estimates by the Pew… Read MoreRead More