Washington, D.C, October 4 — Advocacy groups the American Immigration Council and the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed an emergency motion on October 4, seeking to enforce a 2021 court ruling (in the Garcia Ramirez v. ICE case) that prevents ICE from illegally locking up unaccompanied immigrant children in adult detention centers once they [...] The post Legal Groups File Emergency Motion to Stop ICE from Jailing Immigrant Teens in Adult Detention appeared first on American Immigration Council. [...]

On September 18, 2025, the American Immigration Council’s Policy Director, Nayna Gupta, delivered testimony at a Shadow Hearing hosted by U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement. The hearing, Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Assault Destroys U.S. Families and Communities, is the third in Rep. Jayapal’s series [...] The post Nayna Gupta Testifies at Shadow Hearing on Deportation’s Impact on Families and Communities appeared first on American Immigration Council. [...]

WASHINGTON DC, Sept. 5 — On September 4, law enforcement agents from several state and federal agencies, including U.S. Immigrazione e applicazione doganale (GHIACCIO), executed a sweeping immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in southeastern Georgia. The raid reportedly resulted in at least 475 workers detained, many of whom were South Korean nationals — including [...] The post Georgia’s Historic Worksite Raid Underscores the Chaos Fueled by Trump’s Immigration Agenda appeared first on American Immigration Council. [...]

WASHINGTON, DC, August 21, 2025 — A new analysis of the 2025 Fortune 500 list reveals that 46.2 percent of America’s largest companies (231 out of 500) were founded by immigrants or their children. These companies generated a staggering $8.6 trillion in revenue in fiscal year 2024 and employed over 15.4 million people worldwide, underscoring [...] The post Nearly Half of Fortune 500 Companies in 2025 Founded by Immigrants or Their Children appeared first on American Immigration Council. [...]

$715 Million in Taxes, $2.5 Billion in Spending Power at Risk WASHINGTON, DC, August 6 — A new report released today by the American Immigration Council details the sweeping economic and humanitarian toll of the Trump administration’s June 2025 travel ban, which restricts immigration from 19 countries. In 2022, nearly 300,000 people from these countries [...] The post New Report Reveals Devastating Impact of Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban appeared first on American Immigration Council. [...]