New from @immcouncil.org : How ICE Went Rogue.
We took flashpoints in ICE/CBP tactics and laid out how the admin is exploiting or undermining the law with policy & practice.
To build something better, we need to know how this one failed.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/i...
Chief Judge of Minnesota: “ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
When President Trump took office, ICE held roughly 40,000 people in a national network of detention centers on any given day. In just one year, this number has increased by over 75%, with a record 73,000 people now being held in detention]. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-exp...
“When immigration enforcement prioritized volume over threat, resources are diverted away from the work that actually protects people — investigating violent crime, dismantling trafficking networks and disrupting transnational criminal organizations.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
The Council and Welcoming America are thrilled to announce that over 10 communities were selected for #GatewaysforGrowth Challenge, Round VI. These communities will receive a mix of data, technical assistance, and peer support to ensure their communities can welcome all.
BREAKING: A federal court in D.C. has blocked ICE’s unlawful policy of automatically detaining unaccompanied immigrant teens once they turn 18 – and from re-detaining those teens for no reason.
This ruling means youth can stay in safe, supportive settings – not adult jails.
Are you waiting to hear back from the U.S. government about an immigration application?
USCIS is putting a significant number of applications on hold and even threatening to reopen some applications it's approved in the past few years.
@daralind.bsky.social explains what you need to know.
The Trump administration's mass deportation agenda isn't making our communities safer.
As @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social told @padilla.senate.gov, it's making our communities LESS safe.
One of the most common refrains in immigration is “but they broke the law!” Respect for law & order is fundamental in any society. But that’s also why it’s puzzling that the Trump Admin is being given a pass for immigration policies that courts keep finding unlawful. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
In just ten months, we’ve seen a century’s worth of anti-immigrant backlash. Masked men kidnap people on the streets, military units patrol major cities, and individuals are being secreted to brutal gulags abroad.
This #GivingTuesday, please support the fight for a brighter future.
“I can’t recall any other example of a federal policy that provoked quite so much litigation in such a short period of time—or in which so many judges from across the geographical and ideological spectrum so overwhelmingly rejected the executive branch’s new interpretation of the relevant statutes.”
The Trump administration has a new mass deportation playbook.
We’ve seen it in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Charlotte. And it’s coming to more cities.
@daralind.bsky.social explains 👇
Your chance of success varies tremendously based on where you're detained or where you're in court, so there's also an incredibly useful interactive tool to see how success rates depending on where you land. Explore it here: www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/immigration-...
Extremely sobering new data from @immcouncil.org on what's going on in immigration court. The tl;dr is get a lawyer! Going unrepresented in immigration court increases the chances someone will be deported by leaps and bounds. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immig...
If anything puts the lie to “we’re going after the criminals,” this shocking video should be it. Kudos to the @nytimes.com on a tremendously well done look into the immigrants here on legal visas whom we’re detaining. An absolute must watch: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
The Trump administration secretly sent 252 migrants to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison, #CECOT.
Our client, Edicson Quintero, was among them—beaten, starved, and left to carve his protest in blood. He’s free now, but the scars of his time in CECOT remain.
🔗 Read via @nytimes.com
The New York Times investigation found that just 13 percent of the men sent to El Salvador’s gulag had a serious accusation or conviction in any part of the world. Of the 40 men the Times interviewed and investigated deeply, just 3 had criminal accusations beyond immigration and traffic offenses.
A rumor spread that if one of the detainees died they’d have to release all the others. The conditions were so harsh that one inmate, an Uber Eats driver from Milwaukee, tried to commit suicide as an attempt to free the others.
Simulated drowning, sexual assaults and abuses, forced to spend 24 hours a day under harsh lights and to drink from wells of fetid water, no ability to contest the charges against you.
I began my career working in Latin American prisons and on the team representing six men detained at Guantanamo. The New York Times deep dive into what happened to the 200+ men we sent to the gulag in El Salvador is eerily reminiscent of the worst abuses of that era. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
In 2018, the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy tore thousands of children from their parents. Years later, many remain separated.
Our report highlights new government records and the struggle to end a troubling immigration policy, shedding light on a dark chapter in U.S. history.
“Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.” www.propublica.org/article/immi...
H1-B workers don’t take jobs — they create them.
They make our companies more competitive globally and help us lead in tech, medicine, and defense.
This policy shrinks our talent pipeline, undermines job creation, and hands America’s competitive edge to global rivals.
This was illuminating in about 250 different ways; too much to track but @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social somehow on top of it all
$715 million in tax revenue. Gone.
Our new report analyzes the devastating costs of the Trump administration's travel ban. Here's what you need to know 👇
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/trump...
Six months into this Trump admin, it's becoming impossible to track every change. So we didn't.
What we did is to put together a special report that evaluates what immigration policy looks like now--and how to understand it going forward. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/mass-...
The Trump administration’s first six months back in office represent the most extreme and sweeping immigration crackdown in modern U.S. history.
But our special report shows that this isn't just a hardline immigration agenda.
It's an attack on our democracy.
Today's SCOTUS ruling will create a chaotic and confusing patchwork of rules across the country.
Constitutional rights like birthright citizenship shouldn’t depend on where you live or whether you can file a lawsuit in time.
This ruling creates a reality in which that could be the case.
For the #AILAAC25 Immigrants List Civic action panel, our ED
@jeremyrobbins.bsky.social, speaks to the lawyers in the room.
“If you don’t think of yourself as a litigator, [the Council] can show you the way.”
Get involved: immigrationjustice.us/types-of-vol...
