Latest Business Immigration News
Browse below for the latest immigration alerts, news, updates, and resources from our team and from our colleagues at immigrationimpact.com.
New Platform Details the Chaos Behind Family Separation
Transparency Project Offers New Insight into the First Trump Administration’s Implementation of Family Separations Oct. 30, 2025, WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the American Immigration Council launched a platform analyzing new records about the U.S. government’s chaotic implementation of family separations during the zero-tolerance period and its aftermath. The transparency project details how the first Trump administration […]
The post New Platform Details the Chaos Behind Family Separation appeared first on American Immigration Council.
Read MoreFederal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Iowa’s Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law
Ruling Protects Families and Upholds Constitutional Limits on State Power Oct 23, 2025, WASHINGTON DC — In a sweeping victory for immigrant communities and the rule of law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today upheld an injunction blocking Iowa’s SF 2340. This law, Iowa’s worst-ever on immigration, would have made it […]
The post Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Iowa’s Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law appeared first on American Immigration Council.
Read MoreNational Immigrant Rights Organizations Sue the Federal Government Over Withheld Records on ICE Arrests in Immigration Courts
Washington, D.C, October 15 — Today, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the American Immigration Council, and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, demanding the release of critical records the government has unlawfully withheld about arrests at immigration courts and the dismissal of immigration cases. Read the […]
The post National Immigrant Rights Organizations Sue the Federal Government Over Withheld Records on ICE Arrests in Immigration Courts appeared first on American Immigration Council.
Read MoreLegal Groups File Emergency Motion to Stop ICE from Jailing Immigrant Teens in Adult Detention
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.
Read MoreNayna Gupta Testifies at Shadow Hearing on Deportation’s Impact on Families and Communities
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.
Read MoreGeorgia’s Historic Worksite Raid Underscores the Chaos Fueled by Trump’s Immigration Agenda
WASHINGTON DC, Sept. 5 — On September 4, law enforcement agents from several state and federal agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 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.
Read MoreNearly Half of Fortune 500 Companies in 2025 Founded by Immigrants or Their Children
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.
Read MoreNew Report Reveals Devastating Impact of Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban
$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.
Read MoreNew Report: Trump’s Second Term Ushers in Extreme Immigration Overhaul that Threatens Our Democracy
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2025 — A special report released today offers a sweeping analysis of the Trump administration’s first six months back in office, revealing an unprecedented transformation of the U.S. immigration system that strikes at the foundation of American democracy. While some voters may have supported a “tougher” approach on immigration when voting […]
The post New Report: Trump’s Second Term Ushers in Extreme Immigration Overhaul that Threatens Our Democracy appeared first on American Immigration Council.
Read MoreAfter Detaining People in El Salvador Torture Prison for 125 Days, the U.S. Government Must Be Held Accountable for Disappearing Migrants
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2025 — After 125 days imprisoned in El Salvador’s notorious “mega-prison,” the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), Venezuelan nationals Edicson Quintero Chacón and Jose Manuel Ramos Bastidas were released yesterday and placed on a U.S.-brokered flight to Venezuela, alongside approximately 250 other Venezuelans whom the United States paid to detain at CECOT. […]
The post After Detaining People in El Salvador Torture Prison for 125 Days, the U.S. Government Must Be Held Accountable for Disappearing Migrants appeared first on American Immigration Council.
Read More