USCIS Changing Text Alert Number Starting July 1: What You Need to Know

USCIS Changing Text Alert Number Starting July 1: What You Need to Know

By Staff Writer | Editorial credit: Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com Starting July 1, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin sending text alerts from a new number: 872466 (which spells out USA-IMM for “U.S.A. Immigration”). The current number, 468-311 (GOV-311), will be discontinued. Why This Matters If you receive case […]

The Costs of Mass Deportation Are Soaring: Harming America’s Economy, Public Safety, and Constitutional Rights

The Costs of Mass Deportation Are Soaring: Harming America’s Economy, Public Safety, and Constitutional Rights

By: Americanvoice.org | Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com Washington, DC — The devastating cost and dire consequences of President Trump and Stephen Miller’s mass deportation obsession continues to be on display across the nation, affecting all Americans. New reporting highlights the economic costs of raids that are overwhelming nursing home care, agricultural and construction workers and […]

The Release of Mahmoud Khalil: A Legal and Political Analysis of Free Speech, Immigration, and Campus Dissent

The Release of Mahmoud Khalil: A Legal and Political Analysis of Free Speech, Immigration, and Campus Dissent

By Esther Claudette Gittens | Photo Copyright of IQ INC  The recent release of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student and Palestinian activist, from 104 days of federal immigration detention marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing national discourse surrounding free speech, immigration enforcement, and campus activism. U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz’s order […]

Trump Announces $5M “Trump Card” Citizenship Fast-Track for Foreign Nationals

Trump Announces $5M “Trump Card” Citizenship Fast-Track for Foreign Nationals

Foreign nationals can now join waitlist for high-priced pathway to U.S. citizenship By Mary Campbell | Editorial credit: noamgalai / shutterstock.com  Washington, D.C., June 12, 2025 — Foreign nationals with a spare $5 million may soon have a new route to U.S. citizenship—courtesy of former President Donald Trump. In a social media post Wednesday night, […]

President Trump’s New Travel Ban: What You Need to Know

President Trump’s New Travel Ban: What You Need to Know

By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact  The American Immigration Council does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected office. We aim to provide analysis regarding the implications of the election on the U.S. immigration system. Eight years ago, President Trump made history by invoking an obscure authority, section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to “suspend […]

‘They’re Taking People,’ Man Separated from U.S. Citizen Wife Tells Her Moments Before His Immigration Courthouse Capture

‘They’re Taking People,’ Man Separated from U.S. Citizen Wife Tells Her Moments Before His Immigration Courthouse Capture

By Gwynne Hogan, THE CITY | Photo credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY Jessica, a 33-year-old special education teacher at a local private school, was sitting damp-eyed on a stoop near immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza. Her husband, Jean Carlos, had come Monday morning for a hearing in his asylum case, and Jessica, feeling a growing […]

ICE Detains Legal U.S. Resident of 50 Years, Sparking Debate on Immigration Enforcement and the Importance of Citizenship

ICE Detains Legal U.S. Resident of 50 Years, Sparking Debate on Immigration Enforcement and the Importance of Citizenship

By Mary Campbell A health worker who has lived legally in the United States for over five decades was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a California airport, despite holding a valid green card. The incident has ignited renewed discussion about the legal vulnerabilities of long-term permanent residents and the crucial protections […]

Trump’s Alien Registration Requirement Threatens an Invasion — of Americans’ Privacy

Trump’s Alien Registration Requirement Threatens an Invasion — of Americans’ Privacy

By:Edward Kissam| americancommunitymedia.org | Editorial credit: Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.com New immigration-related orders from the Trump administration are confusing and contradictory, and threaten to invade the privacy of all Americans. Complying with the bevvy of new immigration-related pronouncements out of the Trump White House can seem an impossible task. Instructions are either contradictory, legally incorrect or […]

A Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration

A Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration

By: by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Senior Fellow; and Adriel Orozco, Senior Policy Counsel|Immigrationimpact.com As the Trump administration continued to ramp up immigration enforcement measures across the United States last week, new “red flags” emerged; policy measures that dramatically impact the basic rights of immigrants in this country or that erode basic legal protections and good governance. […]