Economic Impact

Economic Impact

Immigrants are essential to the U.S. economy, filling roles from high-skilled tech sectors to agricultural labor and driving economic growth. They also contribute to the tax base and consumer spending. We champion reform that will maximize this effect and create a more diverse and competitive workforce.

2025 Impact Snapshot

2025 Impact Snapshot

Our 2025 Impact Snapshot captures the human stories and national-scale impact of a year defined by profound challenges for immigrant communities. Inside, you’ll find examples of families reunited, youth protected from harmful detention practices, and Detroit neighborhoods building bridges across race and culture through our belonging initiatives. Paired with… Read More

Trump's Travel Ban Decides the Real Winners and Losers of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw

Trump’s Travel Ban Decides the Real Winners and Losers of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw

Millions of people across the globe tuned into the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The ceremony decided which countries will play each other at next summer’s tournament, co-hosted for the first time by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  Hosting the World Cup, the largest sporting… Read More

Georgia’s Historic Worksite Raid Underscores the Chaos Fueled by Trump’s Immigration Agenda 

Georgia’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… Read More

Trump’s Immigration Actions Are Taking a Toll on Local Economies – Here’s What the Data Says So Far

Trump’s Immigration Actions Are Taking a Toll on Local Economies – Here’s What the Data Says So Far

Seven months into President Trump’s term, immigration enforcement operations continue to ramp up, and the broader economic impacts are beginning to come into view. Rather than focus on the “worst of the worst,” the Trump administration has increasingly targeted worksites for immigration raids, picking up delivery drivers, street vendors,… Read More

Nearly Half of Fortune 500 Companies in 2025 Founded by Immigrants or Their Children 

Nearly 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… Read More

Amicus Brief Argues that Judicial Review is Available When Consular Officer Reclassifies an Immigrant Visa Petition Creating Delay for Applicant

Amicus Brief Argues that Judicial Review is Available When Consular Officer Reclassifies an Immigrant Visa Petition Creating Delay for Applicant

This amicus brief argues that when a consular officer reclassifies an immigrant visa petition based on agency policy, then the consular nonreviewability doctrine does not apply. The brief argues that the consular officer neither denied the visa nor made an individualized discretionary decision—and instead placed the applicant into a… Read More

State Attorneys General On Track to File Record Number of Lawsuits Against Trump Administration

State Attorneys General On Track to File Record Number of Lawsuits Against Trump Administration

State attorneys general (AGs) sued the federal government a record 138 times during the first Trump administration and are on pace to reach a new high this second term. Seven months into the current administration, state AGs are utilizing these lawsuits to – among other things – mitigate… Read More

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Nearly Half of Fortune 500 Companies in 2025 Were Founded by Immigrants or Their Children

In 2025, more than 46% of Fortune 500 companies—a total of 231 out of 500—were founded by immigrants or their children. Read More

Amicus Brief Argues that the Internal Revenue Service should be Stopped from Sharing Taxpayer Information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Contrary to Longstanding IRS Policy and Improperly Using Confidential Taxpayer Information to Facilitate Mass Deportations

Amicus Brief Argues that the Internal Revenue Service should be Stopped from Sharing Taxpayer Information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Contrary to Longstanding IRS Policy and Improperly Using Confidential Taxpayer Information to Facilitate Mass Deportations

This amicus brief argues that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between IRS and ICE breaks with decades of IRS policy, grounded in law, to protect taxpayer data from disclosure except in limited circumstances. The brief argues that this drastic change from a policy which IRS publicized to encourage noncitizen… Read More

New Report Reveals Devastating Impact of Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban

New 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… Read More

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