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Restoring Credibility and Humanity
- Interior Enforcement
- May 12, 2026
A new framework for U.S. immigration enforcement that prioritizes public safety, fairness, accountability, and humane, proportionate consequences. Read More
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New Lawsuit Seeks Information About ICE’s Efforts to Restrict Public Access to Records
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 28, 2026 — The American Immigration Council, the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), and researcher Meghan Conley filed a lawsuit today seeking information about what ICE is telling local police and sheriffs about sharing immigration enforcement records with the public. The lawsuit, filed… Read More
In Major Setback for Due Process, Fifth Circuit Ruling Denies Immigrants the Opportunity to Challenge Their Detention
Oct 23 Friday, Washington DC — In response to today’s U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling in Sosnava Rodriguez v. Ortega, a case concerning noncitizens’ constitutional right to challenge their detention when they are held without access to a bond hearing, the American Immigration Council… Read More
How a Minnesota State ‘Truth Council’ Has Exposed the Harms of Operation Metro Surge
Last December, thousands of agents descended on the Minneapolis metro area in a pair of federal immigration enforcement operations. What followed was chaos: federal officers arrested thousands of immigrants (some here lawfully), violently clashed with protestors, deployed tear gas in residential communities, and shot and killed two U.S. citizens,… Read More
Renée Good’s Family Files Lawsuits Challenging Federal Immunity as ICE Shootings Continue
The increasingly violent reality of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda came into sharp focus again last week when plainclothes ICE officers opened fire on a car in New York City within seconds of surrounding the vehicle, wounding 28-year-old Oscar Belgal while his terrified 5-year-old son sat in the… Read More
Renée Good’s Family Files Lawsuits Challenging Federal Immunity as ICE Shootings Continue
The increasingly violent reality of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda came into sharp focus again last week when plainclothes ICE officers opened fire on a car in New York City within seconds of surrounding the vehicle, wounding 28-year-old Oscar Belgal while his terrified 5-year-old son sat in the… Read More
Fifth Circuit Hears Major Case Over Right to Challenge Immigration Detention
Case will determine whether longtime U.S. residents can be detained without a meaningful opportunity to ask a judge for release NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 24 2026 — On Thursday, September 24, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard arguments in a major case… Read More
ICE Begins Electronically ‘Disappearing’ People in Custody: What You Need to Know
When a person is arrested and detained by the U.S. government, it should be possible to find out where that person is being held. For generations, that was true for people held in immigration detention centers — until last week, when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rolled out… Read More
DHS Oversight Agency Issues Scathing Report of Conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) own Office of Inspector General (OIG), an office that seeks to provide independent oversight and accountability within the department, issued a damning report last week about the conditions of confinement at Florida’s soft-sided immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” The… Read More
Immigration Detention Should Not Be Mandatory
Grandmothers, legal permanent residents, community members with old, nonviolent convictions who have lived in the United States for decades, and even individuals with no criminal record at all — these are the people currently trapped in horrific conditions inside immigrant detention centers across the country. Read More
New Playbook Tracks State and Local Government Responses to Heightened Federal Immigration Enforcement
As federal immigration arrests reach record highs, state and local leaders are grappling with how to protect communities from an increasingly indiscriminate and violent immigration enforcement system. Now, a new interactive resource from the American Immigration Council and Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) helps jurisdictions… Read More
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