American Immigration Council

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We’ve filed to block a rule that would gut people's right to appeal bad decisions by immigration court judges.

This puts even more people at risk of wrongful deportations.

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ICE’s Warehouse Purchases Herald New Model for Immigration Detention - American Immigration Council ICE is purchasing commercial warehouses and retrofitting them into a national network of immigration detention centers.

NEW from me for @immcouncil.org’s blog: ICE is buying up warehouses around the country. I summarize ICE’s “Detention Reengineering Initiative,” laying out what we know about the Trump admin’s main plan to use the $45 billion they have for detention.
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New Report Details ICE’s Expanding and Increasingly Unaccountable Detention System - American Immigration Council In just one year, the number of people ICE is detaining has shot up by over 75%, with a record 73,000 people detained as of mid-January.

Read more about ICE’s expanding and increasingly unaccountable detention system ⤵️

The number of people held in ICE detention on any given day rose by over 75% in 2025, with a record 73,000 people being held in detention as of mid-January.

And with Congress authorizing $45 billion in new detention funding, the system could more than triple in size over the next four years.

With Liberty and Justice for Some Episode 54 with Jeremy Robbins YouTube video by repmarkpocan

ICE is a rogue agency, terrorizing our communities with no accountability.

But it’s so much more than that. The entire immigration system is broken.

I spoke with one of the leaders in the fight to fix it, Jeremy Robbins, head of @immcouncil.org. Watch here: youtu.be/8ThLSy9o_Wk

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When immigration enforcement agents show up at schools it has a chilling effect on children & communities.

As Nayna Gupta told Congressman Bobby Scott: Congress must enact clear restrictions to stop immigration enforcement in sensitive areas like schools, daycares, places of worship, & courthouses.

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"This agenda is only going to get worse. The $150+ billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is enough to turn DHS into the size of a small foreign military and to increase the detention system of by the end of this year" - @naynagupta.bsky.social, Policy Director, @immcouncil.org

"There aren’t enough immigrants with serious criminal records to hit the White House’s deportation goals, so tens of thousands are locked up despite posing no public safety threat."

Watch our Policy Director @naynagupta.bsky.social's testimony before Congress here ⤵️

Holding ICE Accountable For Brutality & Killing YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries

🚨 Tomorrow 9 am I join Renee Good’s attorney, a Minnesota police chief, a MN reverend & a U.S. marine in LIVE testimony to House Democratic Leader Jeffries & other members of Congress on ICE abuses. Log on to listen as we fight for accountability!👇🏽
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How ICE Went Rogue: Analysis of the Legal Authorities Governing ICE - American Immigration Council A detailed analysis of how ICE and CBP have expanded their powers through unlawful traffic stops, pedestrian sweeps, home raids, and warrantless arrests — and how Trump‑era policies are undermining le...

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.

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New Report Details ICE’s Expanding and Increasingly Unaccountable Detention System - American Immigration Council In just one year, the number of people ICE is detaining has shot up by over 75%, with a record 73,000 people detained as of mid-January.

In just one year, the number of people in ICE detention has shot up by over 75%.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick explains how immigration detention has become bigger, harsher, and less accountable than ever.

Last night, Bad Bunny showed the country what we know to be true: America is stronger when everyone belongs.

In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them.

School should be a safe haven for children.

But for many immigrant families, sending a child to school has become an act of bravery as aggressive immigration enforcement fills communities with fear.

Haitian immigrants almost lost their temporary protections. What now? After a court order on Monday, the program remains in place for now, but could still be undone.

Had the pleasure to join @npr.org's 1A this morning to discuss the Trump administration's efforts to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, and explain the history of the law, what Monday's court decision found, and where the case may go from here. the1a.org/segments/hai...

“Nayna Gupta, policy director with the @immcouncil.org: ‘The psychological harms of incarcerating a young boy are enormous and irreparable.’”

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The Trump administration is rapidly expanding immigration detention—with virtually no transparency or accountability.

This massive expansion has been fueled by historic funding poured into ICE last year.

Tell Congress to hold the immigration detention system accountable 👉 ow.ly/klEj50Y6xmB

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An @immcouncil.org report confirms what we've witnessed: a 2450% increase in the arrests and detention of people with no criminal history proves there is no "right way" to pursue legal status in this country. ICE is separating families and tearing people from their communities without cause.

Trump administration is potentially sending two gay men to their death by preparing to deport them to Iran “They are textbook asylum cases,” attorney Rebekah Wolf told The Advocate. “People from a country where who they are is criminalized and punishable by torture or death — that is literally the definiti...

Horrifying NEWS: “These are incredibly straightforward cases,” attorney Rebekah Wolf, who is desperately fighting to save her clients from being sent to torture or death by getting a federal judge to stay the removal before tomorrow’s flight, told me this afternoon.
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No immigration enforcement action should lead to death.

Rather than protect public safety, CBP and ICE are actively undermining it.

CBP, ICE, and DHS must halt these chaotic raids targeting American cities.

Live Updates: Federal Agents Kill a 37-Year-Old Minneapolis Man

We are horrified by today’s shooting in Minneapolis.

CBP and ICE are operating without any meaningful guardrails.

What we're seeing in Minneapolis are politicized, militarized, and unaccountable agencies creating chaos.

A Look Back at the Family Separation Policy: The Struggle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Trump Administration's Wrongdoings- American Immigration Council Our platform analyzes new records about the U.S. government’s chaotic implementation of family separations during the zero-tolerance period.

Our recent report details the chaos and cruelty behind family separations.

And without transparency and oversight, history could repeat itself.

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The first Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy was a calculated system designed to deter migrants from coming to the U.S. by punishing families and obscuring accountability.

That same disregard for oversight and human consequences is re-emerging in the ongoing mass deportation efforts.

Bovino Says Federal Agents Are ‘Experts in Dealing With Children’

"Experts in dealing with children" don't treat children as targets of immigration enforcement actions.

Family separation under the first Trump administration didn’t happen by accident, it was a deliberate choice.

And the playbook behind family separation is a warning for our present moment.

Gay asylum-seekers set for deportation to Iran fear execution in their home country Two gay men from Iran who sought asylum in the U.S. are set to be deported out of Mesa and fear they will be executed in their home country.

The two men came to the United States in 2025 on asylum claims, after they were arrested by the Iranian “morality police” for being gay years prior. In their home country, same-sex acts are crimes, punishable by death.

Story by @jerodmacevoy.com

U.S. Citizen Children Impacted by Immigration Enforcement - American Immigration Council Deportations of parents and family members have serious consequences that affect children and extend to communities and the country as a whole.

Our nation's children pay a steep price, too.

In communities with ICE activity, children are more likely to suffer from anxiety, suicidal thoughts, educational difficulties, and long-term economic instability.