By Laila Khan & Lauren Harper  On March 15, 2025, President Trump issued a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) against members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). The AEA is a 236-year old wartime authority that allows the President to detain and deport citizens of a foreign nation that is at war […] The post New FOIA Document Undermines Key Assumption in Trump’s Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]

By: Jojo Tompkins, State and Local Policy Fellow State legislatures are advancing policies that directly impact immigrant communities — creating new rules, expanding enforcement, and offering critical protections. At the start of the 2025 legislative session, the American Immigration Council shared how states could pass policies to protect their immigrant communities. Now, as the 2025 […] The post Five State Immigration Bills You Should Know About appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]

The Trump administration’s highly visible immigration enforcement efforts are impacting immigrants across the country – be it through the arrest and detention of immigrants or through the chilling effects these operations have on immigrant communities. While the federal government’s rhetoric and actions are rightfully at the forefront of immigrants’ minds, state government can also play […] The post Immigrants’ Experiences Differ Wildly Depending on Which State They Live In appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]

“And I think it is healing behavior, to look at something so broken and see the possibility and wholeness in it.”  — adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy The Texas Dream Act was signed into law in 2001, years before I ever walked across the stage at my high school graduation in 2014. I was five, […] The post In-State Tuition Policies for Undocumented Students Change Lives. I Should Know—Mine Changed for the Better appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]

On April 30, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the updated 2024 inventory of unclassified and non-sensitive AI use cases within the department. The public data revealed something powerful: artificial intelligence isn’t just a future possibility in immigration enforcement—it’s already here. In fact, the inventory listed 105 active DHS AI use cases deployed by […] The post Invisible Gatekeepers: DHS’ Growing Use of AI in Immigration Decisions appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]