Borderland takes viewers through a gripping narrative of how immigration enforcement agencies—from the U.S.-Mexico border to places well within our nation’s interior—have created what the film calls the “border industrial complex,” a system “that transforms the suffering of immigrant lives into corporate profit.” |
As of 2022, there were over 687,000 New Americans in Michigan, making up 6.9% of the state’s population. Immigrants represented 8.4% of Michigan’s working-age population and employed labor force.
In 2022, immigrant households in the state earned $31.3 billion in income and contributed $67.8 billion to the area’s gross domestic product (GDP), or 9.9% the total GDP for that year.
Last week, the American Immigration Council released research that highlights the crucial role immigrants play in Michigan’s population growth, labor force, business creation, and consumer spending power. The new report was prepared in partnership with the Michigan Global Talent Coalition.
Read more: Contributions of New Americans in Michigan |
Records access is critical for noncitizens in removal proceedings. When they don’t have the same information as the government on their immigration proceedings, it's nearly impossible for them to have a fair hearing or obtain relief.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) provides two avenues for noncitizens and their lawyers to obtain records of proceedings: (1) Submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or (2) Requesting the record of proceedings via a recently implemented e-mail system.
But little information is available about how EOIR processes requests for records.
Last Wednesday, the Council filed a FOIA request with EOIR to obtain information about how the agency processes requests for immigration records and how it decides to provide the public with information in its FOIA library.
Read more: Seeking Records from Immigration Courts about Processing FOIA and Records of Proceedings Requests |
