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For Victims of Gender-Based Violence, Getting Asylum Just Got Harder [[link removed]]
A new decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals in the Matter of K-E-S-G will make it harder for people fleeing gender-based violence to gain asylum in the United States. The case involved the asylum application of Ms. S.G., a woman who fled El Salvador after she was stalked and threatened by gang members in her community.
What Are the Impacts of President Trump's Travel Ban? [[link removed]]
Banning people from coming to America to study, work, and reunite with family will not only cause hardship. It will also lead to a loss in tax revenues and consumer spending.
Six Months of Trump’s Immigration Agenda: A State and Local Snapshot [[link removed]]
While much of the public’s attention has rightly focused on the whirlwind of immigration-related activity at the federal level during the first six months of the second Trump administration, states and local communities have been far from idle this year. Some have leaned into the administration’s immigration enforcement priorities, while others are holding the line and pushing back.
Facts You Should Know
Reporting from The New York Times last week revealed [[link removed]] that family separation, one of the most controversial policies of President Trump’s first term, has returned through relatively subtle and targeted policy changes.
The American Immigration Council pursued and received a trove of records and data related to the practice of family separation implemented during the first Trump administration. The government documents, obtained through our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and subsequent litigation, brought to light the significant trauma families experienced, as well as the flaws in the administration’s planning of the “zero tolerance” policy.
Read more: Government Documents on Family Separation [[link removed]]
Across the Nation
Since mid-May 2025, ICE has resumed arresting noncitizens at immigration court hearings—first targeting individuals whose cases were dismissed and now expanding to those with pending cases. These arrests have sparked widespread outrage and growing fears that ICE and the immigration court system (EOIR) are working in tandem to fast-track deportations and sidestep due process. Communities have responded through protests and organized court support efforts to document arrests and protect those at risk.
In response, the Council and LatinoJustice PRLDEF filed 11 FOIA requests, demanding transparency from ICE and EOIR. These filings seek internal policies and communications around court arrests and case dismissals. As arrests inside courthouses escalate, access to these records is critical to exposing the inner-workings of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.
Read more: Seeking Records about Immigration Court Arrests and Dismissals [[link removed]]
In June, the Trump administration announced a new travel ban targeting 19 countries. This marks a significant expansion of the travel bans President Trump issued during his first term. Media reports have confirmed the administration is also weighing imposing restrictions on 36 additional countries—primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.
Banning immigrants from these countries will lead to major disruptions in higher education, labor markets in essential U.S. industries, while significantly reducing tax revenues and consumer spending. Immigrants from the targeted nations hold significant economic clout, and the travel ban will have adverse impact on local businesses and communities across the United States.
This new report from the Council analyzes the scope, stated rationale, and consequences of the June 2025 travel ban, drawing on recent and historical data to assess its potential impact on the U.S. economy and on American communities and families.
Read more: Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban: Who Is Affected and What It Could Cost the U.S. Econom y [[link removed]]
Quote of the Week
“Using [FEMA] funding for immigration detention is illegal and something the administration clearly understands... Reallocating [this] funding isn’t so much about expanding detention as it is about the administration’s obsession with continuing to do everything possible to either end or undermine all prior efforts to make our system fair, functional, or just.”
— Jorge Loweree, managing director of programs at the American Immigration Council [[link removed]]
Further Reading
New York Times: Florida Is Buying Plane Tickets for Unauthorized Immigrants to Self-Deport [[link removed]]
El País: ‘We lost everything’: Families of detained immigrants are drowning in debt [[link removed]]
Wall Street Journal: Migrants Vanish Into Opaque ICE Detention System [[link removed]]
EFE: Política migratoria de Trump tiene en jaque a granjas, fábricas y construcciones en EEUU [[link removed]]
New York Times: A Maine Resort Town Feels the Pressure of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown [[link removed]]
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