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Your weekly summary from the Council
LATEST ANALYSIS
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
- This fiscal year, the United States has only accepted 9,500 refugees–even though the number of forcibly displaced people is at its highest since World War II. The Trump administration must decide the refugee admission numbers for the next fiscal year by the end of September. This fact sheet explains how the U.S. refugee resettlement system is designed to work.
Read More: An Overview of U.S. Refugee Law and Policy
- Despite their hard work and educational achievements, immigrant women earn less than foreign-born men—and less than native-born men or women. This fact sheet provides data on income and other demographic information on the 23 million female immigrants in the United States.
Read more: Immigrant Women and Girls in the United State: A Portrait of Demographic Diversity
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Many know of Justice Ginsburg's mark on issues such as gender discrimination, voting rights, access to health care, reproductive rights, and same-sex marriage. On the issue of immigration, she stood up against the Travel Ban and the termination of DACA, against allowing police to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws, and for non-citizens' rights to challenge their detention.”
– Beth Werlin, executive director of the American Immigration Council
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