325,000 – the number of pending immigration and asylum cases in NYC
15 – the number of times you’re more likely to stay in the country legally if you are represented by an attorney than if you are not represented by an attorney
100,000 – the number of immigrants with pending cases that do not have representation
80% – the current denial rate for asylum cases (at the start of 2025, the denial rate was 45-50%)
45% – the portion of ICE arrests in June that involved immigrants without any criminal history
36% – the percent of the people arrested by ICE that are now in ICE detention that have no criminal history. If we include people who are arrested at the border by Customs and Border Protection, 50% of all detainees being held in detention have no criminal history
7,500 – the target number of refugees the US will resettle during 2026 (down from a high in recent years of 100,000).
This article celebrates the various projects that Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante has achieved which facilitate support and inclusivity for immigrants there.
Here’s more information about Nlets (Int’l Justice and Public Safety Network) a nonprofit created for data sharing across local, state, and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies.
The National Immigration Forum has provided this explainer for the new $100,000 fee for new applications for H1B visas. In general, the fee applies to applicants living outside of the US and does not apply to re-newals. This explainer provides clarification on Project Firewall from the U.S. Department of Labor which is meant to protect high-skilled American workers.
National Immigration Forum provides this explainer for the H-!B proposed rule which replaces the lottery system with the weighted selection lottery. This would give a higher weight (and probability of selection) to jobs that pay more.
FACT SHEET: Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Is Dangerous – And Americans Know It
Trump’s mass deportation agenda is failing America.
The administration’s city-by-city, community-by-community crusade is traumatizing children, separating families, and endangering the rights and safety of all Americans.
Federal law enforcement agents are being diverted from drug trafficking, cybersecurity, and violent crime investigations to chase down longtime residents with clean records.
U.S. citizens are being detainedoutside their place of work, teenagers tackled to the ground, U.S. citizen children forced to be abandoned, and legal residents fined – all despite showing valid ID.
The parents of a U.S. Marine were detained while visiting their pregnant daughter on a military base. The father has been deported. The mother remains in custody indefinitely. Both had pending green card applications.
Meanwhile, immigrant communities are avoiding hospitals, schools, and workplaces out of fear. These are our neighbors who work across every sector of our economy, from healthcare and education to technology, agriculture, construction, and small business. When people are forced into the shadows, entire communities suffer.
Pregnant women are skipping prenatal care, risking dangerous complications.
Businesses across the country are facing urgent labor shortages as the crackdown removes workers from industries already struggling to recruit and retain employees.
Young adults and teenagers are being forced to become breadwinners when parents are detained or deported, leaving children to raise children.
Most Americans oppose Trump’s mass deportation agenda:
People understand that real public safety means smart, targeted enforcement – not indiscriminate raids that tear families apart. Americans want balanced solutions that secure the border while providing legal pathways for those who contribute to our communities.
Americans say ICE has gone too far:51% of Americans believe ICE has “gone too far” in its enforcement activities.
Americans prefer legal pathways over deportation:64% of voters say undocumented immigrants should have a way to stay in the country legally if certain requirements are met.
ICE favorability has collapsed: ICE favorability dropped from 50% in February to just 39% by June. Now 52% view the agency unfavorably – with nearly 40% viewing it “very unfavorably.”
An August Pew survey found ICE ranked alongside the IRS as one of the least-trusted federal agencies.
Even unlikely voices are speaking out against mass deportation:
Texas Republican Mayor Javier Villalobos: Expressed concerns over “deporting people who can be productive for our country, who produce for our economy, produce for our families, and our business owners.”
Podcast Host Joe Rogan: “The way it looks is horrific… When you’re just arresting people in front of their kids, and just, normal, regular people who have been here for 20 years. That everybody who has a heart can’t get along with that.”
Former St. Louis Police Lt. Ray Rice: “The most visceral response I had was seeing young children being treated that way and the terror on their faces. You can’t see that happen and not have a question about the humanity or the lack of humanity afforded those who were targeted like that.”
The Washington Post’s Lauren Kaori Gurley reported that “the Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.”
Concerns: Immigration crackdowns are creating instability in the agricultural workforce which threatens (1) the stability of domestic food production and (2) prices for US consumers
DHS will no longer allow for an automatic extension of EAD (Employment Authorization Document) without vetting individual cases. Find access to more information and the interim final rule here.
