This article shares details of the border wall contracts that have been signed by Department of Homeland Security.
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A recent report from UCLA and California Luthern University shows that 1 in 4 Americans is now of Latino heritage. Read this article about these findings. See more details from the study here.
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The National Immigration Law Center has provided this explainer of the anti-immigrant policies in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill. These changes include:
- Detention and Enforcement resources and changes
- Fees and penalties
- Health and Nutrition Changes
- Taxes
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This article from the CATO Institute shows the breakdown of the 25,000 government employees (from both federal and state-specific organizations) who have been diverted from their jobs to support ICE.
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Alex Nowrasteh of the CATO Institute has just published an article entitled “Trump Bashed Other Countries for their Immigrant Crime Rates. Here’s why he didn’t mention the US” which clearly states that the crime rates for U.S. citizens are higher than for either legal immigrants or unauthorized residents of the U.S.
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This press release, from America’s Voice, summarizes a report from Economic Insights and Research Consulting which describes the impact that deportations have had on the economy. The report shows significant changes to (1) agriculture, (2) construction, and (3) leisure/hospitality. Read the press release here
You can download the paper Warning Signs of the Economic Harms from Deportations from SSRN (Social Science Research Network) that was written by Robert G. Lynch, Michael Ettlinger, and Emma Sifre.
Recently, unauthorized workers comprised these percentages of the three key industries effected by deportations: Agriculture (25% overall, 42% of crop farmworkers), Construction (13%) and Leisure/Hospitality (7%).
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25% of all agricultural workers are immigrants residents without work authorization while a higher percent of fruits and vegetable harvesting (closer to 40%) is done by unauthorized workers.
The H-2A (temporary agricultural visa) is undergoing significant changes – which will simplifiy the application process (throught USCIS) and allow for lower wages (via the Department of Labor).
This article outlines those changes to the H-2A process and wages.
This statement, released by the United Farm Workers, condemns the wage reduction.
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Some student visas have been revoked by the US State Department and they are unable to leave the country without forefeiting their return. This article describes the situation and explains that some of these students have filed a lawsuit against the federal govenment for revoking their visas.
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This article, Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations, describes lay-offs of key administrators in ICE no longer ensuring legal standards in detention centers.
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A recent report from Harvard University and Physicians for Human Rights states that immigrant detainees who are in solitary confinement for more than 15 days is considered torture. See the U.S. map with numbers in solitary confinement for the past year.
