Immigration Insight

Journalists & Blogs

• American Immigration Council – immigration data and impact information (which can be sorted by state, county and metro area).
• America’s Promise – substack by Andrea Flores
• Austin Kocher — Researcher and writer focusing on immigration enforcement, deportation, and immigrant rights in the United States. His blog often blends data-driven insights with policy analysis.
• Antero Garcia – La Cuenta — A Substack newsletter that explores culture, storytelling, and education, often with a critical lens on immigration, identity, and social justice.
• Border Wall – Smart Wall Map – from CBP (Customs and Border Protection – part of Department of Homeland Security (searchable database of border wall under construction 2025/2026)
• CATO Immigration Newsletter – excellent economic and government data analysis by immigration experts at CATO Institute is shared in their newsletter.
• FWD.us – provides data and information to reform immigration and criminal justice systems
• H1B Visa Changes – (January 2026) 45 minute podcast from the Zolberg Institute
• Immigration Detention Expansion in Trump’s Second Term – 57-page report (January, 2026) provided by the American Immigration Council
• Johnny Harris – Why are we deporting so many people? – 45-minute video – overall explainer about US immigration, history, unauthorized populations, detention, deportations, etc.
• Mobile Pathways – immigration court data including judge profiles, removal orders by country.
• Seeding Change – A Messaging Guide for Immigration – from Detention Watch Network (password : seedingchange)
• The Border Chronicle – with Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller journalists
• The Trace – ICE Shooting Tracker data
• TRAC DATA, from Syracuse University, provides data and reports about immigrant, detention, and court decisions. Now includes data and reports on the FBI, DEA, ATF, and the IRS. Explore the TRAC data and reports here. Read TRAC’s Judge Reports here.
• Welcoming Cities in the UK – Video – Welcoming America
• Zolberg Institute – Unsettled – Immigration in Turbulent Times Podcast Series

Nonprofits & Advocacy Groups

• ACLU: Immigration Rights — The American Civil Liberties Union has a specific program dedicated to protecting the rights of immigrants.
  • ACLU People Power Action Call – August 2025
• Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee) — Provides humanitarian assistance to refugees and displaced people, including immigrants.
• Amica Center for Immigrant Rights — Provides legal defense and strategic litigation for immigrants, especially those facing detention and deportation.
• American Friends Service Committee — A Quaker organization that works for peace and justice, including the rights of immigrants.
• American Immigration Council — A non-profit that provides research, information, and analysis on immigration issues.
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) — A professional organization of immigration lawyers that provides resources and advocacy for immigrants.
• Amnesty International USA — Advocates for the human rights of all individuals, including immigrants.
• Border Angels – A community-based organization that advocates for the rights and safety of migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border.
• Catholic Charities USA — Offers a wide array of social services, including assistance to immigrants.
• Catholic Conference of Bishops, Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB) — A national organization that provides resettlement and other services to immigrants and refugees.
• Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) — Provides legal services and support to immigrants through Catholic Charities.
• Center for Gender & Refugee Studies — Focuses on the rights of refugees, including those who have experienced gender-based violence.
• CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights) — Works to protect the rights and improve the lives of immigrants in Los Angeles.
• Church World Service (CWS) — A faith-based organization that provides resettlement and other services to refugees and immigrants.
• Define American – empowers diverse and nuanced storytelling to help audiences see all immigrants with their full humanity.
• Detention Watch Network — Advocates for the rights of immigrants in detention.
• Doctors Without Borders (MSF) — Provides medical care to people in conflict zones and other crisis situations, which may include immigrants.
• Global Refuge – resettlement agency in the U.S. with some support for repatriated youth in Mexico and Guatmala.
• Goodwill Industries International — Provides job training and other services to immigrants.
• HIAS (formerly Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) — Helps refugees and immigrants worldwide.
• Human Rights First — An organization that works to protect human rights, including those of immigrants.
• Immigrant Defense Project — A non-profit organization that provides legal defense to immigrants facing detention and deportation.
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) — A national non-profit that focuses on defending and promoting immigrant rights.
• International Rescue Committee (IRC) — Resettles refugees and provides humanitarian assistance to those affected by conflict and disaster, including immigrants.
• National Immigration Forum — A non-profit that advocates for the value of immigrants and immigration.
• United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) — Provides humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, including to immigrants.

Community Tools

For Educators

• AEA Immigration In Schools ToolKit — This toolkit is intended for Arizona Education Association members and local affiliates as a resource for addressing the urgent needs in our communities around protecting students, families, and educators in schools in the face of the recent rise in ICE raids and threats coming from a national and statewide level.
• Denver Public Schools – article about potential protections
• Digital Security 101 – from Just Futures Law
• Fear is Everywhere – 15-page survey (12/25) of US high school principals from UCLA Institute for Democracy Education and Access.
• Guidance on Education Issues – from the National Education Association
• Preparing for ICE Raids: A Guide for School and Community Partnerships from Arkansas Immigrant Defense part of Immigrant Advocates Network
• Proposed Policy Denver Schools (1/26)
• Safeguarding Oregon Schools – resources to safeguard schools so all students feel safe and welcome.
• Safe Schools, Safe Students – a toolkit for Florida educators, students, and parents

For Faith Leaders

• Declaration for People of Faith in Support of the Lives and Rights of Immigrants – Organizations and individuals can sign this petition which is provided by the Interfaith Immigration Network.
• Digital Security 101 – from Just Futures Law
• Faith Leaders Support Immigrants in SoCal Courts, Deepa Bharath, Associated Press 8.12.25
• What Can Congregations Do to Prepare for Immigration Raids, ELCA, April, 2025

For Businesses

• A Guide for Community and Business Leaders Advocating for Refugees from the Refugee Advocacy Lab
• Digital Security 101 – from Just Futures Law
• Employer Guide – Responding to ICE Raids – by JCC Association of North America
• How Small Business Owners can Prep for ICE Raids in 2025 – A 7-minute radio show WBAP, Austin Texas, by Kate, Lincoln-Goldfinch Law
• Personal Data Disclosure (policy example from Hover Senior Living Community) for public health care facilities in Colorado based on Senate Bill 25-276 which requires patient privacy.

For Immigrants

• 5 Digital Security Tips for Travel (in English and Spanish) from Just Futures Law
• 5 Tech Tips to Improve Digital Privacy – by Fox News
• 20 Ways to Help Immigrants Now – YES Magazine
• 35 Ways America is Resisting ICE
• 287g impacts during 2025 – ACLU report
• AfghanEvac Explainers – international perspective on Afghan evacuation by afghanevac.org
• American Families United – provides community for mixed status couples and an opportunity to advocate for couples with one American and one unauthorized spouse. Read their report, issued in December 2025, Collateral Damage a survey of mixed-status couples, their demographics, and the effect of the current immigration policy on them.
• Atlas of Surveillance – provides a searchable database of law enforcement tech in the U.S.
• (The) Belonging Handbook – order your handbook here – suggestions for how to bring diverse groups together – from American Immigration Council
• Case for Statewide Immigration Protection – Explainer by ACLU Fairfax, Virginia
• Challenges in Identifying People in an ICE Raid – a short summary of how to find people who’ve been arrested in an ICE raid provided by National Immigration Project
• Children’s Books about Immigration – listen here in English and Spanish
• City and County Support for Neighbors – created by Siembra NC’s Defend and Recruit
• Court Accompaniment Training – VIDEO – from AFSC (American Friends Service Committee) Colorado
• CourtWatch Training – VIDEO – from AFSC (American Friends Service Committee) Colorado
• Deportation Prep Manual for Immigrant Families (Eng and Span) from Appleseed Network includes these topics : Child Custody, Assets and Benefits for Minor Children, Managing Psychological Aspects of Deportation and Child Custody, Managing, Accessing and Closing Bank Accounts, Credit Cards, Prepaid, and Debit Cards, Managing Short-term Service Contracts and Related Bills, Payday and other Short-term loans, Insurance, Power of Attorney, Owned Real Property, Cars, Car Loans and Car Leases, Ending a Residential Lease, Handling Valuables, Taking Money Across the Border, Remittance Transfer Consumer Rights, Collecting Unpaid Wages, Social Security, Veteran Benefits, Dissolving or Selling a Business, Tax Filing Issues.
• Digital Security Resources – Just Futures Law
• Due Process – a 3-minute video (on X) by Robert Reich
• Experts Explain your Rights During ICE Raid (as an immigrant or bystander) by cnn.com
• Family Preparedness Documents – State of Connecticut
• For Partners and Press – from We Have Rights (an empowerment campaign with a wide variety of videos in multiple languages)
• (ICE) Flight Monitor Report – Annual report from Jan 2025/2026 – Human Rights First
• Free Whistles (you pay postage) from Solidarity Warriors
• Habeas Explainer and Pro Se Filing Instructions – (Spanish and English) from the National Immigration Project
• Health Care Study – Migrant Clinician Network published this study “ICE Tactics, Deportation Fears limit access to Health Care for Children of Immigrants” (March – August, 2025)
• How to Find A Loved One After an Immigration Arrest, National Immigration Law Center, 2025
• How to Prepare for Immigration Proceedings (available in 9 languages by clicking in the upper right) from USA Hello a website to support immigrants through the asylum process.
• How to Prepare for a possible ICE arrest – (20-minute video) in 12 languages from the Vermont Language Justice Project
• How U.S. Citizens can Protect the Immigration Community From the Deportation Force – recommendations, packets, and tools from United We Dream (an immigrant youth-led organization).
• ICE Detention at Airports – from Just Futures Law
• ICE Stipulation Explainer – by the National Immigration Project is signed by immigrants in detention to show they agree to be deported. In English and Spanish.
• Immigration 101 – One hour video by Gina McAfee, Colorado Immimgant Partnership Network
• Immigrant Access to Public Benefits – a summary of the impact of the Final Reconciliation Package on immigrant families provided by Protecting Immigrant Families.
• Immigration Court Data and Analysis – from mobilepathways.org – includes judges profiles, asylum approval/denial rates, removal orders by country and removal orders by zip code.
• Immigration Court Data – American Immigration Council provides a searchable database about the court information nationwide (2019-2024)
• Immigration Legal Services – in both English and Spanish – by Sacred Heart Center in Richmond, Virginia. Topics include: Know Your Rights (car, work, public, removal proceedings, policy custody, immigrant detention) Be Prepared (plan, red card, rapid response (Virginia), KYR app, drivers card) Act (in case of detention), Immigration Court, Legal Help, Avoid Fraud, Government Documents (Notice to Appear and Judicial vs. Administrative/ICE Warrant) Consular Services (Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba, Colombia).
• Immigration Legislation Database – This database has all state-specific legislation that pertains to immigration and immigrants. Search by state, topic, or year enacted. Review the final law passed by the state legislature. Provided by the National Conference of State Legislatures
• Immigration Preparedness Toolkit – (English and Spanish) from Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
• Judicial vs. Administration (ICE) Warrant – from Motion Law
• Kids and Benefits Tool Kit – from Protecting Immigrant Families
• Know Your Rights – African Languages – 11 languages from African Communities Together
• Know Your Rights – in Mayan Languages from The Mayan League
• Know Your Rights – Five things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know (in English, Spanish and Creole) created by CLASP (The Center for Law and Social Policy)
• Know Your Rights During Disasters : FEMA and Immigration Enforcement from Just Solutions
• KYR, Rapid Response, Family Planning – 55-minute video (first in English, then Spanish) provided by the County of San Mateo, California
• Know Your Rights Survey (of common themes) by Austin Kocher, Syracuse, University
• Legal Aid Justice Center Tool Kit – from Legal Aid Justice Center includes these tools: KYR information, Emergency Planning Guide, Emergency Contact List, Standby Guardianship, Limited Power of Attorney, ICE @ Your Home, Judicial Warrants, Noncitizen Access to Public Benefits, ITINs/taxes, and Registration Requirements.
• Lewis & Clark Migration and Asylum Lab – provides country reports for asylum cases
• Local Community Support for At-Risk Communities – This list shows a way to think about organizing a community to support and protect at-risk community members. (Source : Voices from the Border)
• Mayor of Denver Executive Order protecting demonstrators from ICE – Article (Feb, 2026)
• Mobile Fortify – the app used by ICE to identify activists and at-risk community members. This 3-page summary from Just Futures Law.
• Move Them or Lose Them – a September, 2025 report from Define American – defines the media habits of the “movable middle” on immigration and shares messaging strategies that could encourage greater support for immigrant communities.
• New Immigration Fees Explainer (Effective July, 2025) from National Immigrant Justice Center
• No Secret Police, No Troops in Our Streets – a ToolKit from a consortium of organizations
• Palantir donations to candidates/re[resentatives – article Colorado
• Preparing for ICE – What a town/city can do in prep for ICE – by American Immigration Council
• Protecting Immigrant Families – various tools, videos, training for coalition members who work with immigrant families in local communities
• Protection of Minors – Legal Protections for Unaccompanied Minors in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2008 – issued by First Focus on Children (Center for the Children of Immigrants)
• Prison Policy Initiative – database showing Virginia data
• (The) Real Cost of Federal Immigration Enforcement in Virginia by The Commonwealth Insitute
• Red Cards – Order red cards in 35+ languages
• Red Folder – English – instructions to assemble Bond Hearing documentation
• Red Folder – Spanish – iinstructions to assemble Bond Hearing documentation
• Red Folder – Training in Powerpoint – instructions to assemble Bond Hearing Documentation
• Resources for Families Facing Deportation and Separation – Women’s Refugee Commission
• Resolution – No contracts with entities working with ICE – sample
• Risk Assessment for Naturalization Applicants – for attorneys – a Practice Advisory from the National Immigration Project
• Section 1324 – The National Immigration Project provides this primer (in both English and Spanish) on the federal criminal law pertaining to Smuggling, Transporting, Harboring/Concealing/Shielding, and Encouraging/Inducing.
• Stanford Migration and Asylum Lab – provides country reports. See 2023 reports for Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Venezuela
• Statista.com – reports and data (shown here on immigration)
• Staying Whole and United: A Love Letter and Support Guide for Families Navigating Harmful ICE Raids and Policies from the Children Thrive Action Network
• Stopping Mass Deportations Through Sheriffs, Safety Bound
• Tech Companies receiving ICE Administrative Subpoenas by Just Laws Future
• Toolkit to Fight Detentions and Deportations, Detention Watch Network
• Ukraine – 38-minute video – Guidance for Uniting on Ukraine with advice on re-parole, TPS, Asylum from Anne Smith from Ukraine Immigration Task Force. (October, 2025)
• Understanding your Rights when losing Work Authorization by the National Immigration Law Center
• usaspending.gov – website to search for US government spending
• Utah Compact on Immigration – read 5 pro-immigrant guidelines for Utah and signatories (organizations and individuals) and supporters – passed in 2010, reaffirmedin 2019.
• Virginia – The Real Cost of Immigration Enforcement – report from The Commonwealth Institute
• (ICE) Warehouse Tracker – at Project Saltbox
• What to Do if you are Arrested or Detained by Immigration, National Immigration Law Center
• What you need to know about Trump’s Immigration Fines, from No Immigration Fines
• Whistle Kits – from Downtown Nasty Women Social Group – describes kits that include a whistle, one zine (how to alert neighborhoods about ICE actions), a second zine (how to report ICE action using SALUTE – Size, Action/Activity, Location, Uniform, Time, Equipment). Find example zines at the bottom of this blog posting. (NOTE: zine = mini, self-published literature).
• Work Authorization – Proposed Rule by DHS – March, 2026 – Explainer by AfghanEvac