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Most Recent Practice Advisories

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January 17, 2025
This practice advisory discusses the law, procedure, and practical tips for seeking a stay of removal from DHS, immigration judges, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the U.S. courts of appeals.
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January 15, 2025

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Publication Date: 
July 29, 2024
This practice advisory by the Council and partners provides an overview of the Niz-Chavez v. Garland decision and its impact on eligibility for cancellation of removal; eligibility for post-conclusion voluntary departure and broader applications of the decision.

Most Recent Litigation

This lawsuit, filed on behalf of nonprofit organizations, challenges a DHS rule requiring noncitizens to register and carry proof or face prosecution.
We’re suing Iowa for a new law that criminalizes anyone who has reentered the state after being deported — including children — even if that person is now authorized to be in the U.S. This is the most extreme anti-immigrant law in the state’s history.
Faced with increasing reports from immigration lawyers of Employment Authorization Documents adjudication delays, the Council and several partners filed this lawsuit against USCIS and DHS.

Most Recent Amicus Briefs

Publication Date: 
February 12, 2025
The brief argues that an individualized custody determination is necessary when detention becomes prolonged under the mandatory detention provision at 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c).
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March 28, 2024
The American Immigration Council filed an Amicus Brief with the American Immigration Lawyers Association to challenge the government's theory that judicial review is never available when a consular officer decides to deny a visa application.
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April 14, 2023
In this amicus brief the Council urges the Supreme Court to correct the BIA's mistake in not applying that criminal "rule of lenity" when interpreting the aggravated felony deportation ground.

Most Recent FOIA

The Council seeks records and data from the United States Air Force (USAF) about how the agency conducts military deportation flights.
This FOIA request seeks records and data from USCIS about how the agency determines whether a migrant smuggled another person into the United States.
The Council and Documented NY filed FOIA requests for records undergirding the DHS Secretary’s novel mass influx determination and agreements that involve state and local law enforcement officers in immigration enforcement.

Most Recent Advocacy

Publication Date: 
March 25, 2025
The American Immigration Council testified before Congress about the devastating impact of mass deportations and the diversion of resources meant to protect America into these deportations.
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January 16, 2025
The American Immigration Council submitted a statement for the record for the January 16, 2025, hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on the Remain in Mexico...
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December 10, 2024
The American Immigration Council appeared before Congress to address the catastrophic economic and humane costs of mass deportations.