- Press Release
PRESS CALL: Experts To Warn Trump’s Immigration Surveillance and Registry Policies Will Turbocharge Mass Raids & Removals
Washington DC, March 5, 2025 — The Trump administration is ramping up its immigration surveillance apparatus, announcing a national immigrant registry alongside sweeping new policies that track both immigrants and U.S. citizens who are critical of Trump’s mass deportation agenda on social media. Meanwhile, new reporting reveals that DHS is seeking access to personal financial data through the IRS, raising serious concerns about unchecked government overreach.
In response to these measures, experts will hold a press call on Thursday, March 6 at 11:00 a.m. ET to answer questions regarding how these policies, compounded by Trump’s $350 billion request to Congress, will enable Trump to carry out his own modern-day “Operation Wetback”—supercharging his existing mass deportation efforts through militarized enforcement, invasive surveillance, and government overreach, all at the expense of civil rights and working families.
WHAT: Press briefing on dangerous implications of Trump’s surveillance and registry polices
WHEN: Thursday, March 6th at 11:00AM ET
WHO: Kerri Talbot, Co-Executive Director of the Immigration Hub
Anthony Enriquez, VP of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation at RFK Human Rights
Nayna Gupta, Policy Director at American Immigration Council Other speakers to be announced.
WHERE: Virtual, RSVP HERE.
###
The American Immigration Council works to strengthen America by shaping how America thinks about and acts towards immigrants and immigration and by working toward a more fair and just immigration system that opens its doors to those in need of protection and unleashes the energy and skills that immigrants bring. The Council brings together problem solvers and employs four coordinated approaches to advance change—litigation, research, legislative and administrative advocacy, and communications. In January 2022, the Council and New American Economy merged to combine a broad suite of advocacy tools to better expand and protect immigrants' rights, more fully ensure their ability to succeed economically, and help make the communities they settle in more welcoming. Follow the latest Council news and information on ImmigrationImpact.com and Bluesky @immcouncil.