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The Criminalization of Immigration in the United States

Immigrants are (still) less likely to commit serious crimes or be behind bars than the native-born. Here are the facts in our latest report. 

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Refugees: A Fact Sheet

How does the U.S. refugee resettlement process work? Our fact sheet explains.

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Family Detention

Learn about our efforts to end the detention of women and children in family detention centers.

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Executive Action on Immigration

President Obama laid out his plan to use executive authority to improve parts of the U.S. immigration system. Here's what you need to know.

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Immigration by State

Read more about the demographic and economic impacts immigrants are making in your state.

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Latest Resources

A Humane Approach Can Work: The Effectiveness of Alternatives to Detention for Asylum Seekers

For decades, the U.S. refugee protection system has been a symbol of the nation’s generosity and openness to the world’s persecuted. Yet since Congress’...

The Criminalization of Immigration in the United States

For more than a century, innumerable studies have confirmed two simple yet powerful truths about the relationship between immigration...

A Guide to Children Arriving at the Border: Laws, Policies and Responses

The American Immigration Council is updating this Guide which was first issued in summer 2014. It provides information about the tens...

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