U.S. Immigration Law Research Starting Points

American Immigration Council (AIC),

• See tab: Immigration Topics
• Page: Immigration Reform (fact sheets, blog posts, press releases & special reports) includes:
  • Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban: Who Is Affected and What It Could Cost the U.S. Economy (report, 08.6.25)
  • What’s in the Big Beautiful Bill? Immigration and Border Security Unpacked (report, 07.14.2025)

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA),

• Know Your Rights: If ICE Visits Your Home (flyer available in 8 languages)

Deportation Data Project (team of academics & lawyers described here)

• States here: "The Deportation Data Project collects and posts public, anonymized U.S. government immigration enforcement datasets. We expect these datasets to be used by journalists, researchers, lawyers, and policymakers." 

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), page: Community Resources

• Know Your Rights Toolkit (link red cards provides text in nearly 40 languages to print on cards for distribution to community members)
• Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan

New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG),

• Know Your Rights: How to Protect Yourself in Encounters with ICE + Conozca sus derechos: Cómo protegerse en encuentros con el ICE (videos)
• Pro Se Plus Project, RESOURCE: Expedited Removal Advocacy Letters + Instructions (expedited removal advocacy letter for legal service providers to complete/provide to pro se community members – available in 6 languages)
• NYLAG Legal Health, RESOURCE: Standby Guardianship for Future Care and Custody + Instructions (available in 5 languages)