American Immigration Council

The American Immigration Council is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and advocacy group.[1][2][3] It advocates for immigrants to the United States and opposes US President Donald Trump's immigration policy.[4][5] It was established in 1987, originally as the American Immigration Law Foundation, by the American Immigration Lawyers Association.[6]

American Immigration Council
MottoHonoring our Immigrant Past, Shaping our Immigrant Future
Formation1987 (1987)
Type501(c)(3) organization
PurposeImmigration
Headquarters1331 G St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C., 20005
Executive director
Beth Werlin
Executive assistant
Crystal Avila
Legal assistant
Hilda Bonilla
Policy analyst
Joshua Breisblatt
Parent organization
American Immigration Lawyers Association
SubsidiariesImmigration Policy Center
Websitewww.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
Formerly called
American Immigration Law Foundation

References
  1. Chappell, Bill (7 May 2014). "Report Details Hundreds Of Complaints Against U.S. Border Agents". NPR. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. Gladstone, Rick (14 January 2016). "Research Doesn't Back a Link Between Migrants and Crime in U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. Partlow, Joshua (16 January 2017). "U.S. border officials are illegally turning away asylum seekers, critics say". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. "Feds decided to deport her — two decades after her Miami marijuana arrest". miamiherald. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  5. "About the American Immigration Council". American Immigration Council website. Retrieved 18 Jan 2019.
  6. Warner, Judith (2010). U.S. Border Security: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 306. ISBN 9781598844078.
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