Washington, D.C. - On September 25, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed regulation that would establish fixed end dates on student and exchange visitor visas. Under th...
Washington, DC - Jamal Abdi, Executive Director of National Iranian American Council Action (NIAC Action), issued the following statement on new restrictions proposed by the Trump administration that ...
Today, NIAC sent a letter to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) warning that sanctions may bar many Iranian students from continuing their education amid the COVID-19 pa...
Legislative maneuvering on the Senate floor yesterday nearly resulted in the passage of S. 386, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, until the potential opening was slammed shut by an objecti...
Two dozen organizations have written the Senate to warn against the passage of S. 386, the so-called Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, given the harm it would do to immigrant communities while...
The passage of legislation to end the Muslim ban is a decisive victory for everyone impacted by this disgraceful ban that is rooted in Trump’s bigotry. If you feared for a loved one detained or depo...
The DNC should be applauded for its forward-leaning platform commitments on issues of importance to the Iranian-American community. The draft platform warns against the Trump administration’s danger...
Sen. Durbin is a true champion of immigrant communities in the United States, and today is no exception as he again sought to pass compromise legislation to fix the broken green card system. In advanc...
Big news! After years of work by NIAC and our partners, Congress will vote next Wednesday, July 22nd to repeal the Muslim Ban! Racism and bigotry have been core pillars of the Donald Trump presidenc...
This week, the House of Representatives concluded a flurry of mark-up sessions in the House Appropriations committee in their attempt to finalize and pass all twelve government spending bills by the e...
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