Second Iran Deportation Flight Imminent, Vulnerable Iranians Must Be Protected
Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council is deeply concerned that the Trump administration is imminently planning to send Iranians detained by ICE on a deportation flight to Iran as soon as December 7, including individuals with credible fear of retaliation and abuses by Iranian authorities. We have received information that at least one […]
National Iranian American Council Condemns Trump’s Halt of Immigration Applications
Washington, D.C. – The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) strongly condemns the Trump administration’s newly announced actions targeting U.S. green card holders and asylum applications for individuals from countries targeted under the June travel ban, including Iran. These sweeping measures represent a dangerous escalation of discriminatory immigration policy and threaten to upend the lives of […]
Admin Announces Discriminatory Targeting After Horrific Shooting of National Guards
Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council strongly condemns the horrific shooting of two members of the U.S. National Guard by Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who used to be part of a Central Intelligence Agency-directed special forces unit in Afghanistan that had a long history of human rights violations. Our deepest condolences go to the family […]
Congressional Memo: ICE Targeting of Iranian Nationals
Israel’s June war on Iran, which the U.S. briefly and illegally joined, has triggered a surge in aggressive ICE enforcement against Iranian nationals here in the U.S., upending peoples’ lives and spreading significant fear in the community. This racial profiling is both wrong and unconstitutional, and should trigger significant outcry from policymakers. ICE touted that it […]
NIAC Sends Letter to State Department on the Travel Ban and Warnings Against Travel to Iran
On July 15, 2025, NIAC sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressing the contradiction between the administration’s warnings against travel to Iran and its restrictive visa policies, particularly the June 2025 travel ban on Iranian nationals. NIAC emphasizes that while it supports educating the community on the risks of travel to Iran, […]
NIAC Statement Opposing ICE Targeting of Iranians
Washington, D.C. — NIAC President Jamal Abdi has released the following statement in response to the mass arrests of Iranians by ICE in the past week: “In the wake of U.S. military strikes on Iran on Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security has engaged in racial profiling and indiscriminate mass arrests of Iranians across the […]
FAQ: President Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban
<< Visit the NIAC Travel Ban Center On June 4, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation suspending entry into the United States for nationals of twelve countries – Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Nationals of seven more countries will be subject to […]
NIAC Statement on Trump’s Reimposition of the Travel Ban
Washington, DC – NIAC President Jamal Abdi issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to reimpose his travel ban next Monday on June 9, 2025: “Trump’s first bans impacted more than a hundred thousand Iranians, and visa processing has never fully recovered. The impact of the ban will once again be felt by Americans […]
Upcoming Briefing: What Will Trump’s New Travel Ban Do?
Social Media Advisory Ahead of Travel Ban and Amid Escalating Legal Threats
Given recent incidents and the likely reimposition of the travel ban, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is issuing an advisory recommending that foreign nationals in the United States who have been active politically consider taking extra precautions given escalating legal threats being pursued by the current U.S. administration. These legal threats violate fundamental Constitutional […]
NIAC Sends Letter to State Department and DHS Outlining Concerns on Impending Travel Ban
On February 26, 2025, NIAC sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem outlining the organization’s concerns with the impending reimposition of a travel ban as directed by President Trump’s Executive Order 14161 signed on January 20, 2025. The letter underscores the problematic nature of broad-based, blanket […]
Senate Committee on Banking Introduces Whistleblower Resource
For years, NIAC has tracked reports of Iranians and Iranian Americans who have faced discrimination by U.S. banks solely on the basis of their national heritage and has simultaneously worked to protect and push back against such discrimination. Concerningly, Bank of America itself revealed in a recent lawsuit that it restricted the accounts of more […]