FAQ: USCIS Guidance on Green Cards
برای خواندن این مطلب به فارسی اینجا را کلیک کنید On May 22, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced new guidance stating that foreign nationals seeking permanent residency (“green cards”) generally must complete the process through consular processing abroad rather than adjusting status from within the United States. USCIS also stated that adjustment […]
NIAC Condemns New USCIS Guidance Requiring Foreign Nationals to Leave the U.S. to Adjust Status, Warns of Devastating Impact on Iranian Nationals in the US
Washington D.C. – National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is deeply concerned by a new guidance from USCIS requiring foreign nationals to pursue adjustment of status through consular processing outside the United States — a reversal of longstanding practice that would have uniquely catastrophic consequences for Iranian nationals. “This isn’t a bureaucratic tweak — it’s a […]
NIAC Forced ICE to Reveal New Data on Arrests of Iranians
برای خواندن این مطلب به فارسی اینجا را کلیک کنید Washington, DC – NIAC has forced ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) to disclose key data on the agency’s arrests and deportation of Iranian nationals. The first data set details the total number of Iranians arrested by ICE in FY2025, the total number of Iranians […]
NIAC Statement on Recent Ruling In Favor of 83 Applicants from Travel Ban-Affected Communities
Washington, D.C. – The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) issued the following statement applauding a recent order from a federal judge that the Trump administration must resume processing for the immigration applications of 83 individuals from travel ban-designated countries and asylees: “The shutdown of USCIS processing for virtually all immigration applications affecting individuals from travel […]
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 […]
NIAC Condemns Deportation of Iranian Nationals Amid Ongoing Civil Rights Abuses
Washington, DC – Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement on reports that the U.S. has chartered a plane to deport approximately 100 Iranian nationals to Iran, and will deport hundreds more to Iran in the months to come. In the days that followed the June war against Iran, […]
2025 Deportation Defense Training
On September 17, 2025, NIAC — along with Asian Law Caucus and the New York Civil Liberties Union — hosted a special training on building community power to equip our communities for successful defense against unjust detentions and deportations. You can find a full recording of the event here as well as the event slides […]
NIAC Supports Legal Efforts to Defend Iranian-American Civil Rights
NIAC has long dedicated itself to defending the civil rights of Iranian Americans against various forms of discrimination on the basis of national origin – from outright bans on visas and travel, to harmful exclusions in immigration law, to restrictions on property ownership. Included below are several key updates on NIAC’s work and support for […]
پرسشهای متداول: دفاع از حقوق مهاجران و آگاهی از حقوق خود به عنوان ایرانی-آمریکایی
۳۰ ژوئن ۲۰۲۵ در پی افزایش نگرانکنندهی بازداشتها و اخراجهای مهاجرتی با انگیزههای نژادی و سایر تلاشهای دولت ترامپ برای حمله به حقوق مهاجرتی ایرانی-آمریکاییهای ساکن ایالات متحده، این راهنمای پرسش و پاسخ را تهیه کردهایم. هدف ما ارائه اطلاعات درست درباره حقوق قانونی شما در داخل آمریکا، آمادگی برای دفاع مهاجرتی، و راهکارهای مقابله […]
FAQ: Immigrant Defense and Knowing Our Rights as Iranian Americans
برای خواندن این مطلب به فارسی اینجا را کلیک کنید In the wake of a disturbing spike in racially motivated immigration arrests, deportations, and other Trump efforts to attack the immigration rights of Iranian Americans living in the U.S., we have created this FAQ for Iranian Americans focused on knowing your rights at home in […]