Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
American immigration lawyer
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Long story short, no, there are not 320,000 kids missing. 32,000 kids missed court. That doesn’t mean they’re missing, it means they missed court (either because their sponsor didn’t bring them or they are teenagers who didn’t want to show up). The remaining 291,000 cases mentioned by the (Office of the Inspector General) are cases where ICE hasn’t filed the paperwork to start their immigration court cases.”
- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, told CNN in 2024CNNcnn.com/2026/09…
The reality of the matter is that the Mexican government has very little standing to file complaints in the United States,
- said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, a Washington-based research and advocacy groupLos Angeles Timeslatimes.com/world/nation…
This would lead to flight cancellations and would snarl air traffic throughout the entire country.... The end
- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow with the American Immigration Council, also agreed, warningThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
The Trump administration, from day one, has viewed the basic promise of DUE PROCESS embodied in our Constitution as an obstacle to be crushed, and not a principle to be upheld,
- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, said Monday in response to the latest USCIS proposalThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
If your argument against birthright citizenship is that a foreign government might send a pregnant mother to the US, have the child born there, then bring them back and indoctrinate the baby into being a spy decades later, you've lost the plot."
- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, on X in JanuaryNewsweeknewsweek.com/legal/analyst…
This is the 12th death in ICE custody in the first 2.5 months of the year,... Last year, 30 people died in ICE custody, a record level. This year, we’re on pace for just under twice that amount.”
- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, wrote on XThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
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RFK Jr. accuses Democrats of turning federal government into ‘child trafficking ring’
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other speakers made false claims in remarks at the Republican midterm convention’s second night Thursday
CNNcnn.com/2026/09…She thought she had permission to be in the US. Then ICE arrested her on a jetway.
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Any certainty in her life had vanished when she was detained for three weeks this month after ICE officers stopped her while she was boarding a plane home from Atlanta
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Mullin faces backlash over ‘naive or dumb’ plan to pull CBP from blue-city airports
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/administr…But his suggested reprisal has been met with derision over the widespread travel chaos it would likely cause
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Trump team wants to be able to reject asylum requests without interviewing migrants
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Current law generally requires asylum seekers to file their applications within one year of arriving in America
Newsmaxnewsmax.com/newsfront/trump…With Trump Looking On, Justices Tread Cautiously on Birthright Citizenship
The Wall Street Journalwsj.com/us/news…Trump, who had suggested he wanted to attend a session last year when the court weighed his sweeping tariffs but ultimately abstained, appeared in his signature dark suit and red tie a few minutes before arguments began over his contentious executive order that would limit birthright citizenship
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/supreme…Afghan man who worked with US military dies after taken into ICE custody
The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/03…An asylum-seeking father of six who fought alongside the U.S. military in Afghanistan died this weekend less than 24 hours after he was detained by federal immigration agents outside his home in the Dallas area
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/afghan…Joaquin Castro Is on a Quest to Get Detained Immigrants Released
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/03…As soon as Oscar’s deportation flight landed at the La Lima airport in Honduras, he put on his baseball cap
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Sam Altman unloads on Elon Musk in latest X posts
Mashablemashable.com/article/sam…Elon Musk’s X has awarded its $1 million prize for “high-value, high-impact” writing to a user with a history of making racist, anti-immigration posts on the platform
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/elon…ICE thwarted from entering Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis by employee
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Under the Vienna Conventions, to which the United States is a party, foreign consular buildings are off-limits to law enforcement from the host country without authorization from consular officials
Saudi Gazettesaudigazette.com.sa/article/65…Minneapolis software engineers mistaken for ICE agents harassed, insulted by left-wing agitators at deli
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/us/minneapolis…Four Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents ate lunch at El Tapatio on January 14, a family‑owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar, a community of about 21,000 located about 95 miles west of Minneapolis, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune
Newsweeknewsweek.com/ice/agents…