Immigration
About the Task Force
The United States Conference of Mayors has long recognized that our cities and our nation have been built, strengthened, and sustained by immigrants, that our cities are inclusive, multicultural centers reflecting core American values that foster economic prosperity and opportunity, and that our diversity and inclusion keeps us competitive and makes us strong. The Conference’s comprehensive immigration policy includes a call for reforming our broken immigration system, providing Dreamers a pathway to lawful permanent residence and eventually citizenship, rebuilding and strengthening the United States Refugee Admissions Program, and making asylum accessible to those seeking refuge. Our Immigration Reform Task Force advocates on behalf of this policy.
Immigration Leadership

Mayor Mike Johnston | Denver
Immigration Reform Task Force Chair

Mayor John Cowen, Jr. | Brownsville
Vice Chair for Border Policy, Criminal & Social Justice Committee

Mayor Regina Romero | Tucso
Chair, Latino Alliance of the U.S. Conference of Mayors
Latest News and USCM Actions
In New Letter, U.S. Conference of Mayors Raises Concerns Over Trump Administration’s List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions
Letter Calls on Administration to Share Criteria and Provide Appeals Process Washington, DC—Today, on behalf of the nation’s mayors,
U.S. Conference of Mayors Statement on Trump Administration’s Sanctuary Jurisdictions List
Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Trump Administration published a list of nearly 600 “sanctuary jurisdictions,” threatening to suspend or terminate
Statement by the U.S. Conference of Mayors on ICE’s Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
Washington, DC–Below is a statement by Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, on today’s
U.S. Conference of Mayors Statement on House Hearing on Immigration Enforcement
Washington, DC—In response to yesterday’s House Oversight Committee hearing on immigration enforcement, which included the testimony of the mayors of
In New Letter, Nation’s Mayors Urge Congress to Reject Legislation that Compromises Public Safety and Obstructs City Autonomy
The bill threatens to undermine major progress cities have made in recent years to create safer communities. Washington, D.C.— Today,