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
U.S. Conference of Mayors Calls on Congress to Pass Border Security and Supplemental Funding Package
Washington, DC– Last night Senate negotiators released a bipartisan border security package as part of a national security supplemental.
More than 135 Mayors Demand Congress Include Funding for Border and Migrant Services As Part of Any Supplemental Spending Bill
Bipartisan Group of Mayors Calls for at Least $1.4 Billion to Support Local Governments Seeing an Influx of Migrants
Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors on Biden Administration’s Announcement on Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela
Washington, DC–Yesterday, the Biden Administration announced that it would grant Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans already in the United
Next Week: DHS Secretary Mayorkas to Address Nation’s Mayors During U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 91st Winter Meeting
Remarks Set for Thursday, January 19, 2023 Capital Hilton | Washington, DC Washington, D.C. – As part of The U.S. Conference
In Letter to Congressional Leaders, Mayors Call for Additional Funding to Bolster Local Organizations Serving Asylum Seekers Along the Southern Border
Washington, DC – Today, in a letter to the leaders of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives,