WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * As ADA Turns 36, Reed Cosponsors Resolution to Uplift Disability Community and Honor Decades of Progress * WASHINGTON, DC - On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), prohibiting discrimination based on mental or physical disabilities. Celebrating the thirty-sixth anniversary of the ADA, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) and a group of 28 Senate colleagues in int more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary on July 27, 2026, by senior research staffer Michael A. Clemens: * * * A new US rule to restrict student visas will hurt the US economy The Trump administration issued a final rule in July that gives it discretion to cut short the course of study of most international students at US universities. It will likely use this new power to block many of them from staying to work after they graduate and produce mounting delays for routine extens more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13277) on July 28, 2026, by immigration policy specialist Andorra Bruno. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in FY2025 and FY2026 The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is in uncharted territory. It has been suspended since late January 2025. Under the suspension, only refugees who qualify for an exception are being admitted to the United States. The refugee ceiling (the maximum number of refugees th more PR