As negotiators reportedly consider significant changes to America's asylum system as well as a nationwide expansion of expedited removal, AILA urges the Biden Administration to turn away from destructive proposals and stand by its original funding request...
AILA and the Council share a statement urging Congress to focus supplemental funding discussions on solutions that would improve border processing as well as reduce backlogs elsewhere in the immigration system.
AILA President Farshad Owji and Executive Director Ben Johnson urge that Senate negotiators reject the severe restrictions on America's asylum system being entertained in exchange for a supplemental funding deal; the changes would be harmful and ineffecti...
AILA ED Ben Johnson called on the Republican party to reject the dark vision of America described in the Trump Campaign's plans and urged Congress to "do what only they can do" to "ensure America's immigration system serves the public good, upholds the la...
AILA issued a statement regarding its deep concern at the rise in hate and violence, urging immediate action to ensure the protection and safety of those who are impacted by the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and calling on Americans to "focus on our ...
AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson responded to the extreme anti-immigrant provisions espoused by Senate Republicans that were reported on today; the plan "takes a page out of the far-right House bill, H.R. 2, by functionally closing the door to asylum s...
AILA President Farshad Owji welcomed the news that Ecuador would be added to the list of countries eligible for Family Reunification Parole (FRP) noting it "will allow qualified individuals residing in Ecuador to reunite with their U.S. citizen and legal ...
AILA calls on the Biden Administration to move immediately to support the safety of all people affected by the recent violence in the Middle East, urging among other things, "deferred action, humanitarian parole, or Temporary Protected Status for those al...
AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson responded to reports regarding the harmful actions taken by the Texas Governor, urging the Governor to reconsider and "Texas state employees and residents to join in the call for these inhumane and deadly tactics be imm...
