AILA and the American Immigration Council stand in support of the Texas State Bar Foundation in response to TX AG Ken Paxton's investigation of the Foundation for supporting organizations that provide legal representation, citizenship classes, and other l...
AILA welcomed news that USCIS will automatically extend work permits for up to 540 days beginning May 4, 2022. AILA President Allen Orr said, "It is a great step forward, but there remain many more simple changes the Biden Administration can and should ma...
AILA welcomed the announcement the Biden administration is building out a process to allow U.S.-based individuals and organizations to more easily sponsor Ukrainian refugees but must redouble its efforts to correct what continues to be starkly disparate t...
AILA welcomed the recent designation of Cameroon for TPS which will protect thousands of Cameroonian nationals currently in the U.S. but noted, "We cannot sacrifice one vulnerable population for another. These decisions must be centered in equity and our ...
AILA welcomed the recent memo from ICE Principal Legal Advisor Kerry Doyle directing prosecutors "to use their discretion to look for opportunities to resolve cases promptly and in the interest of justice for all parties involved." The memo will take effe...
AILA welcomes the announcement from the Biden Administration that the use of Title 42, a public health law, to expel vulnerable migrants at our border will finally end on May 23, 2022. AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson noted, "This day has been far too ...
On March 29, 2022, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the National Association of Immigration Judges, and the Federal Bar Association sent a letter to Congress urging support of the Real Courts, Rule of Law Act (H.R. 6577).
AILA welcomed the news that ICE will close the Etowah Detention Center in Alabama and limit the use of three other detention facilities across the country. AILA Policy Counsel Jennifer Ibañez Whitlock stated, "the next step as the wind down is implemente...
AILA and the Council responded to today's release of an interim final rule related to asylum procedures with deep concern, noting that "the tight deadlines and rapid scheduling of hearings" will undoubtedly curtail due process and interfere with the abili...
AILA joined partners in calling for the immediate release, not transfer, of people detained by ICE at the Torrance County Detention Facility following deeply disturbing findings announced by a federal watchdog agency.
