AILA President Jeff Joseph and ED Ben Johnson responded to the Trump Administration attempting to apply a new $100,000 fee to H-1Bs and supplant existing visa programs with a "Gold Card" visa, noting that while these changes will not stand up in court, "w...
AILA, NALEO Educational Fund, NPNA, Citizenshipworks, and the New Americans Campaign will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of AILA Citizenship Day, honoring two decades of service and collective impact on and around September 20, 2025, with in-person and vi...
AILA ED Ben Johnson responds to the SCOTUS order temporarily allowing the Trump Administration to continue its indiscriminate immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, noting that "Every American should be gravely concerned that the nation's highest court h...
AILA President Jeff Joseph and Executive Director Ben Johnson respond to the BIA decision in Matter of Yajure Hurtado noting that "This decision will put billions of taxpayer dollars in the pockets of private prison companies and irredeemably damage Ameri...
AILA President Jeff Joseph and AILA ED Ben Johnson respond to Trump Administration plans to train and arm agents at USCIS; Jeff Joseph noted they have "transformed USCIS into an enforcement agency, weaponizing the immigration system against American famil...
AILA ED Ben Johnson responded to news that just days after the Trump Administration issued a final rule eliminating the requirement that temporary immigration judges possess knowledge of immigration law, DoD Secretary Hegseth approved using up to 600 mili...
In this statement, AILA strongly condemned the passage of the reconciliation bill, which represents a stunning failure to uphold American values and priorities; AILA ED Ben Johnson stated, "This bill is a profound disappointment[that] fails our nation ...
AILA ED Ben Johnson responded to the Senate budget reconciliation bill passage: "AILA urges the public, legal community, and policymakers to resist this dangerous shift toward an enforcement-only system that abandons our nation's values of fairness, due p...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today to severely limit the ability of district court judges to grant universal injunctions as part of ongoing litigation about birthright citizenship. AILA President Jeff Joseph and Executive Director Ben Johnson responded.
