AILA welcomed policy changes that will help America attract and retain individuals with STEM expertise. President Allen Orr noted, "These changes are in line with several recommendations AILA has urged the Biden administration to consider as part of our V...
AILA reviewed and analyzed the Biden administration's promises on immigration and the actions taken, or not taken, in our new report. "Still Striving – The First Year of the Biden Administration" covers promises kept and those left unfulfilled in the ye...
AILA President Allen Orr welcomed news from Vice President Kamala Harris about planned measures to strengthen Central America through public-private partnerships, noting that such measures must be managed with transparency and the input of civil society.
AILA President Allen Orr welcomed news that the Biden administration reversed the position taken by the previous administration and has once again recognized the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) as the labor union for immigration judges.
AILA welcomes the merger of the American Immigration Council and the New American Economy into a unified American Immigration Council which "will have a dramatic impact on the lives of immigrants, the lawyers and organizations who represent them, and comm...
AILA is deeply disappointed that politically motivated Attorneys General of Missouri and Texas have managed to temporarily resurrect the inhumane "Migrant Protection Protocols" known as Remain in Mexico, noting the result will be to undermine U.S. asylum ...
AILA President Allen Orr urged the Biden administration to implement common-sense reforms that will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 while reopening America, instead of travel bans that only serve to validate xenophobic and racist attitudes.
AILA welcomed the House passage of the Build Back Better Act which contains several immigration provisions, noting "While this is a critical first step, we still need real, lasting reform to our immigration laws to build out an immigration system that wil...
AILA President Allen Orr and 42 other organizational leaders urge the Biden administration to change course, as it fails "to do the right thing at our Southern border and is causing harms to thousands of Black and Brown asylum seekers, families and indivi...
AILA and litigation partners Wasden Banias and Steven Brown celebrate the historic settlement with DHS in Shergill, et al. v. Mayorkas, which provides structural changes for nonimmigrant H-4 and L-2 spouses suffering from long-delayed processing times for...
