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Jul 17, 2020

Individuals, Employers, and Organizations Join to File First Lawsuit Challenging Entirety of Trump’s Immigration Ban

AILA, Justice Action Center, and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bono support from Mayer Brown LLP, sued the Trump Administration on behalf of 23 individual and organizational plaintiffs to prevent the devastating effects of President's Trump's unlawful and ...

Jul 13, 2020

LPR Applicants, Their Sponsors, and Immigrant and Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Law Violations in Implementation of Trump Administration’s Public Charg

Today, AILA and our partners filed a complaint on behalf of a group of applicants for lawful permanent residence, their sponsors, and nonprofit immigration legal service providers, suing the Trump administration for violating the law in its implementation...

Jul 08, 2020

Administration Plans Unnecessary and Unconscionable Ban on Asylum Seekers Masked Behind False Public Health Premise

AILA and the Council expressed deep concern about the administration's soon-to-be-published proposed rule that would allow DHS to ban people from seeking asylum or withholding of removal in the United States solely because they traveled from or through a ...

Jul 06, 2020

Trump Administration Makes Immigration Courts an Enforcement Tool by Appointing Prosecutors to Lead

AILA condemns the Trump administration's recent ramp-up of efforts to turn the immigration court system into an enforcement tool rather than an independent arbiter for justice.

Jun 24, 2020

Children of Permanent Residents and U.S. Citizens Exempt from New Immigration Ban

Representatives from AILA, Justice Action Center, and Innovation Law Lab react to the carve-out exemption in President Trump's immigration ban expansion for children or child relatives who could be separated from their families if they age out while the b...

Jun 24, 2020

Advocates Demand Release of Individuals Endangered in Texas Detention Facility

On June 23, 2020, the law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, through their pro bono work with the Immigration Justice Campaign, filed a group habeas petition demanding the release of individuals detained in the Joe Corley Detention Facility in Conroe, Texas...

Jun 22, 2020

Administration Expands Ban on Legal Immigration – Pursuing Campaign Promise to Shut Down Legal Immigration

AILA President Jennifer Minear and AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson respond to President Trump's Proclamation barring access to certain nonimmigrant workers until the end of the 2020.

Jun 18, 2020

AILA Celebrates Supreme Court’s DACA Decision, Calls for Permanent Protection

AILA applauds the U.S. Supreme Court's decision blocking the rescission of DACA. The decision underscores the incredible importance of our nation's foundational principle of separation of powers and the need for accountability in government agency actions...

Jun 18, 2020

AILA Elects New Officers for 2020-2021

Jennifer Minear was installed as AILA's President, and the following officers were elected today for the 2020-2021 term: Allen Orr as President-Elect, Jeremy McKinney as First Vice President, Farshad Owji as Second Vice President, Kelli J. Stump as Treasu...

Jun 17, 2020

AILA Presents Greg Siskind with the 2020 Advocacy Award

AILA recognizes Greg Siskind of Memphis, TN, with the 2020 Advocacy Award for outstanding efforts in support of AILA's advocacy agenda.

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