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Oct 10, 2024

AILA National Ethics Committee Unveils Comprehensive Compendium for Immigration Lawyers

AILA is proud to announce the release of the newly revised AILA Ethics Compendium: Modern Legal Ethics for Immigration Lawyers, designed to assist lawyers in navigating the complex ethical issues that arise in their immigration practice, available in prin...

Sep 30, 2024

Biden Administration Cements Harmful Asylum Restrictions

AILA President Kelli Stump and Executive Director Ben Johnson respond to the Biden Administration's codification of harmful policies that are already undermining U.S. asylum law and denying fair access to humanitarian protection for vulnerable individuals...

Sep 17, 2024

AILA and Partners Celebrate the 19th AILA Citizenship Day

AILA proudly joins NALEO Educational Fund, the National Partnership for New Americans, Citizenshipworks, and the New Americans Campaign for the 19th AILA Citizenship Day events offering legal expertise and support as lawful permanent residents take the fi...

Aug 23, 2024

AILA President Responds to Litigation Attempting to Halt Keeping Families Together Program

AILA President Kelli Stump reacted to the news that Texas, joined by 15 other states and Stephen Miller of America First Legal, filed litigation in an attempt to halt the newly implemented "Keeping Families Together" program, calling the states' standing ...

Aug 22, 2024

AILA Joins Litigation Partners to Fight for Afghan Nationals Left in Limbo

AILA joined Christopher Dempsey and Aleksandra Peryeva in filing a class action complaint in the case LaMarche v. Mayorkas focusing on the U.S. government's arbitrary end to expediting humanitarian parole requests for Afghan nationals in Afghanistan and P...

Aug 19, 2024

AILA Welcomes Launch of “Keeping Families Together” Program – Lives Will Be Changed

AILA President Kelli Stump and Executive Director Ben Johnson welcome the implementation of the Keeping Families Together program which is an example of the Biden Administration putting families first and implementing sensible solutions to problems create...

Jun 28, 2024

AILA President: SCOTUS Overturning “Chevron” Doctrine Will Impact Immigration Cases

AILA President Kelli Stump responded to today's SCOTUS ruling overturning the "Chevron" doctrine, noting that while "the Loper Bright and Relentless cases had nothing to do with immigration law" the decision "will have a significant impact on many immigra...

Jun 28, 2024

AILA Executive Director Welcomes Administration’s Moves to Protect Haitians in the United States

AILA ED Ben Johnson welcomed news that the Biden Administration will redesignate and extend TPS for Haitian nationals and offer hardship work authorization for Haitian students, stating, "This is exactly what U.S. leadership should look like when confront...

Jun 26, 2024

U.S. Court of Appeals Damages Lower Courts’ Power to Hold Executive Branch Accountable for Refusing to Issue Diversity Visas

AILA, JAC, and ILL respond to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia's reversal of the lower court's order in Gomez v. Biden (first known as Gomez v. Trump). Class counsel is evaluating possible next steps and will be in touch with class m...

Jun 21, 2024

AILA President Responds to Supreme Court Decision in Department of State v. Muñoz

AILA President Kelli Stump responded to the Supreme Court ruling in Department of State v. Muñoz, which held that U.S. citizens do not have a fundamental liberty interest in their noncitizen spouses' ability to come to the United States.

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