AILA highlights three recent Biden Administration workforce-focused rules, noting they "will bolster the integrity of these programs and help both employers and employees navigate what can often be an uncertain amalgam of immigration laws and policies."
Ben Johnson responded to the asylum regulation published today: "This rule will not bring more consistency or order to border processingWithout adequate resources, this rule not only risks asylum applicants being wrongly rejected but also weakens accur...
In this press statement, AILA responded to the ruling against the "Keeping Families Together" Program with President Kelli Stump noting that the program should have been upheld as "the Administration was using its congressionally enacted authority."
In responding to the election results, AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson stated, "AILA and its more than 16,000 members will continue to defend the Constitution and stand against laws and policies that violate due process, undermine civil rights, or den...
AILA ED Ben Johnson welcomed news that the Biden Administration will designate TPS for Lebanese nationals. Additionally, the Administration detailed how Lebanese nationals in the U.S. can apply for work authorization based on Deferred Enforced Departure (...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
