Immigration News
Check out daily roundups of immigration-related news stories, read articles that quote and cite AILA and AILA leadership, and check out analysis from AILA members and leadership on the AILA blog.
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Daily Immigration News Clips - July 31, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 31, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 30, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 30, 2026.
Think Immigration: From Funding Fights to Accountability - AILA’s Work to Confront ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
AILA Government Relations Coordinator Joshua Rodriguez describes the ways AILA and members have remained dedicated and determined to defend the rights of immigrants amid growing unlawful abuses by ICE and Border Patrol.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 29, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 29, 2026.
Think Immigration: Teaching in the Storm: Running an Immigration Clinic While Due Process and the Rule of Law Are Under Attack
AILA Rule of Law Task Force Member Kate Melloy Goettel describes how immigration law clinics today must navigate a rapidly changing legal landscape where due process and procedural guarantees are under attack, challenging both students and educators to adapt and maintain commitment to justice.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 28, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 28, 2026.
The Hill: New Rule Could Speed Deportation of Asylum Seekers
The Hill reports a new USCIS rule will allow asylum officers to refer certain asylum applications to immigration court without conducting an asylum interview. AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson said, “This is one more nail the Administration has hammered into the coffin of the U.S. asylum system.”
New York Times: ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive
The New York Times reports on ICE arresting people at airports during domestic travel, including those with pending immigration applications. AILA Chicago Chapter Vice Chair Shannon Shepherd said she and other lawyers are now revising longstanding advice for clients about domestic air travel.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 27, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 27, 2026.
AILA Executive Director Responds to Asylum Rule
Ben Johnson, Executive Director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) responded to the interim final rule “Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview” published on 7/27/26.
Think Immigration: Trump Moves to Weaponize Decades-Old “Alien Terrorist Removal Court”
AILA Member Eric Lee describes how a 30-year-old, never-used tribunal may be weaponized by the Trump Administration, writing that “its use today should be concerning to all as there are significant implications for the core liberty interests and first amendment rights of implicated non-citizens.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 24, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 24, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 23, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 23, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 22, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 22, 2026.
Think Immigration: What the New NIW RFEs Are Really Asking For
AILA Member Remzi Güvenç Kulen describes how practitioners can prepare to address the structural change in the E-2 National Interest Waiver space and avoid RFEs, writing that “USCIS now expects petitioners to clear the underlying EB-2 classification before it reaches the waiver analysis at all.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 21, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 21, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 20, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 20, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 17, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 17, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 16, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 16, 2026.
AILA: Trump Administration Public Charge Rule Further Undermines Immigration System
AILA raised serious concerns about the Trump Administration’s changes to the “public charge” rule which will take effect on September 20, 2026, warning that the policy would create confusion, expand government agents’ discretion without accountability, and harm immigrant families and communities.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 15, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 15, 2026.
Think Immigration: Making People “Illegal”: When Immigration Administration Becomes Immigration Policy
AILA’s Rule of Law Task Force Chair Jerry Grzeca describes how the Trump Administration has undermined the immigration system, writing that “The rule of law depends not only on what the law says, but also on whether people can reasonably understand it, rely on it, and comply with it.”
Think Immigration: Venezuelans in the U.S. Must Be Protected from Deportation
AILA Members John Pratt and Clayton Oates describe the devastation affecting Venezuela and urge the Trump Administration to implement protections for Venezuelan nationals in the U.S, calling on Congress to act if the Administration refuses to do so.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 14, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 14, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 13, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 13, 2026.