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Daily Immigration News Clips – September 12, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 12, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 11, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 11, 2025.
Think Immigration: Lighting the Path to Citizenship: AILA’s 20th Annual Citizenship Day
AILA Grassroots Advocacy Associate Paul Rampersaud highlights the 20-year history of AILA Citizenship Day and the ways our members have helped change lives and foster community through this important and inspiring pro bono effort. There is still time to get involved, find out how in this blog post.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 10, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 10, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 9, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 9, 2025.
AILA Executive Director: SCOTUS Allows Indiscriminate Immigration Enforcement for Now
AILA ED Ben Johnson responds to the SCOTUS order temporarily allowing the Trump Administration to continue its indiscriminate immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, noting that "Every American should be gravely concerned that the nation’s highest court has given a green light to racial profiling."
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 8, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 8, 2025.
AILA: BIA’s Decision Ignores Decades of Precedent, Stripping Immigration Judges of Bond Authority
AILA President Jeff Joseph and Executive Director Ben Johnson respond to the BIA decision in Matter of Yajure Hurtado noting that "This decision will put billions of taxpayer dollars in the pockets of private prison companies and irredeemably damage American families, businesses, and communities.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 5, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 5, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 4, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 4, 2025.
Trump Administration Continues Dystopian Shift of USCIS to Enforcement Agency with Armed Agents
AILA President Jeff Joseph and AILA ED Ben Johnson respond to Trump Administration plans to train and arm agents at USCIS; Jeff Joseph noted they have “transformed USCIS into an enforcement agency, weaponizing the immigration system against American families, asylum seekers, and businesses.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 3, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 3, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 2, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 2, 2025.
Think Immigration: Citizenship as a Weapon: Is Denaturalization an Increasing Threat?
Gunda Brost, Past Chair of the AILA IA-NE Chapter, describes how citizenship and denaturalization have been used by nations over human history and what the new actions around denaturalization efforts by the Trump Administration might presage.
AILA Executive Director: Trump Administration Further Erodes Immigration Courts
AILA ED Ben Johnson responded to news that just days after the Trump Administration issued a final rule eliminating the requirement that temporary immigration judges possess knowledge of immigration law, DoD Secretary Hegseth approved using up to 600 military lawyers as temporary immigration judges
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 28, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 28, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 27, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 27, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 26, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 26, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 25, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 25, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 22, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 22, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 21, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 21, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips, August 19, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 19, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 18, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 18, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 15, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 15, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 14, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 14, 2025.