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Think Immigration: Why We Will Win: The Power of Unity, Diversity, and Defiance in Immigration Advocacy
In this blog post, Andrew Nietor urges his fellow AILA members to stand together, writing “Whether you’re a solo practitioner in a rural town, a nonprofit advocate in a border community, or part of a large firm in a big city—your voice and your work matter. We need each other more than ever.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 24, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 24, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 23, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 23, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 22, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 22, 2025.
CNN News18: 4,700 Students Targeted in U.S. by ICE, Half Are Indian
CNN News18 features an interview with AILA Senior Director of Government Relations Sharvari Dalal-Dheini about the recent surge in U.S. student visa revocations.
CNN: Lawsuits Seek to Restore Dozens of Foreign Students' Legal Status amid Targeting by Immigration Authorities
CNN reports on lawsuits alleging that the Trump Administration unlawfully stripped scores of foreign students of their legal status. Some students have brought individual cases, and at least two federal lawsuits aim to represent large swaths of students at once.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 21, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 21, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 18, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 18, 2025.
Think Immigration: You Know Who Warned Us About Trump Hundreds of Years Ago? Alexander Hamilton
As due process is under attack, AILA member Matt Maiona reflects on his career as an immigration attorney, the calling he feels to this work, and urges all of us to "stand against the threats to liberty and heed the warning that Alexander Hamilton himself left us."
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 17, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 17, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 16, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 16, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 15, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 15, 2025.
Bloomberg Law: Lawsuits Over Foreign Students' Status Find Solid Legal Footing
Bloomberg Law reports on a slew of lawsuits filed in the past two weeks arguing that DHS unilaterally removed dozens of students from a database tracking compliance with student visa programs, effectively canceling their legal status.
Think Immigration: When Is a Law Journal Issue More Than a Law Journal Issue?
AILA Law Journal Editor-in-Chief Cyrus Mehta highlights the newest issue (free to AILA members) and the recent symposium, describing why focusing on ethics was key, writing that the issue "can offer important knowledge to take with you into any situation you and your client face."
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 14, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 14, 2025.
New York Times: Pressuring Migrants to 'Self-Deport,' White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
The Trump Administration has revoked the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants allowed into the country under the Biden Administration. Now, to pressure some of those immigrants and others who had legal status to "self-deport," it is canceling the SSNs they lawfully obtained.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 11, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 11, 2025.
Taxation → Deportation Without Representation
Mo Goldman from the AILA Media Advocacy Committee highlights the concerns and potential damage caused by the IRS sharing data with DHS, especially given immigrants’ good faith efforts to pay taxes despite being undocumented.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 10, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 10, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 9, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 9, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 8, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 8, 2025.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 7, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 7, 2025.
AILA: Trump Dragnet Widens to Unconstitutional Targeting of People with Visas
AILA President and Executive Director respond to Trump Administration’s targeting of lawful visa holders, including students and researchers, in this press statement urging Congressional action “to provide oversight and end this abuse of power.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 4, 2025
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 4, 2025.
AILA Law Journal, Vol. 7, Number 1, April 2025
The spring 2025 edition of the AILA Law Journal is now available. This edition of the Journal was published in conjunction with the second annual AILA Law Journal Symposium, titled "Immigration and Ethics," held on 4/3/25 in Washington, D.C.