AILA Correspondence with the Government
Read letters that AILA has sent to government officials about pressing immigration -related issues, as well as coalition letters to government officials that AILA has signed.
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AILA Issues Vote Recommendation on H.R. 2213
AILA urges members of Congress to vote NO on Representative Martha McSally’s (R-AZ) Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017, which would allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to waive polygraph examination requirements for applicants.
Sign-On Letter Calling on the Appropriations Committees to Reject the President’s “Enforcement Only” Budget Request
On 6/5/17, AILA joined 273 organizations in urging the Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT); and House Appropriations Chairman Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) and Ranking Member Lowey (D-NY) to oppose President Trump’s “Enforcement Only” budget request.
Sign-On Letter Calling on President Trump, DHS, and DOS Secretaries to Extend TPS for Haitian Nationals
On 5/18/17, AILA joined 329 organizations and individuals in urging President Trump, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to extend Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for the 50,000 Haitians whose remittances sustain as many as 500,000 relatives in Haiti.
AILA Statement to House Judiciary Committee on Markup of H.R. 2406, H.R. 2407, and H.R. 2431
On 5/17/17, AILA submitted the following statement opposing three immigration related bills (H.R. 2407, H.R. 2406, and H.R. 2431) scheduled for markup on 5/18/17 before the House Judiciary Committee. These bills would constitute an unprecedented expansion of the immigration enforcement.
Sign-On Letter Calling on Members of Congress to Oppose H.R. 2213 and S. 595
On 5/17/17, AILA joined 67 organizations in urging members of Congress to oppose the Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2213) and the Senate Boots on the Border Act (S.595).
Sign-On Letter Calling on DHS Secretary Kelly to Halt the Expansion of Immigration Detention
On 5/8/17, AILA joined 271 other organizations, urging DHS Secretary John Kelly to halt the expansion of immigration detention and to strengthen rather than lessen standards and monitoring of a system that already endangers the lives and due process rights of asylum seekers and immigrants.
Sign-On Letter Urging House Appropriators to Support H-2B Cap Relief in Future Spending Measures
On 3/23/17, AILA joined members of H-2B Workforce Coalition urging House Appropriators to include H-2B cap relief in future FY2017 spending measures and the future FY2018 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill.
Sign-On Letter Urging Senate Appropriators to Support H-2B Cap Relief in Future Spending Measures
On 3/23/17, AILA joined members of H-2B Workforce Coalition urging Senate Appropriators to include H-2B cap relief in future FY2017 spending measures and the future FY2018 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill.
Sign-On Letter Urging Senate Leadership to Support H-2B Cap Relief in Future Spending Measures
On 3/23/17, AILA joined members of H-2B Workforce Coalition urging Senate Leadership to include H-2B cap relief in future FY2017 spending measures and the future FY2018 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill.
Sign-On Letter Urging House Leadership to Support H-2B Cap Relief in Future Spending Measures
On 3/23/17, AILA joined members of H-2B Workforce Coalition urging House Leadership to include H-2B cap relief in future FY2017 spending measures and the future FY2018 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill.
Sign-On Letter Urging Congress to Not Fund President Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan and Border Wall
On 3/23/17, AILA joined over 400 organizations from the progressive and faith-based communities urging congressional leadership to not fund President Trump’s mass deportation plan and border wall.
Sign-On Letter to House Judiciary on Holding an Oversight Hearing on Immigration Executive Orders
On 3/10/17, AILA joined over 130 national, state, and local organizations urging the House Judiciary Committee and the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration to hold oversight hearings on the immigration executive orders issued by President Trump.
Sign-On Letter to Senate Judiciary on Holding an Oversight Hearing on Immigration Executive Orders
On 3/10/17, AILA joined over 130 national, state, and local organizations urging the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration to hold oversight hearings on the immigration executive orders issued by President Trump.
AILA Statement to House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Proposed Regulations Reforming the Investor Visa Program
On 3/8/17, AILA submitted a statement to the House Judiciary Committee requesting that the DHS’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on January 2017 to be withdrawn for further consideration.
Sign-On Letter to Secretary Kelly on the Proposed Rulemaking Regarding EB-5 Program
On 2/24/17, AILA joined a number of EB-5 stakeholder groups in resubmitting their request urging DHS Secretary Kelly to withdraw the EB-5 “midnight rule” proposed by USCIS on 1/13/17.
AILA Statement on the Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General
AILA submitted a statement to the United States Senate on the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) of Attorney General, stating that “AILA is deeply troubled by the likely confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General.”
Sign-On Letter to President Trump on Withdrawing EB-5 “Midnight Rule”
On 1/20/17, AILA joined a number of EB-5 stakeholder groups in urging President Trump to withdraw the EB-5 “midnight rule” proposed by USCIS on 1/13/17.
Sign-On Letter to President-Elect Trump Regarding DACA
On 1/18/17, AILA and 867 other national, state, and local religious, civil rights, ethnic, and immigration rights organizations asked President-Elect Trump to continue DACA.
Sign-On Letter to IACHR Requesting Hearing on Access to Asylum in the U.S.
On 1/15/17, AILA joined other organizations in requesting a thematic hearing during the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ (IACHR) 161 Period of Sessions on measures taken by or at the request of the U.S. that impede access to asylum and interfere with the right to family life.
AILA Statement for Senate Judiciary Hearing on Attorney General Nomination
AILA’s statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee for the Nomination Hearing of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) for Attorney General on January 10, 2017.
AILA Letter to President Obama on Rescinding NSEERS
On 11/23/16, AILA sent this letter to President Obama urging that his administration rescind the regulation creating the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS).
Sign-On Letter to Senate Appropriation Committee on H-2B Returning Worker Exemption
On 11/23/16, AILA joined the H-2B Workforce Coalition in urging the Senate Appropriation Committee to reinstate the H-2B returning worker exemption in the continuing resolution that is currently being drafted and slated to run through 3/31/17. The exemption expired on 9/30/16.
Sign-On Letter to House Appropriation Committee on H-2B Returning Worker Exemption
On 11/23/16, AILA joined the H-2B Workforce Coalition in urging the House Appropriation Committee to reinstate the H-2B returning worker exemption in the continuing resolution that is currently being drafted and slated to run through 3/31/17. The H-2B returning worker exemption expired on 9/30/16.
Sign-On Letter to Members of Congress on Reauthorizing the EB-5 Visa Program
On 11/15/16, AILA joined a number of EB-5 stakeholder groups in urging key Congressional leaders to reauthorize and reform the EB-5 visa program, before it lapses on December 9, 2016.
Sign-On Letter to DHS Secretary Johnson Condemning the Escalating Detention Rates
On 10/31/16, AILA joined 230 organizations in condemning DHS’ record-level immigration detention rates, as well as ICE contract renewal with a private prison company for a family detention center. The group requested a meeting with DHS Secretary Johnson to discuss these concerns and recommendations.