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AILA Presents the Asylum Law Clinic at Southwestern Law School with the 2026 Arthur C. Helton Memorial Human Rights Award
AILA recognizes the Asylum Law Clinic at Southwestern Law School with the 2026 Arthur C. Helton Human Rights Award for outstanding service in advancing the cause of human rights.
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 29, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 29, 2026.
Think Immigration: When Chaos Is the Strategy: Recognizing the Patterns
AILA Board Member Andrew Nietor writes about how AILA's strength is that "as immigration attorneys, and as an AILA community, we work at the intersection of law, policy, and humanity" helping to identify patterns of policy changes and collectively respond.
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 28, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 28, 2026.
AILA Presents Angelo Paparelli with the 2026 Advocacy Award
AILA recognizes Angelo Paparelli with the 2026 Advocacy Award for outstanding efforts in support of AILA’s advocacy agenda.
Think Immigration: Why I Wrote About the Major Questions Doctrine and Expedited Removal and Why It Matters Now
AILA Law Journal author Catherine Tanihu explains what drove her to write about the Major Questions Doctrine and ICE's expansion of expedited removal, writing that her "article argues it’s time to apply the same scrutiny to DHS that we’re applying everywhere else."
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 27, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 27, 2026.
Think Immigration: Has Civility in the Immigration Courts Reached Rock Bottom?
In this blog post, AILA AROL Task Force Member Kevin Bank describes how "deterioration of civility further erodes the rule of law" in immigration court, and how the experience of Helen Suzman, an opposition politician in South Africa during apartheid, inspires him to stay strong despite adversity.
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 26, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 26, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 21, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 21, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 20, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 20, 2026.
Think Immigration: Dismantling the Immigration Courts – An Attack on Due Process
In this blog post, AILA AROL Task Force Member Karen Grisez describes how “this administration has mounted a less visible attack on due process inside the U.S. immigration court system” and reviews “what due process means and how it applies in the immigration context.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 19, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 19, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 18, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 18, 2026.
Think Immigration: Wong Kim Ark, Tuan Van Bui, and What AAPI Heritage Month Asks of Us
AILA Member Soon Young Joe Kwon urges the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage (AAPI) community “to raise our voices not just in celebration of what AAPI communities have built, but loudly and on the record on behalf of every immigrant community standing where we once stood.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 15, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 15, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 14, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 14, 2026.
Think Immigration: “Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir? At Long Last, Have you Left No Sense of Decency?”
AILA Law Journal author Vaman Kidambi describes why he focused his piece on the decision of Judge William G. Young in AAUP v. Rubio and the call to uphold justice in the face of adversity; a link to the full article is available in the blog post.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 13, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 13, 2026.
Think Immigration: A Rule Meant to Protect Is Cutting Both Ways: Why Matter of Lozada Makes the Case for Independent Immigration Courts
AILA Second Vice President Rekha Sharma-Crawford, member of the AROL Task Force, describes how "Matter of Lozada is not the disease; it is the symptom. The disease is a court system never given the structural independence required to...apply the law consistently and protect fundamental fairness."
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 12, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 12, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 11, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 11, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 8, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 8, 2026.
Family Section Newsletter, May 2026
The content of this email was created by Kathleen Irish, the AILA Family Section Chair, along with the assistance of other members of the Family Section Steering Committee, to encourage thought and discussion and may not necessarily express the views of AILA or any individual member.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 7, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 7, 2026.