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Think Immigration: Breaking Down Barriers - Improving Asylum Laws for Queer Migrants
AILA DEI Scholarship Award winner Abby Leigh advocates for changes to asylum law, describing reforms necessary in order to “offer LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers a meaningful chance to claim protection and live up to America’s promise of safety for those fleeing persecution.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 18, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 18, 2024.
AILA and Partners Celebrate the 19th AILA Citizenship Day
AILA proudly joins NALEO Educational Fund, the National Partnership for New Americans, Citizenshipworks, and the New Americans Campaign for the 19th AILA Citizenship Day events offering legal expertise and support as lawful permanent residents take the final steps toward citizenship
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 17, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 17, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 16, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 16, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 13, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 13, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 12, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 12, 2024.
Think Immigration: BIA Hands Immigration Judges the Whiteout to “Fix” Defective NTAs
AILA Past President Jeremy McKinney writes about the BIA decision in Matter of R- T- P- allowing immigration judges to “cure” defective NTAs, making them an agent of the prosecutors. This is the latest sign that an independent immigration court is necessary to ensure justice and due process.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 11, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 11, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 10, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 10, 2024.
Think Immigration: From “Alien” to “Noncitizen”: The Subtle Power of Language in U.S. Appellate Courts
AILA Law Student Member Bill De La Rosa and co-author Zachary Neilson-Papish share new research examining how terms like “alien” and “noncitizen” have been used in U.S. courts of appeal in an effort to “gain insights into potential biases and work toward a more equitable legal system.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 9, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 9, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 6, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 6, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 5, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 5, 2024.
Think Immigration: I Wish People Understood How Immigration Status Isn’t “Fixed”
AILA Media Advocacy Committee Member Annie Wang shares her insights and personal story when it comes to immigration status not being “fixed” or static, writing that it “can change dramatically; it isn’t as though someone’s status is immutable or set in stone.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 4, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 4, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – September 3, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on September 3, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 29, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 29, 2024.
Think Immigration: Immigration Is the Solution, Not the Problem
AILA member Ava Morgenstern digs into the numbers to show how we need to ignore the election year rhetoric and focus on how immigration is what the U.S. workforce needs, writing “Our biggest population challenge is not growth (whether birth or immigration), but aging.”
Think Immigration: Embracing Diversity - Navigating Cultural Nuances in Immigration Law
Part of our series by DEI Scholarship winners, in this blog post author Jacqueline Abraham shares what shaped her understanding of how, “embracing diversity is not only essential in navigating cultural nuances in immigration law but also fundamental to the principles of justice and equality.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 26, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 26, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 23, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 23, 2024.
AILA President Responds to Litigation Attempting to Halt Keeping Families Together Program
AILA President Kelli Stump reacted to the news that Texas, joined by 15 other states and Stephen Miller of America First Legal, filed litigation in an attempt to halt the newly implemented “Keeping Families Together” program, calling the states’ standing arguments “weak” and “baseless.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - August 22, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 22, 2024.
AILA Joins Litigation Partners to Fight for Afghan Nationals Left in Limbo
AILA joined Christopher Dempsey and Aleksandra Peryeva in filing a class action complaint in the case LaMarche v. Mayorkas focusing on the U.S. government’s arbitrary end to expediting humanitarian parole requests for Afghan nationals in Afghanistan and Pakistan.