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Daily Immigration News Clips - July 27, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 27, 2026.
AILA Executive Director Responds to Asylum Rule
Ben Johnson, Executive Director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) responded to the interim final rule “Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview” published on 7/27/26.
Think Immigration: Trump Moves to Weaponize Decades-Old “Alien Terrorist Removal Court”
AILA Member Eric Lee describes how a 30-year-old, never-used tribunal may be weaponized by the Trump Administration, writing that “its use today should be concerning to all as there are significant implications for the core liberty interests and first amendment rights of implicated non-citizens.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 24, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 24, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 23, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 23, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 22, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 22, 2026.
Think Immigration: What the New NIW RFEs Are Really Asking For
AILA Member Remzi Güvenç Kulen describes how practitioners can prepare to address the structural change in the E-2 National Interest Waiver space and avoid RFEs, writing that “USCIS now expects petitioners to clear the underlying EB-2 classification before it reaches the waiver analysis at all.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 21, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 21, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 20, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 20, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 17, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 17, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 16, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 16, 2026.
AILA: Trump Administration Public Charge Rule Further Undermines Immigration System
AILA raised serious concerns about the Trump Administration’s changes to the “public charge” rule which will take effect on September 18, 2026, warning that the policy would create confusion, expand government agents’ discretion without accountability, and harm immigrant families and communities.
Daily Immigration News Clips - July 15, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on July 15, 2026.
Think Immigration: Making People “Illegal”: When Immigration Administration Becomes Immigration Policy
AILA’s Rule of Law Task Force Chair Jerry Grzeca describes how the Trump Administration has undermined the immigration system, writing that “The rule of law depends not only on what the law says, but also on whether people can reasonably understand it, rely on it, and comply with it.”
Think Immigration: Venezuelans in the U.S. Must Be Protected from Deportation
AILA Members John Pratt and Clayton Oates describe the devastation affecting Venezuela and urge the Trump Administration to implement protections for Venezuelan nationals in the U.S, calling on Congress to act if the Administration refuses to do so.
Think Immigration: Immigration, Belonging, and the Work of a More Perfect Union—A Neighborhood Tradition, A National Question
AILA’s Laura Embree-Lowry reflects on Fourth of July traditions and immigration, writing that “most of us can agree on a starting point: the immigration system should be fair and functional, help build safe and prosperous communities, and inspire public trust.”
Family Section Newsletter, July 2026
Monthly newsletter brought to you by the members of the Family Section Steering Committee. 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
Think Immigration: Lawful Presence vs. Lawful Status – What’s the Difference?
AROL Task Force member Brian Casson explains the distinction "between being in a lawful immigration status and being lawfully present in the United States," writing that "recognizing the difference...helps foster a more informed public discussion about immigration policy."
AILA Welcomes Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Constitutionally Guaranteed Birthright Citizenship
AILA welcomed the Supreme Court decision 6-3 in Trump v. Barbara, upholding the principle of birthright citizenship: “We are proud that the constitutional bulwark of the nation has withstood another challenge.”
Think Immigration: Settled, Again—Takeaways from the Trump v. Barbara Decision
AILA College of Past Presidents Member Jeremy McKinney shares takeaways from today's SCOTUS decision in Trump v. Barbara, writing “Executive Order 14160 is dead. Birthright citizenship is again what it has been since 1898 and what the Fourteenth Amendment has guaranteed since ratification.”
Think Immigration: Reflections on Pride Month and Ways to Welcome and Include
As Pride Month ends, AILA Board Member Ava Benach shares “ways all of us can do better to model inclusion and support for our LGBTQ+ siblings” and hopes we can “do a better job in our own lives, in our practices, with our employees, colleagues, the AILA community and, most importantly, our clients.”
Supreme Court Okays Asylum Turnbacks, Denying Due Process; AILA Offers Workable Alternatives
AILA President Jeff Joseph responded to the SCOTUS ruling that the federal government can turn away asylum seekers at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border, calling it “a serious setback to U.S. asylum law and America's longstanding commitment to protect people fleeing persecution.”
Think Immigration: The 2026 World Cup – A Missed Opportunity for America
AILA member Jonathan Grode writes about the missed opportunities of this World Cup because of immigration policies and perception, writing that “it could have been so much more. Many international visitors apparently concluded that visiting the United States simply was not worth the uncertainty.”
Supreme Court’s Decision on Temporary Protected Status Undermines National and Economic Interests
AILA is deeply alarmed by the Supreme Court’s refusal to preserve protections for individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) despite the Administration’s failure to follow proper procedures.
Think Immigration: Why the Crime Narrative Around Immigrants and Enforcement Is False
AROL Task Force member Wendy Wayne highlights repeated analysis showing that the narrative being promulgated by the Trump Administration about immigrants and crime has been conclusively established as false and emphasizes that we must continue to combat this damaging misinformation.