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Deseret News (Opinion): A New Immigration Law Memo Undermines 74 Years of Intent
In an op-ed, Charles Kuck, former AILA President, “This administration cannot pass an immigration law to its liking. What it can do is make existing law so difficult to access that it ceases to function in practice. That is what this memo attempts.”
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.
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.
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."
Miami Herald (Editorial): Under Trump’s New Green Card Rules, Miami’s Legal Immigrants Have Fewer Options
The Miami Herald Editorial Board writes that the Trump Administration “is playing a cruel game with people trying to become legal immigrants.” According to former AILA President Ira Kurzban, “I think this is just another attempt to basically end the immigration system in the United States.”
Washington Post: Trump Administration Begins Making New Requests of Green-card Applicants
Discussing USCIS’s new adjustment of status memo, AILA President Jeff Joseph told the Washington Post, “We’re already seeing it filter down to the field office ... This is another method of putting cogs in the wheel to try and shut down legal immigration.”
Associated Press: Trump’s Latest Immigration Move Clouds Path to Green Cards
In a recent Associated Press article, Shev Dalal-Dheini, AILA Senior Director of Government Relations, underscored that it is difficult for practitioners to provide generalized legal advice about the memo and noted, “It’s going to be a very case by case specific thing.”
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.
Good Morning America: Trump Administration Issues Directive Requiring Green Card Applicants to Apply Outside the U.S.
AILA Senior Director of Government Relations Shev Dalal-Dheini explained that Congress designed U.S.-based adjustments to prevent families from being separated and ensure U.S. companies could retain employees. She noted that those impacted by this memo “came here legally or were admitted legally.”
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.”
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.”
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.
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."
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.
Think Immigration: A Focus on Executive Power in the Spring 2026 AILA Law Journal
AILA Law Journal Editor-in-Chief Cyrus Mehta highlights how the articles in the new Spring 2026 issue “focused on examining the different dimensions of the expansion of executive power and offering practical strategies for representing clients in the face of that power.”
Think Immigration: What Is AILA’s Rule of Law Task Force?
In this blog post, part of a series by AILA's Rule of Law (AROL) Task Force members, Task Force Chair Jerry Grzeca describes its purpose and plans focused on "defending our profession, protecting judicial process, and safeguarding the right to counsel for all."
AILA Executive Director Welcomes Congressional Call to Protect Iranians in U.S.
As direct armed conflict continues in Iran and across the region, AILA commends bicameral Democratic action echoing AILA’s call for protections for Iranian nationals who are unable to return home and urges similar protections for people unable to return safely to other conflict-affected countries.
AILA: DHS Funding Restored, But Accountability Still Missing
AILA ED Ben Johnson responded to Congress restoring most DHS funding, noting that “it does not resolve the deeper policy failures that led to this shutdown or address the repeated, documented abuses within immigration enforcement that sparked this crisis.”
AILA Law Journal, Vol. 8, Number 1, April 2026
The April 2026 edition of the AILA Law Journal is now available.
Think Immigration: Welcome to Well-Being Week in Law 2026!
Read all about the plans for AILA Well-Being Week in Law starting May 4 in this blog post from Sara Mailander, AILA Well-Being Committee Member, as she describes self-driven and community activities to help you deliberately cultivate psychological well-being.
Think Immigration: Beyond the H-1B Visa: EB-1A and EB-2 NIW Green Cards
In this blog post, AILA member Muhammed Üzüm describes how, given the uncertainty around the H-1B visa process, “high-impact talent and founders opt for the EB-1A and EB-2 NIW as the most direct routes to establishing permanent residency and moving beyond the precarity of the lottery altogether.”
AILA Welcomes Bipartisan Effort to Protect Haitian Nationals from Deportation
AILA welcomed the work of a bipartisan group of lawmakers that successfully advanced a discharge petition and forced a House vote in favor of legislation that would extend vital legal protection for 350,000 Haitian nationals who are at risk of being returned to dangerous conditions.
GMS E-Bulletin, March 2026
The March 2026 GMS E-Bulletin provides the latest updates from around the Globe, introductions of new GMS members, and useful information for your practice!
Think Immigration: A Step Toward a Better Way on Immigration
AILA Grassroots Advocacy Associate Paul Rampersaud describes the key components that members will be sharing with congressional delegations this week as AILA's National Day of Action takes place on Capitol Hill; he also highlights how you can take action from any location.