Featured Issue: Impact of the 2025 Congressional Budget Process on Immigration
On July 4, President Trump signed into law a massive budget bill, named the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” that includes enormous increases in immigration fees and more funding for mass deportations. The passage of this bill gives the President unprecedented amounts of money for border security and immigration outside Congress’s annual appropriations process.
In their parts of the bill, the Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Committee included nearly $150 billion for enforcement activities and major increases in fees for work permits, asylum, appeals in court, and many other categories. In a statement, AILA condemned the passage of the bill and Congress’s choice to “to funnel unprecedented resources into the Administration’s ruthless deportation machine” ... “at the expense of programs Americans rely upon in their daily lives, especially healthcare.” Read AILA's analysis.
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Featured Issue: Impact of the 2025 Congressional Budget Process on Immigration
This page provides information and resources about the 2025 congressional budget process and its impact on immigration.
Practice Alert: New Immigration Fees Authorized by the Reconciliation Bill
This chart provides an overview of new immigration fees authorized by the "Reconciliation Bill" which is expected to be signed into law by the President on July 4, 2025. Fees should take effect immediately; however, AILA expects delays in fee collection until it can be operationalized by agencies.
AILA Denounces Passage of Draconian Immigration Spending Bill: A $150 Billion Blueprint for Mass Deportation and Fear
AILA ED Ben Johnson responded to the Senate budget reconciliation bill passage: “AILA urges the public, legal community, and policymakers to resist this dangerous shift toward an enforcement-only system that abandons our nation’s values of fairness, due process, and humane treatment of immigrants.”
AILA Calls on Congress to Reject Unchecked Immigration Enforcement and Excessive Immigration Fees that Hurt the Economy
AILA urges Congress to reject the reconciliation budget package and reject one-sided amendments that would further enshrine punitive or excessive enforcement practices while failing to establish order and fairness in the immigration system.
Policy Brief: Six Ways the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill Undermines a Functional Immigration System
This brief focuses on the bill’s proposed fees that will undermine the immigration system, erect severe barriers to congressionally enacted legal pathways, and harm American businesses and communities in the process.
AILA Urges VOTE NO on Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
AILA urges members of Congress to vote NO on “Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act.” The bill would render noncitizens who have committed certain domestic violence crimes including stalking, child abuse, and child neglect inadmissible and deportable under federal immigration law.
Senate Fails to Put Any Checks or Balances on Trump Administration’s Mass Detention and Deportation Plans
AILA President Kelli Stump and Executive Director Ben Johnson responded to the Senate passage of the budget reconciliation bill noting, “Missing from this budget is any understanding that immigrants have been and continue to be vital to America’s success.”
AILA Urges Members of Congress to Reject Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act (H.R. 35)
AILA urges members of Congress to reject HR 35, and instead to enact solutions that ensure a more orderly, effective and fair immigration system.
AILA Urges Members of Congress to Vote NO on H.R. 32 the “No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act”
AILA urges members to of Congress to vote NO on H.R. 32 which will authorize the current administration to block federal funding to promote education, transportation, housing, food security, public heath, and crime prevention across the United States.
2025 Annual Plan and Budget
2025 Annual Plan and Budget. AILA's focus in 2025 is on equipping members with the tools, knowledge, and resources they need to be fearless advocates, sustain their practices, and prioritize their wellbeing in the face of challenges.
AILA Urges Senators to Vote No on Laken Riley Act
AILA submitted a recommendation to senators that they vote no on the Laken Riley Act. AILA sent a similar vote recommendation to representatives.
Featured Issue: Immigration Reforms through Budget Reconciliation
The Senate achieved passage of a landmark climate change and healthcare legislation through a process known as “budget reconciliation.” The passage of this historic bill in the Senate can be celebrated for not including amendments that targeted immigrants, their families, and our communities.