AILA Announcements
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5/19/26
AILA Doc. No. 15082740.
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Professional Resources
Check out these AILA resources to help protect your practice from allegations of fraud.
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AILA Announcements
AILA members are encouraged to share inefficiencies and concerns arising in frontline adjudications. This campaign provides a template covering relevant topics to help you submit personalized comments. Get involved!
5/19/26
AILA Doc. No. 26051900.
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Immigration News
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 19, 2026.
5/19/26
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that threats from masked men, two brief beatings, and a short detention of the Sikh Mann party member petitioner did not rise to the level of past persecution, and found he could avoid future persecution by relocating within India. (Singh v. Blanche, 12/1/25, amended 5/15/26)
Accessible to: Govt/Policy, Member, Paralegal, Student.
FR Regulations & Notices
DHS notice that the DHS Secretary has determined it is necessary to waive certain legal requirements in order to construct barriers and roads near the international border in the U.S. Border Patrol Big Bend Sector of Texas. The waiver is effective 5/15/26. (91 FR 27969, 5/15/26)
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Agency Memos & Announcements
The CDC has issued a Title 42 Order regarding the outbreak of Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The order bars entry for non-U.S. passport holders who departed from or were present in DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan in the last 21 days. The order will be in effect for 30 days.
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Agency Memos & Announcements
DOS announced that, effective 5/18/26, all visa services are temporarily paused at the U.S. embassies in Juba, South Sudan; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Kampala, Uganda. DOS states that the pause is due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
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AILA and the American Immigration Council’s practice resource provides background for attorneys to understand the J-1 process, and to ask informed questions of program sponsors.
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AILA Blog
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.”
5/18/26
AILA Doc. No. 26051800.
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Immigration News
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 18, 2026.
5/18/26
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Practice Resources
This practice pointer explains how CBP Home’s “Intent to Depart” function works, outlines the user process, and highlights legal and strategic risks for practitioners advising clients considering app-based self-reporting and departure from the United States.
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that DHS is not constitutionally required to translate the entirety of a Notice to Appear (NTA), including a noncitizen’s obligation to provide changes of address to the immigration court, to the noncitizen in their native language. (Urquia-Yanez v. Blanche, 5/8/26)
Accessible to: Paralegal, Member, Student, Govt/Policy.
Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that it lacked jurisdiction to review the agency’s denial of asylum as untimely where petitioner failed to engage with the government’s jurisdictional challenge, and found that substantial evidence supported the denial of withholding of removal. (Mohammed v. Blanche, 5/5/26)
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the Salvadoran’s untimely motion to reopen, finding that his MS-13 father-in-law’s arrest reflected a change in personal circumstances, not changed country conditions excepting the time bar. (Prado-Majano v. Blanche, 5/7/26)
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5/15/26
AILA Doc. No. 24020500.
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Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases
The court held that two IJs failed to fulfill their statutory duty to develop the record for a pro se, detained respondent seeking a waiver under INA §209(c), asylum, withholding, and CAT deferral by failing to explain key legal standards and his procedural rights. (Diahn v. Blanche, 5/5/26)
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Agency Memos & Announcements
SAVE and E-Verify provided updated guidance regarding extension of EADs for TPS-holders from Somalia in response to the 3/13/26 order in African Communities Together v. Noem staying TPS termination. Expiration dates for such EADs should be listed in E-Verify and SAVE as 7/1/26.
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Professional Resources
The Practice and Professionalism Center explains how immigration law firms can evaluate whether a virtual mailbox service is a practical, secure, and compliant fit for their mail handling, address needs, and long-term operations.
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Examples & Questions
AILA National has received reports of case rejections across all case types for a myriad of reasons. With this call, AILA aims to collect data to help us find where the most common issues for rejections are found to raise to the attention of USCIS as needed. Call closes on 06/05/2026 at 11:59pm ET.
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Immigration News
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 15, 2026.
5/15/26
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Professional Resources
Here are four tips from the John Michelle, the Purple Coach, and AILA’s Practice and Professionalism Center on how to discover the strengths of your people and yourself and use them to improve performance and resilience. It includes three recommended strengths assessments.
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Professional Resources
Dan Maranci, leader of the Innovation and Technology Government Subcommittee, writes about the ways the government is leveraging AI tools and how immigration attorneys can stay vigilant to protect themselves and their clients.
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