Practice Resources
AILA’s DOS Liaison Committee provides a practice alert regarding the expansion of online presence review to many NIV classifications beyond those previously covered.
Accessible to: Paralegal, Student, Member.
Federal Agencies, Litigation Resources, Practice Resources
Getting a stay in front of the officers putting clients on planes; fact patterns that make a removal unlawful & cause of action each supports; jurisdictional & equitable defenses the government tends to raise; & once a removal has happened, how to obtain & enforce an order bringing the client back.
Accessible to: Paralegal, Student, Member.
AILA Blog
AILA member Remzi Güvenç Kulen examines how recent EB-1A adjudication trends are influencing immigration strategy for founders, emphasizing the role of evidence development, case sequencing, and the relationship between O-1A and EB-1A pathways.
Accessible to Public.
Cases & Decisions, DOJ/EOIR Cases
The BIA held an attorney suspended for submitting a brief containing artificial intelligence hallucinations and making false statements to the court regarding his AI use was properly subject to reciprocal discipline and suspended him for six months. Matter of Sethi, 30 I&N Dec. 112 (BIA 2026)
10/5/26
AILA Doc. No. 26100508.
Ethics
Accessible to: Govt/Policy, Paralegal, Student, Member.
AILA Public Statements, Press Releases
AILA and partners filed a lawsuit challenging two administration policies that make it significantly harder or impossible for eligible immigrants already living in the United States to obtain lawful permanent residence — commonly known as a green card — without leaving the country.
Accessible to Public.
Practice Resources
The DOS Liaison Committee provides a briefing on the October 2026 visa bulletin, with discussion of the impact of the 75-country visa pause on advancement and retrogression.
Accessible to: Student, Member, Paralegal.
Cases & Decisions, DOJ/EOIR Cases
The BIA held that the respondent did not meet his burden to show he was not a danger to the community where he had a conviction and arrests for driving and boating under the influence and a very recent arrest for domestic assault. Matter of Morales Cuxun, 30 I&N Dec. 121 (BIA 2026)
Accessible to: Student, Paralegal, Govt/Policy, Member.
Cases & Decisions, DOJ/EOIR Cases
The BIA held it does not retain jurisdiction after remanding the record to the immigration court, and that IJ’s issuance of a new decision on remand without another hearing did not violate the remand order or deprive respondent of due process. Matter of C–M–H–H–, 30 I&N Dec. 124 (BIA 2026)
Accessible to: Govt/Policy, Student, Paralegal, Member.
Agency Memos & Announcements
DOJ filed a suit against the State of Maryland, MD AG Anthony Brown, the MD Police Training and Standards Commission, Prince George’s County, and Montgomery County, over laws that require federal officers to provide identification and prohibit them from wearing masks. (U.S.A. v. Maryland, 10/1/26)
10/5/26
AILA Doc. No. 26100503.
Accessible to Public.
Cases & Decisions, DOJ/EOIR Cases
The BIA held the IJ properly denied cancellation under INA §240A(a) in exercising discretion, where respondent’s significant equities were outweighed by money laundering and alien smuggling, a child abuse conviction, and lack of candor. Matter of Cornejo-Aguilar, 30 I&N Dec. 105 (BIA 2026)
Accessible to: Student, Member, Paralegal, Govt/Policy.
Agency Memos & Announcements
E-Verify announced that on 1/11/27, USCIS will dispose of E-Verify records for cases last updated on or before 12/31/16. Employers have until 1/8/27 to download effected case records from E-Verify.
Accessible to Public.
Immigration News
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on October 5, 2026.
10/5/26
Accessible to Public.
Cases & Decisions, DOJ/EOIR Cases
The BIA held that an IJ may pretermit an application for asylum and withholding of removal without the filing of a motion by DHS, and affirmed the pretermission where the respondent did not set forth prima facie claims for the relief sought. Matter of G–R–B–, 30 I&N Dec. 102 (BIA 2026)
Accessible to: Member, Student, Paralegal, Govt/Policy.