Prepping for the Next Debate: Where the Candidates Stand on Immigration
Greg Chen and Cara Pavlak highlight the positions of the Democratic presidential candidates on immigration and encourage readers to use the AILA 2020 Election Guide, and the accompanying social media toolkit, to engage on immigration during the debate.
Keyword: Temporary. Why the War Over the President’s Health Insurance Proclamation Has Just Begun
AILA Director of Federal Litigation, Jesse, Bless, offers insight into the recent litigation against the president’s proclamation requiring health insurance and the next steps in the lawsuit, including seeking additional plaintiffs.
Ten Destructive Measures Advanced Under USCIS Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli
In this blog post, AILA Policy Counsel Jason Boyd highlights ten measures undertaken by USCIS’s Acting Director which “constitute an abandonment of USCIS’s duty to fairly and efficiently facilitate legal immigration” and urges Congress to hold the agency fully accountable.
You Are the World’s Heroes
AILA Member Andrea Martinez recently participated in a Netflix Docuseries “Living Undocumented” and in this blog post she shares the key takeaways from conversations with viewers, namely that audiences feel that the work of immigration attorneys is important, difficult, necessary, and yes, heroic.
We All Need to #HoldUSCISAccountable
In this blog post, AILA Administrative Litigation Task Force leaders Tammy Fox-Isicoff and Ron Klasko urge everyone to do their part to hold USCIS accountable for the unprecedented inaction and delays in adjudications by utilizing resources AILA offers designed to move a case forward.
Ending Protections for World War II Veterans, What’s Next?
In this blog post, Alma Rosa Nieto, member of AILA’s Media Advocacy Committee describes the Trump administration’s announced termination of a parole program benefitting Filipino World War II veterans and writes, “If we are truly committed to honoring these brave veterans, then we must do all that we can to ensure that they are supported and cared for.”
How to Shrink the USCIS Backlog in One Minute or Less
USCIS leadership recently testified about a backlog reduction plan which, AILA Policy Counsel Jason Boyd argues, would simply move the goalposts and not solve the backlog at all, writing “We deserve a USCIS that rises to its processing time goals, not one that runs from them.”
Continuing to Build Vital Bridges
In this blog post, adapted from her speech as outgoing AILA president, Anastasia Tonello reflects on the past year and the bridges AILA and our members have built and the impact we have had.
Lighting the Beacon of Hope for Our Clients and Our Country
This blog post is adapted from the president’s installation speech given by Marketa Lindt at AILA’s Annual Conference 2019 in Orlando, FL. A video of the speech is embedded as well.
Immigration Attorneys, It’s Time to Add a Whole New Section to Your Client Screening Sheets
In this blog post, AILA member and ACLU MN Policy Counsel Julia Decker highlights recent changes to social media information collection and the “serious” civil liberties implications and chilling effect the collection will have.
