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Daily Immigration News Clips – April 18, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 18, 2025.

4/18/25
AILA Blog

Think Immigration: You Know Who Warned Us About Trump Hundreds of Years Ago? Alexander Hamilton

As due process is under attack, AILA member Matt Maiona reflects on his career as an immigration attorney, the calling he feels to this work, and urges all of us to "stand against the threats to liberty and heed the warning that Alexander Hamilton himself left us."

4/17/25
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 17, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 17, 2025.

4/17/25
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 16, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 16, 2025.

4/16/25
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Daily Immigration News Clips – April 15, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 15, 2025.

4/15/25
Immigration News

Bloomberg Law: Lawsuits Over Foreign Students' Status Find Solid Legal Footing

Bloomberg Law reports on a slew of lawsuits filed in the past two weeks arguing that DHS unilaterally removed dozens of students from a database tracking compliance with student visa programs, effectively canceling their legal status.

AILA Blog

Think Immigration: When Is a Law Journal Issue More Than a Law Journal Issue?

AILA Law Journal Editor-in-Chief Cyrus Mehta highlights the newest issue (free to AILA members) and the recent symposium, describing why focusing on ethics was key, writing that the issue "can offer important knowledge to take with you into any situation you and your client face."

AILA Doc. No. 25041438. Ethics
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 14, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 14, 2025.

4/14/25
Immigration News

New York Times: Pressuring Migrants to 'Self-Deport,' White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers

The Trump Administration has revoked the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants allowed into the country under the Biden Administration. Now, to pressure some of those immigrants and others who had legal status to "self-deport," it is canceling the SSNs they lawfully obtained.

Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 11, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 11, 2025.

4/11/25
AILA Blog

Taxation → Deportation Without Representation

Mo Goldman from the AILA Media Advocacy Committee highlights the concerns and potential damage caused by the IRS sharing data with DHS, especially given immigrants’ good faith efforts to pay taxes despite being undocumented.

4/10/25 AILA Doc. No. 25041006.
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 10, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 10, 2025.

4/10/25
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 9, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 9, 2025.

4/9/25
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 8, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 8, 2025.

4/8/25 AILA Doc. No. 25040800.
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 7, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 7, 2025.

4/7/25
Press Releases

AILA: Trump Dragnet Widens to Unconstitutional Targeting of People with Visas

AILA President and Executive Director respond to Trump Administration’s targeting of lawful visa holders, including students and researchers, in this press statement urging Congressional action “to provide oversight and end this abuse of power.”

4/7/25 AILA Doc. No. 25040709.
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 4, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 4, 2025.

4/4/25
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 3, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 3, 2025.

4/3/25 AILA Doc. No. 25040303.
AILA Blog

Think Immigration: AILA Well-Being – Education, Community, Support

On the blog, Member Experience Committee member Lynn Calder describes AILA Well-Being efforts, highlighting upcoming events and “AILA’s approach: to offer science-based and practical information along with non-judgmental support to help each member stress less, feel better, and be healthier.”

4/3/25 AILA Doc. No. 25040309. Well-Being
Immigration News

AILA Law Journal, Vol. 7, Number 1, April 2025

The spring 2025 edition of the AILA Law Journal is now available. This edition of the Journal was published in conjunction with the second annual AILA Law Journal Symposium, titled "Immigration and Ethics," held on 4/3/25 in Washington, D.C.

4/3/25 AILA Doc. No. 25040905. Ethics
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 2, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 2, 2025.

4/2/25
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – April 1, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 1, 2025.

4/1/25
Press Releases

AILA Executive Director Warns of Due Process and Rights Abuses with Trump Gutting of Oversight Agencies

AILA ED Ben Johnson warned of due process and rights abuses in response to the recent Trump Administration effort to eliminate three important oversight bodies vital to the effective and accountable operation of DHS.

4/1/25 AILA Doc. No. 25040103.
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – March 31, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on March 31, 2025.

3/31/25
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – March 28, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on March 28, 2025.

3/28/25