Immigration News
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Daily Immigration News Clips - May 21, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 21, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 20, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 20, 2026.
Think Immigration: Dismantling the Immigration Courts – An Attack on Due Process
In this blog post, AILA AROL Task Force Member Karen Grisez describes how “this administration has mounted a less visible attack on due process inside the U.S. immigration court system” and reviews “what due process means and how it applies in the immigration context.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 19, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 19, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 18, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 18, 2026.
Think Immigration: Wong Kim Ark, Tuan Van Bui, and What AAPI Heritage Month Asks of Us
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.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - May 15, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 15, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 14, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 14, 2026.
Think Immigration: “Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir? At Long Last, Have you Left No Sense of Decency?”
AILA Law Journal author Vaman Kidambi describes why he focused his piece on the decision of Judge William G. Young in AAUP v. Rubio and the call to uphold justice in the face of adversity; a link to the full article is available in the blog post.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 13, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 13, 2026.
Think Immigration: A Rule Meant to Protect Is Cutting Both Ways: Why Matter of Lozada Makes the Case for Independent Immigration Courts
AILA Second Vice President Rekha Sharma-Crawford, member of the AROL Task Force, describes how "Matter of Lozada is not the disease; it is the symptom. The disease is a court system never given the structural independence required to...apply the law consistently and protect fundamental fairness."
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 12, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 12, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 11, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 11, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 8, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 8, 2026.
Family Section Newsletter, May 2026
The content of this email was created by Kathleen Irish, the AILA Family Section Chair, along with the assistance of other members of the Family Section Steering Committee, to encourage thought and discussion and may not necessarily express the views of AILA or any individual member.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 7, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 7, 2026.
Think Immigration: A Focus on Executive Power in the Spring 2026 AILA Law Journal
AILA Law Journal Editor-in-Chief Cyrus Mehta highlights how the articles in the new Spring 2026 issue “focused on examining the different dimensions of the expansion of executive power and offering practical strategies for representing clients in the face of that power.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 6, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 6, 2026.
Think Immigration: What Is AILA’s Rule of Law Task Force?
In this blog post, part of a series by AILA's Rule of Law (AROL) Task Force members, Task Force Chair Jerry Grzeca describes its purpose and plans focused on "defending our profession, protecting judicial process, and safeguarding the right to counsel for all."
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 5, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 5, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 4, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 4, 2026.
Daily Immigration News Clips – May 1, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on May 1, 2026.
AILA Executive Director Welcomes Congressional Call to Protect Iranians in U.S.
As direct armed conflict continues in Iran and across the region, AILA commends bicameral Democratic action echoing AILA’s call for protections for Iranian nationals who are unable to return home and urges similar protections for people unable to return safely to other conflict-affected countries.
Daily Immigration News Clips – April 30, 2026
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 30, 2026.
AILA: DHS Funding Restored, But Accountability Still Missing
AILA ED Ben Johnson responded to Congress restoring most DHS funding, noting that “it does not resolve the deeper policy failures that led to this shutdown or address the repeated, documented abuses within immigration enforcement that sparked this crisis.”