Immigration News
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Daily Immigration News Clips – August 29, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 29, 2024.
Think Immigration: Immigration Is the Solution, Not the Problem
AILA member Ava Morgenstern digs into the numbers to show how we need to ignore the election year rhetoric and focus on how immigration is what the U.S. workforce needs, writing “Our biggest population challenge is not growth (whether birth or immigration), but aging.”
Think Immigration: Embracing Diversity - Navigating Cultural Nuances in Immigration Law
Part of our series by DEI Scholarship winners, in this blog post author Jacqueline Abraham shares what shaped her understanding of how, “embracing diversity is not only essential in navigating cultural nuances in immigration law but also fundamental to the principles of justice and equality.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 26, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 26, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 23, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 23, 2024.
AILA President Responds to Litigation Attempting to Halt Keeping Families Together Program
AILA President Kelli Stump reacted to the news that Texas, joined by 15 other states and Stephen Miller of America First Legal, filed litigation in an attempt to halt the newly implemented “Keeping Families Together” program, calling the states’ standing arguments “weak” and “baseless.”
Daily Immigration News Clips - August 22, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 22, 2024.
AILA Joins Litigation Partners to Fight for Afghan Nationals Left in Limbo
AILA joined Christopher Dempsey and Aleksandra Peryeva in filing a class action complaint in the case LaMarche v. Mayorkas focusing on the U.S. government’s arbitrary end to expediting humanitarian parole requests for Afghan nationals in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 21, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 21, 2024.
Think Immigration: First Circuit Decision on “Climate Refugees” Must Not Discourage Advocates’ Efforts to Help
In this blog post, IRAP senior attorney and AILA member José G. Miranda details how, despite a recent federal court setback, advocates can continue to work to expand policy and legal frameworks to protect climate-displaced individuals.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 20, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 20, 2024.
AILA Welcomes Launch of “Keeping Families Together” Program – Lives Will Be Changed
AILA President Kelli Stump and Executive Director Ben Johnson welcome the implementation of the Keeping Families Together program which is an example of the Biden Administration putting families first and implementing sensible solutions to problems created by our outdated immigration laws.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 19, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 19, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 16, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 16, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 15, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 15, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 14, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 14, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 13, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 13, 2024.
Think Immigration: Give a Day, Get the Chance to Change Lives in Your Community on AILA Citizenship Day
Adonia Simpson and Caroline van der Harten offer insights into how unique AILA Citizenship Day is and how participating in this effort allows AILA members to share a few hours of legal expertise in a way that truly changes lives as people take the final steps toward citizenship.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 12, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 12, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips - August 9, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 9, 2024.
Think Immigration: The Advantages of EB-5 Today
AILA member Dominique Pando Bucci describes how the enactment of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA) means more immigration attorneys may want to get up to speed on this option for clients to invest in the U.S. economy and streamline their immigration pathway.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 8, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 8, 2024.
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 7, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 7, 2024.
Think Immigration: How Noncitizens Are Disadvantaged at Arraignments by “Neutral” Practices and Procedures
DEI Scholarship recipient Asmaa Hamadan describes how the criminal justice system is failing to guarantee noncitizens due process, writing “The system should be reformed to ensure that an individual’s situation is assessed holistically and not discriminate… for factors they cannot change.”
Daily Immigration News Clips – August 6, 2024
Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 6, 2024.