Advocacy Award

In recognition of outstanding efforts in support of AILA’s legislative and media advocacy agendas (established 2001).

• Allen Orr (2024)
• Hannah Cartwright (2023)
• Luis Cortes Romero (2021)
• Greg Siskind (2020)
• The Roundtable of Former Immigration Judges (2019)
• Dilruba Hashim, Washington, D.C., and Tracie L. Klinke, Marietta, Georgia (2018)
• Sarah Weston Hayes Owings, Atlanta, GA, and Ruby Lichte Powers, Houston, TX (2017)
• Kathleen M. Vannucci, Chicago, IL, and Sandra Feist, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
• Angela Adams, Indianapolis, IN (2015)
• Lisa Baker Jones, Sweta Khandelwal, Tammy Lin, and Cynthia Lucas (2014)
• mycuéntame.org (2013)
• Kenneth Schmitt, St. Louis, MO (2012)
• Azedah Shahshahani, Atlanta, GA (2012)
• Anthony Weigel, Grain Valley, MO (2011)
• United We Dream, Los Angeles, CA (2011)
• Karol Brown, Seattle, WA (2010)
• Mario M. Ramos, Nashville, TN (2009)
• Angela J. Ferguson, Kansas City, MO (2008)
• Richard R. Rulon, Philadelphia, PA (2007)
• Peter L. Ashman, Las Vegas, NV (2006)
• Margaret D. Stock, West Point, NY (2005)
• Donna L. Lipinski (2004)
• Gregory D. Boos (2003)
• Kathleen Campbell Walker (2002)