American Immigration Lawyers Association
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The blog is where experts are writing in an accessible way about immigration issues, from big, broad ideas down to specific cases. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is the national association of over 15,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law.
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
AILA member Peter Choi urges USCIS to expand on its recent CSPA guidance and similarly update its guidance on transfer-of-underlying-basis requests, which would help many families and serve the goals stated in USCIS’s FY2023-FY2026 Strategic Plan ..read more
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
Karen Hill, co-leader of AILA's Women in Immigration Law Interest Group (WMIG) shares information about International Women's Day and urges everyone to find ways to #EmbraceEquity today; AILA members can join the WMIG and other listservs through My AILA ..read more
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
AILA member Aaron Kochenderfer highlights the way that a start-up visa might help improve the American economy, particularly in Rust Belt cities and nearby communities, harnessing the power of innovation to increase shared prosperity ..read more
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
AILA DEI Law Student Scholarship recipient Gerardo Villegas Juarez knows firsthand the liminality experienced by DACA recipients, writing "DACA remains a temporary solution…DACA opens the door but also tethers you to the prospect of removal ..read more
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
Linda Evarts and Jen Whitlock urge the Biden Administration to review the Obama-era Central American Minors (CAM) parole program as it expands the use of parole to other populations, noting the lack of resources and attention to the implementation of the program has kept families separated ..read more
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
AILA member Dominique Pando Bucci describes unreasonable denials of L-1s and why one denial of a L-1 intracompany transferee petition filed on behalf of a small business led her to file and win her first federal litigation case ..read more
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
AILA members Roujin Mozaffarimehr and Ally Bolour urge the Biden Administration and Congress to recognize the cumbersome, arbitrary, and uncertain context in which employers try to access H-2B visas and some clear ways the process could be improved to address workforce needs ..read more
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
AILA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Law Student Scholarship recipient Anthony Wong urges fellow AILA members to develop resiliency in order to face future challenges to the immigration law community ..read more
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
AILA President Jeremy McKinney urges law students interested in immigration law practice to apply for the Michael Maggio Immigrants' Rights Summer Fellowship Program and highlights six examples of recent fellows as a way to inspire the next generation of law students. Deadline is February 10, 2023 ..read more
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1y ago
AILA member Stanislav Shamayev walks through some of the basics of business immigration to the United States, writing that "American immigration law is complex, to put it mildly, but a good immigration attorney can talk through your options and set you up for success ..read more