WASHINGTON, DC – The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is dismayed with the announcement today that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will seek an average 10% increase in immigration fees in order to close a projected $200-million deficit...
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AILA Urges Arizona Governor to Veto Unconstitutional and Overly Punitive Anti-Immigrant Bill
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) strongly urges Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to veto a bill moving rapidly through the state legislature that would make it a crime to be an undocumented immigrant in the state. In addition to being...
DHS Inspector General Report Exposes Abuses in State & Local Immigration Enforcement
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General issued a comprehensive report confirming civil rights abuses in a federal program that “deputizes” state and local law enforcement agencies to enforce immigration law. The...
Internal Conflict at ICE Threatens to Stall Enforcement and Detention Reforms
WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama Administration’s reforms to our nation’s troubled immigration enforcement and detention system are at serious risk of derailing. On Saturday, internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memos were released revealing deep dissension at...