"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda." https://bit.ly/4br4M4m

AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.

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"A Trump administration official confirmed the effort to call Haitians with temporary protected status into ICE offices, give them ankle monitors and release them. The official...expected the check-ins to be scheduled in waves." https://wapo.st/4fTyRec

"An immigrant being held at a New Jersey ICE detention center died on 1 August, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday. Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, is the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year, according to agency data." https://bit.ly/4wGChrS

Immigrant being held at Delaney Hall dies, marking 22nd death in ICE custody

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, was arrested in New Jersey in June, and died after a ‘medical emergency’, agency said

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"A plane with 147 Venezuelans landed on Monday in the South American country amid criticism over the deaths of deportees housed in a collapsed building during June’s quakes." https://nyti.ms/3Tw6Q4V

U.S. Sends Flight With Deportees to Venezuela for First Time Since Earthquakes (Gift Article)

A plane with 147 Venezuelans landed on Monday in the South American country amid criticism over the deaths of deportees housed in a collapsed building during June’s quakes.

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"Homeland security officials under the Trump administration have quietly attempted to subject at least 10 hunger strikers in US immigrant detention to involuntary medical procedures, including force-feeding, a Guardian investigation has found." https://bit.ly/4hbZ5Lk

‘Stark example of brutality’: Trump’s ICE used court orders in plan to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention

Exclusive: court records reviewed by the Guardian show that procedures included force-feeding, intravenous forced hydration and involuntary blood draws

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The State Department has made its visa bond program permanent, requiring some business and tourist B-1 & B-2 visitors to put down up to $20,000 before they can travel to the U.S. For many families, entrepreneurs, and professionals, it's an insurmountable financial barrier.

"As of this weekend, ICE was holding 68,000 detainees in its sprawling detention system, approaching a record high of over 70,000 detainees set in January, according to internal agency figures." https://cbsn.ws/3Sczh7s

ICE detentions set Trump-era high in July, as immigration crackdown widens

Detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement set a monthly record high for the second Trump administration in July, internal agency data obtained by CBS News shows, as ICE widened its crackdown.

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"The Trump administration plans to spend $1.6 billion through September 2027 in its partnerships with state and local police participating in immigration enforcement, a sum that far exceeds previous funding." https://bit.ly/4fPf6Em

Trump to Supercharge Local Police Immigration Enforcement With $1.6 Billion

The funding planned for the 287(g) program far exceeds spending in the first Trump administration.

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For over 36 years, Kurzban’s has been the most trusted resource for immigration practitioners. With the special 20th edition almost here, members can take advantage of a 25% discount before August 17. Get your copy today before time runs out: https://bit.ly/4bMJvC3

"The Trump administration is considering attaching a $100,000 price tag on international students’ ability to work in the U.S. after they graduate from an American university, according to people familiar with the matter." https://on.wsj.com/4503auB

Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation

The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.

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America needs independent, fair, and efficient immigration courts. Congress must pass urgent reform. Take Action in support of the Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2026: aila.org/library/take-action-urge-your-representative-to-co-sponsor-the-real-courts-rule-of-law-act

"Trump administration cannot deny immigrants detained inside the United States a chance for release on bond, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday...Four other appeals courts have also rejected it, while [two] have sided with the Trump administration." https://bit.ly/4x4BQHq

Appeals court rejects the Trump administration's expansion of mandatory detention for immigrants

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration cannot deny immigrants detained inside the United States a chance for release on bond.

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"I could probably count on one hand how many approvals we've gotten from the asylum office this year and we're halfway through the year. That's very unheard of," AILA member Ruby Powers told NPR. https://n.pr/4h6oyFU

The Trump administration has undercut the U.S. asylum program. These 3 charts show how

A new rule for asylum applications adds to the bevy of changes under the Trump administration to the core program for those fleeing persecution in their home countries.

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AILA Government Relations Coordinator Joshua Rodriguez describes the ways AILA and its members have remained dedicated and determined to defend the rights of immigrants amid growing unlawful abuses by ICE and Border Patrol. Read on #ThinkImmigration https://bit.ly/4wsyQ7V

Think Immigration: From Funding Fights to Accountability - AILA’s Work to Confront ICE and Border Patrol Abuses

AILA Government Relations Coordinator Joshua Rodriguez describes the ways AILA and members have remained dedicated and determined to defend the rights of immigrants amid growing unlawful abuses by ICE...

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"A lack of legal representation would lead to children facing immigration court proceedings alone as deportation orders balloon. Immigration judges issued removal orders for more than 18,000 kids in June, a 73% increase from January." https://bit.ly/4yJgJMx

More Migrant Kids Are Getting Removal Orders. Some Could Lose Their Attorneys Too.

A contract for nonprofits representing thousands of children is set to expire Friday.

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"Proposal notably exempts federal government employees, such as DHS attorneys, from being subject to any contempt order by an immigration judge — in what critics say represents a lopsided & unfair scenario that would allow potential government misconduct." https://cbsn.ws/4yJb1KR

DOJ seeks to empower immigration judges to hold lawyers and their clients in contempt

The Justice Department is proposing a new rule to empower federal immigration judges to hold attorneys, their clients and witnesses in contempt if they violate court orders.

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"The Trump administration has implemented immigration policies making U.S. citizenship harder to acquire and easier to revoke...USCIS has made the civics test harder to pass, denied applications at a higher rate & proposed increasing the cost of applying." https://bit.ly/4vUXjla

Trump Immigration Policies Make It Harder To Get And Keep Citizenship

The Trump administration has implemented immigration policies making U.S. citizenship harder to acquire and easier to revoke.

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AILA member Kate Melloy Goettel describes how immigration law clinics today must navigate a rapidly changing legal landscape where due process and procedural guarantees are under attack, challenging both students and educators to adapt #ThinkImmigration https://bit.ly/3TnXkkg

Think Immigration: Teaching in the Storm: Running an Immigration Clinic While Due Process and the Rule of Law Are Under Attack

AILA Rule of Law Task Force Member Kate Melloy Goettel describes how immigration law clinics today must navigate a rapidly changing legal landscape where due process and procedural guarantees are unde...

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"He said it’s hard for employers to keep up with the government’s changes, particularly in industries such as construction, hospitality and long-term care, which rely on workers from outside the U.S." https://bit.ly/4pLuy93

Loss of work authorization sows confusion for thousands of Haitian immigrants and their US employers

Thousands of businesses owners and managers in the U.S. are living in a state of constant uncertainty because confusion clouds the status of work permits for Haitian employees with Temporary Protected...

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AILA is proud to endorse Sen. Cortez Masto’s Fairness for Immigrant Families Act, a commonsense step toward creating lawful pathways, protecting families, increasing transparency, and building a fairer immigration system. @cortezmasto.senate.gov

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Often, people say that immigrants should “get in line” to achieve legal status, but for many immigrants who have lived and worked here for decades, there’s no way to do that because our system isn’t working. (1/2)

"The deadline passed Tuesday for the Trump administration to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its rejection of the president’s birthright citizenship restrictions, with no new filing on the docket." https://bit.ly/3RHcJeW

Deadline passes for Trump to ask Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship ruling

The deadline to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider President Donald Trump's loss on birthright citizenship has passed, with no new filing on the docket.

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"Interviews with more than a dozen immigration attorneys, advocacy organizations and an airline employee reveal a broad cross-section of targets: an engineer awaiting a work-visa extension, several newlyweds married to U.S. citizens, and a former au pair." https://nyti.ms/4x1Pv22

ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive (Gift Article)

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

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NPR's A Martinez speaks with immigration attorney Ira Kurzban about the imminent end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians. https://n.pr/4wqChvM

Immigration attorney on the approaching end of TPS for Haitians and Syrians

NPR's A Martinez speaks with immigration attorney Ira Kurzban about the imminent end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians.

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"Greg Chen, senior director of government relations for AILA, pushed back on USCIS’ assertion that the changes will make the asylum process more efficient, citing the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s own 3.1 million case backlog." https://bit.ly/45pNmRU

Trump Moves to Shift Asylum Cases to DOJ Immigration Judges | Mint

The Justice Department’s immigration judges central to the Trump administration’s deportation agenda will play a more prominent role in adjudicating asylum applications under a regulation announced Mo...

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"The Trump administration is reviewing its process for vetting U.S. immigration officers after reports that a man allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of an immigrant in Maine had a history of violent outbursts, a senior White House official said." https://wapo.st/4pIcTPQ

"This rule will worsen the massive backlogs clogging the immigration courts by shifting thousands of cases from USCIS to judges who take much longer to hear cases than asylum officers," said AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson. aila.org/about/press/aila-executive-director-responds-to-asylum-rule

AILA Executive Director Responds to Asylum Rule

Ben Johnson, Executive Director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) responded to the interim final rule “Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview” published on 7/27/26.

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Reports from airports in Colorado, Connecticut, Tennessee, California, Texas, Kansas, Virginia, New Jersey, and more show a troubling rise in ICE detentions involving travelers and airport workers.

Practice Alert: Reports of Increased Detention at U.S. Airports for Individuals Traveling Domestically

AILA has received a number of reports over the past few days of individuals without lawful status, including those in a period of authorized stay based on pending applications, being detained at airpo...

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"As the clock ticks toward the end of Temporary Protected Status, business organizations, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have mounted a campaign for action on Capitol Hill, joined by a growing number of state and local leaders from both parties." https://nyti.ms/45rkGrK

Employers Fear Labor Shortage as Many Immigrants Lose Protected Status (Gift Article)

A recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end a humanitarian program that has allowed about one million immigrants to work legally in the U.S.

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"Both were apprehended and taken to the El Paso ICE Processing Center near the airport. The boy was separated from his father and was later placed in a shelter for unaccompanied minors El Paso." https://bit.ly/4fE2xvN

Children being separated from parents as ICE arrests in El Paso surge

“Nos hecho la migración,” recalls an 11-year-old who was separated from his father when they were detained by ICE in El Paso in April. Now the boy is voluntarily deporting to Venezuela as an unaccompa...

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The Trump Administration has filed the first ever application to remove a non-citizen through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC). AILA member Eric Lee describes the implications in a new #ThinkImmigration blog post. https://bit.ly/3THGb53

Think Immigration: Trump Moves to Weaponize Decades-Old “Alien Terrorist Removal Court”

AILA Member Eric Lee describes how a 30-year-old, never-used tribunal may be weaponized by the Trump Administration, writing that “its use today should be concerning to all as there are significant im...

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