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ABA Immigration Updates

Oct. 29

A conversation with kids about immigrants and fairness

Two lawyers posed a challenge to 13 elementary school children: Think of a time when you were in a faraway place, you didn’t have your favorite toy, you couldn’t eat your favorite food, and everythin…

Oct. 12

New guidance helps lawyers navigate potential conflicts

Lawyers, like others, enjoy a wide variety of personal and professional contacts – acquaintances, friendships and close relationships. But when it comes to representing clients, these relationships c…
CILA expands pro bono opportunities, marks 5th anniversary

One year ago, the ABA Children’s Immigration Law Academy launched an online portal that matched volunteer lawyers with immigrant children facing deportation. The website – called Pro Bono Matters for…

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2019

Immigration Updates

ABA Submits Comments to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services on Fee Schedule

ABA Submits Comments to the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services on Implementing Bilateral and Multilateral Asylum Cooperative Agreements

ABA Comments on Proposed Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification Amendments

ABA counsel testifies about concerns with Remain in Mexico immigration policy

ABA President to reporters: Immigration system is in crisis

American Bar Association President Meets Asylum Seekers In Rio Grande Valley

The Case That Made an Ex-ICE Attorney Realize the Government Was Relying on False “Evidence” Against Migrants

Amid “nightmarish” case backlog, experts call for independent immigration courts

With congressional seats at stake, officials detail big push for census participation

Statement of ABA President Bob Carlson, re: Detention of immigrant children in poor conditions

Statement of Bob Carlson, president, American Bar Association re: Legal and education service cuts for unaccompanied migrant youth

Immigrant and refugee rights should be protected, ABA House urges

2018

Immigration Updates

ABA president statement on Improving the U.S. immigration system

ABA Comment Letter on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement

ABA Legal Fact Check explores the debate over Presidential Executive Orders and Birthright Citizenship

ABA President Bob Carlson releases statement re: Immigration Judges and Lawyers

ABA President Bass travels to South Texas, working to fulfill ABA's promise to reunite families

Statement of Hilarie Bass, ABA president Re: Executive Order on separation of children at the border

Tempest Tossed: Conversations on Migration and Mobility from the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility is a new podcast on immigration and refugees that goes beyond the predictable soundbites. Join Commission on Immigration member Alex Aleinikoff and guests for in-depth discussion on what's happening on the ground and how to understand current policy debates.

Two immigrant moms seeking asylum speak on how DHS tore them from their children at the border. Anderson Cooper 360, June 2018

Commission on Immigration member Dora Schriro's Op-Ed "MS-13: Children Aren't Lining Up at the Mexican Border to Join Gangs." Newsweek, May 2018

Commission on Immigration Associate Director Tanisha Bowens-McCatty featured in the ABA Journal article, "Increased enforcement of immigration laws raises scam risk." ABA Journal, May 2018