Immigration Updates

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

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

The Legal Orientation Program will remain funded! ABA News, April 2018

ABA President Hilarie Bass testifies to Senate subcommittee about immigration courts ABA News, April 2018

Migration and displacement, focus of ABA Rule of Law conference, April 17 in Washington, D.C.

Experts discuss Trump’s immigration policies and how localities are responding at ABA Annual Meeting ABA News, August 2017

"Immigrant Children at Risk" by Commission Director Meredith Linsky, Forward by ABA President Linda Klein. Georgia Bar Journal, April 2017

ABA commission had warned of immigration-court backlog ABA Journal, April 2017

"ABA will protect the rule of law," op-ed by ABA President Linda Klein. Miami Herald, February 2017

Bar passage proposal fails, immigration resolutions approved after spirited ABA House debate. ABA News, February 2017

Statement of Paulette Brown, president, American Bar Association Re: Impact of Supreme Court deadlock in U.S. v Texas. ABA News, June 2016

Lawyers observe detention conditions at U.S.–Mexico border ABA News, February 2016