ABA "Immigration Enforcement Mechanisms at the U.S. Southwest Border: The Only Constant is Change 2 PM EST ... Register HERE This webinar is designed to offer up-to-date information on enforcement mechanisms at the southwest border including the implementation...
ABA, Dec. 4, 2023 "American Bar Association President Mary Smith wrote to the U.S. Senate to urge senators to continue working towards bipartisan solutions to the difficult challenges presented at the U.S. southern border. However, the ABA would oppose including...
ABA "Four national immigration experts will discuss the changing landscape of border law and policies at a free Dec. 6 webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration . The program will also introduce an updated ABA primer on...
Adonia R. Simpson, Deputy Director, Policy and Pro Bono, ABA Commission on Immigration writes: "The American Bar Association’s Commission on Immigration has released an updated Border Primer on immigration enforcement mechanisms at the U.S. border...
ABA, June 26, 2023 "Dear Secretary Mayorkas: I write on behalf of the American Bar Association (ABA) to express our serious concerns regarding the implementation of the “Circumventing Lawful Pathways” rule (CLP rule) now governing the process...
ABA "During this webinar, panelists will educate immigration practitioners on how to recognize and represent stateless people in the US immigration system. There are an estimated 218,000 stateless individuals living in the United States, but there is...
ABA Commission on Immigration (updated Mar. 29, 2023) "NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN IS TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE RENDERING OF LEGAL ADVICE FOR SPECIFIC CASES, AND READERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING SUCH ADVICE FROM THEIR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL. THESE MATERIALS AND...
ABA, Dec. 28, 2022 "The U.S. southern border has been the subject of a great deal of scrutiny by policy makers, legislators, the federal judiciary, and the media. This primer aims to provide a broad introduction to the enforcement mechanisms employed at...
ABA "This webinar will discuss the dramatic rise in the use of electronic monitoring of migrants, including through ankle monitors and phone app technology. It will ask whether electronic monitoring presents a positive move away from immigration detention...
The Lifeguard is Drowning: Identifying and Combating Burnout and Secondary Trauma in Asylum Practitioners Register here. Asylum attorneys have been facing a longstanding mental health crisis. The pandemic, sweeping regulatory changes, and uncertainty...
Video of free ABA Webinar : Operation Lone Star: Texas’s Costly Attempt to Enforce Federal Immigration Law
Operation Lone Star: Texas’s Costly Attempt to Enforce Federal Immigration Law (Feb. 24, 2022) On March 6, 2021, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott announced the creation of ‘Operation Lone Star,’ his self-proclaimed “catch and jail” border security initiative. This...
ABA, Apr. 1, 2021 "Five legal experts will explain the latest influx of unaccompanied migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border in a webinar April 9 hosted by the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration . The free program, which starts at...
ABA, Jan. 2021 "[T]he ABA recommends that the incoming administration give immediate attention to our recommendations in five key areas of immigration policy that will have long-term impacts on the immigration system as a whole: I. Reform the administrative...
Ernie Smith, Associations Now, July 15, 2019 "Amid a growing crisis, legal associations have called on Congress to pass laws that would remove immigration courts from Justice Department control, emphasizing the inherent conflict of interest. Four major...