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The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is a national association of 18,000+ attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law.
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    Jul 11, 2019
    The Trump administration is expected to begin #ICERaids starting Sunday. Below is a list of local raids response hotlines and contact information. Visit AILA's website for more resources to assist in responding to large-scale enforcement actions/raids: aila.org/raids#local_ra….
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    AILA
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    Feb 12, 2021
    Trump’s visa bans MUST be rescinded before thousands of Black and African immigrants lose their diversity visas – FOREVER. Tell #POTUS to end PP 10014 & 10052. #Act4BlackImms
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    Feb 17, 2021
    "There’s a solution, however, to our predicament: Biden could rescind the suspension before these visas expire." #DV2020
    Perspective | Biden is still blocking people like me, with visas, from entering the U.S.
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Aug 24, 2021
    ICYMI: "Tens of thousands of families around the world are at risk of losing a rare opportunity to immigrate to the United States."
    Diversity Visa Winners Risk Losing Chance to Come to U.S.
    Diversity Visa Winners Risk Losing Chance to Come to U.S.
    From wsj.com
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    Aug 10, 2021
    “They are inundated with lawsuits, more so than ever in the past, because people couldn't get administrative relief by going to the agency...The only avenue people had to challenge a denial or a bad policy was through litigation.” - @ShevDD ow.ly/FOl250FO72J
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    AILA
    @AILANational
    Apr 12, 2021
    "Backlogs in some immigrant-visa categories are 50 or even 100 times higher than they were four years ago, at the start of the Trump administration." ow.ly/Vg7U50EmkG5
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    AILA
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    Feb 22, 2021
    #DV2020 - WATCH the latest on the litigation and what comes next for visa holders from @blesjm1 youtu.be/G4WaAuTvgNc @ThinkLawLab @jactioncenter @Mayer_Brown
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    AILA
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    Nov 17, 2021
    TAKE ACTION - 2 minutes of your time can make a difference! The House is expected to vote on the reconciliation bill this week, and we need you to tell your Members of Congress to deliver for immigrant workers and families in the reconciliation package: ow.ly/z3rr50GQg51
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    AILA
    @AILANational
    Sep 14, 2021
    WATCH @GregChenAILA break down where we are in the budget reconciliation process and how YOU can TAKE ACTION to help enact #immigration reform: youtu.be/o-DcGrNnfhg #WeAreHome
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    Feb 10, 2021
    "Anxiety is building around...proclamations 10014 and 10052, the ban on immigrant and non-immigrant visa holders...Jesse Bless, who is involved with litigation against the bans, estimated it would take about 10 minutes for Biden to revoke them."
    Biden takes action on anti-immigrant policies but Trump’s influence hovers
    From theguardian.com
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    AILA
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    Jun 11, 2020
    AILA recognizes BuzzFeed News’ Hamed Aleaziz with the 2020 Media Leadership Award, given to individuals whose efforts in the media most accurately depict immigration and immigrants. @Haleaziz @BuzzFeedNews ow.ly/N8gG50A5rzZ
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    AILA
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    Oct 7, 2021
    TAKE ACTION: The House and Senate are negotiating legislative text for budget reconciliation, and they need to know that their constituents support immigration reforms through budget reconciliation and oppose anti-immigrant amendments that may be offered. ow.ly/DMsI50GnTLn
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    AILA
    @AILANational
    Feb 22, 2021
    The #DV2020 win Friday is a huge relief for thousands of people subject to the remaining Trump admin. bans - READ more about this win with @jactioncenter and @ThinkLawLab and @Mayer_Brown
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    Court Preserves Validity of 2020 Diversity Visas
    AILA and our litigation partners welcomed the district court emergency injunction which preserves and extends the validity of most visas from the 2020 lottery, and the news that the State Department...
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    AILA
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    Jul 29, 2021
    Op-ed from @CatoInstitute's @David_J_Bier: "Unless there is a change of heart soon, Biden will assume responsibility for denying thousands of immigrants the path to citizenship that Congress promised them."
    Opinion | The Biden administration is responsible for the waste of 100,000 green cards
    From washingtonpost.com