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DHS Review of Low Priority Cases for Prosecutorial Discretion

This Practice Advisory addresses the implementation of DHS’s prosecutorial discretion guidelines and provides detail about how DHS’s new joint working group will determine low priority immigration cases.

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U.S. House holds hearings on economic impact of immigrants

Published on Fri, Oct 01, 2010

According to the Immigration Policy Center, in 2008, immigrants made up almost a quarter of the Florida’s workforce, while unauthorized immigrants accounted for 8.2 percent of the state’s workforce.

Published in the Florida Independent

Physicians and National Interest Waivers

The Immigration and Nationality Act was amended in 1999 to make it easier for noncitizen physicians practicing medicine in medically underserved U.S. communities to become permanent residents. Regulations adopted by the immigration agency to implement the statute made the process more burdensome by requiring eligible foreign physicians to satisfy additional requirements not authorized by Congress. The LAC successfully urged the Ninth Circuit to strike down these regulations.

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Schneider v. Chertoff, No. 04-55689 (9th Circuit amicus brief filed Feb. 22, 2005). The Ninth Circuit issued a precedent decision which struck down the regulations as violating the statute. Schneider v. Chertoff, 450 F.3d 944 (9th Cir. 2006).

Appreciating America's Heritage: 2009 Edition

The American Immigration Council (formerly the American Immigration Law Foundation) is pleased to present the 2009 "Appreciating America's Heritage" Teachers' Resource Guide. Each year, AILF publishes a new edition of this guide because it is important to promote respect, dignity and an appreciation for everyone in this country, regardless of where you were born. By ensuring our children learn that every person deserves respect and that celebrating multiculturalism is at the heart of our American values, the sooner the next generation can end the divisive rhetoric that has divided America for too long.

View the 2009 "Appreciating America's Heritage" Teacher Resource Guide

Arizona's next immigration debate: babies born in U.S.

Published on Thu, Dec 16, 2010

In an article written for the Immigration Policy Center, lawyer Elizabeth Wydra contends that the reason for the 14th Amendment was to make sure that future legislators could not strip citizenship rights from vulnerable minorities.

Published in the Stateline

Complaints Against Immigration Judges

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has a process through which individuals may lodge complaints against immigration judges. Yet, there is very little publicly available information about how such complaints are resolved. The LAC, in collaboration with AILA and Public Citizen, is working to shed light on this closed complaint process.

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American Immigration Lawyers Association v. Executive Office for Immigration Review, et al., No. 13-cv-00840 (D.D.C. filed June 6, 2013)

The LAC and co-counsel Public Citizen filed a lawsuit on behalf of AILA seeking information about complaints alleging immigration judge misconduct. This suit stems from a November 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request AILA submitted to EOIR asking that the agency disclose complaints against immigration judges and records indicating how the agency has resolved those complaints. EOIR failed to release any documents, prompting the filing of the lawsuit in June 2013. In October 2013, the parties agreed to a schedule for the production of documents and briefing in the district court. Beginning in November 2013, and stretching over the course of almost four months, EOIR is expected to release at least several hundred complaints against immigration judges.Read more...

Green Card Stories

Author: Introduction by Laura Danielson and Stephen Yale-Loehr, Stories by Saundra Amrhein, Photographs by Ariana Lindquist

The American Immigration Council is proud to support the publication of Green Card Stories. Green Card Stories (due to be printed in November 2011) is an incredible tribute to the diverse backgrounds that make up our immigrant population in America today. The American Immigration Council’s mission is to “strengthen America by honoring our immigrant history by shaping how Americans think about and act towards immigration now and in the future” and we can’t think of a better way to further our mission than through this beautiful and touching book.

Not only can you pre-order books for yourself, your office, family members, clients, etc. you can also pre-order a book to donate to your local school, library or community center or you can donate a book to one of the Council’s designated “hot spots” where education on immigration is needed most. Could your Member of Congress use a thank you or a gentle reminder of who our immigrant population is? Donate a copy of Green Card Stories to a Congressional office. All donated books will be delivered free of charge with a note indicating your generous gift.

To get a preview of the book, check out this slideshow.

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Year Released: 2011

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Austin Texas 2011 Creative Writing Contest Winners

Austin Texas "Celebrates America"

Published on Tue, May 17, 2011

Austin winners of the local "Celebrate America" 5th Grade Creative Writing Contest were honored at a Naturalization Ceremony at Austin Delco Activity Center on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The Contest winners were presented with their awards, and had the opportunity to read their winning entries in front of 984 new U.S. citizens from 105 different countries taking the oath of citizenship before District Judge Lee Yeakel.

Published in the Foster Quan