American Immigration Lawyers Association

American Immigration Lawyers Association

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is an immigrant advocacy group,cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/20/MNGA4CBK0U1.DTL|title= Deeply split Senate rejects guest farmworker bill|accessdate=2008-06-23|date=2005-04-20|work=San Francisco Chronicle|last=Lochhead|first=Carolyn] and is the United States' immigration bar association. The AILA is a non-profit organization that consists of lawyers and law professors that are dedicated to the practice and teaching of immigration law. Its advocates represent U.S. families who are attempting to get U.S. permanent resident status for family members overseas and also represent businesses that have sponsored highly-skilled workers overseas who are attempting to enter the United States on a temporary or permanent basis.cite web|url=http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=1021|title=About AILA|accessdate=2008-06-23|publisher=American Immigration Lawyers Association] The AILA was funded in 1946, and as of 2001, consists of over 7500 lawyers.cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27255344_ITM|title=Migration: Documented on the Web. (Mexico on the Web).(Brief Article)|date=2001-10-01|accessdate=2008-06-23|work=Business Mexico] In 1985, there were 1,800 members; a three-fold increase from 1975.cite web|last=Serrill|first=Michael S.|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959571,00.html|title=A Booming But Tainted Specialty|accessdate=2008-06-23|date=1985-07-08|work=TIME Magazine] The president of the AILA as of June 2008 is Kathleen Campbell Walker, a lawyer working in El Paso.cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/us/18immig.html?ref=us|title=More Illegal Crossings Are Criminal Cases, Group Says|work=New York Times|accessdate=2008-06-23|date=2008-06-18|last=Preston|first=Julia] David Leopold, a Cleveland-based lawyer,cite web|url=http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_9661518|title=Prison now a stopover|last=Paik|first=Eugene|accessdate=2008-06-23|date=2008-06-22|work=York Daily Record] is the vice-president of the Association.cite web|url=http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/243832|title=Single-family immigration bills face great difficulty in Congress|work=Arizona Daily Star|accessdate=2008-06-23|date=2008-06-15]

In July 2007, the AILA filed a class action lawsuit against the United States federal Citizenship and Immigration Service, after the government rejected thousands of applications for Green cards from highly skilled immigrants.cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/06/us/06visa.html?ex=1341374400&en=9702299cacd155b4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=Suit Planned Over Visas for the Highly Skilled|date=2007-07-06|last=Preston|first=Julia|accessdate=2008-06-23|work=New York Times] cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/628939.html|title=Green card backlog prompts lawsuit|date=2007-07-06|last=Collins|first=Kristin|accessdate=2008-06-23|work=The News & Observer]

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