A Vision for America as a Welcoming Nation: AILA Recommendations for the Future of Immigration
The American Immigration Lawyers Association issued comprehensive recommendations calling upon President-Elect Joe Biden to implement a powerful new vision for immigration. AILA stands ready to work with the incoming Biden-Harris administration to get the job done.
AILA’s recommendations include:
1) Proclaim a message of welcome;
2) Ensure fairness, efficiency and accountability in the legal immigration system;
3) Restore integrity, fairness, and efficiency to the immigration courts;
4) Ensure the fair and humane treatment of migrants at the border;
5) Restore asylum law and protections for victims of crime;
6) Guarantee legal assistance and counsel;
7) End inhumane detention;
8) Set a vision for immigration enforcement that is fair, humane and effective;
9) Improve Customs and Border Protection adjudications and processing at ports of entry;
10) Protect undocumented people and others with deep ties to America;
11) Reform employment-based and family-based visa programs; and
12) Ensure the Department of State is properly resourced to provide fair and efficient consular processing.
KJ