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With Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is calling for U.S. immigration reform. It urges Congress to restore accountability, strengthen the rule of law, and begin long-overdue efforts to modernize the immigration system.

AILA President Jeff Joseph stated, “The voters have chosen a new direction in Congress, giving us the chance to replace chaos with accountability and political posturing with practical solutions. On day one, the new Congress should use its oversight and legislative authority to ensure that our immigration laws are administered lawfully, fairly, and effectively, while beginning the bipartisan work necessary to build a modern immigration system that serves American families, businesses, communities, and our national interest. AILA has laid out a better way forward, grounded not in partisan slogans but in the day-to-day experience of immigration lawyers who see where the system succeeds and where it fails. Congress now has an opportunity and a responsibility to turn those principles into progress.”

In the press release, AILA mentioned their article entitled, A Better Way on Immigration: Principles for America’s Future which includes outlines of five core principles for reforming the U.S. immigration system.

USCIS has an online Electronic Reading Room with access to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requested documents. The Reading Room is really a Web-based searchable database of public requested FOIA documents; mixed with USCIS documents that the government decided may have a larger public demand. You can use pull-downs to choose different listed subjects and include any month/year date from January 2011 to the present. You can also type in your own keywords to search.

Please visit this page for more information: Electronic Reading Room

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This article by the Marshall Project follows two people arrested by federal immigration agents in the same region: an American citizen and a non-citizen. Their cases entered different legal systems—the citizen’s into the federal criminal system, with its rights and protections, and the non-citizen’s into the federal immigration system, where protections are now limited.

Read the full story: “A Tale of Two Cases: How ICE Operates in the Shadows”.

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This local video report from ABC 7 Eyewitness News in Los Angeles examines the evidence behind the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) allegations that noncitizens are voting in California elections.

Watch the ABC 7 Eyewitness News video, “DOJ alleges noncitizen voting in California. Here’s what evidence shows.”

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List of some of the Top News Stories related to “Ukrainian and Sudanese TPS”:

CBS News (cbsnews.com), 10/18/26, News Report:

Immigrants from Ukraine and Sudan to retain deportation protections for now