The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is a professional membership organization of attorneys, law professors, and legal practitioners who specialize in immigration and nationality law. AILA’s mission is to advance the administration of immigration law, promote justice and advocate for fair and reasonable immigration policies, and support the professional development, ethics, and practice resources of its members.
Advocacy for access to counsel and due process in immigration proceedings; reforms to family- and employment-based immigration and naturalization processes; protection of asylum and refugee protections; detention and removal policy reform; administrative and litigation advocacy before agencies and courts; immigration-related education and continuing legal training for practitioners.
Primarily funded by member dues, continuing legal education (CLE) fees and conference revenues, publications and training materials, and grants or sponsorships from allied organizations and vendors.
State and local AILA chapters and sections, immigration law clinics at law schools, and allied immigration advocacy organizations and policy groups (frequent collaborators include national immigrant-rights and policy organizations).
Non-profit professional association (membership organization)
