Wrapping up today! Our wellness and practice management conference runs Wednesday, December 3 through Friday, December 5 at the Secrets Playa Blanca Costa Mujeres resort near Cancún. Click the event calendar link below for conference information and agenda. https://ailatexas.org/event/aila-texas-2025-fall-conference/ Flyer: AILA TX NM OK 2025 Fall Conference

AILA USCIS Operations Committee - Request for Member Reports: ICE Enforcement at Field Office Interviews and Interview Cancellations Related to Presidential Proclamation 10949 (2025 Travel Ban) Fellow members! Please report any instances of ICE enforcement actions at USCIS Field Office interviews to both AILA National and your local field office...

Class counsel for the Maldonado Bautista litigation have prepared a practice advisory, linked below, which includes sample language for a bond request addressing the impact of the recent declaratory judgment as well as a link to a template habeas petition. CLICK TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD: Maldonado Bautista Practice Advisory_12 3...

AILA Dallas is coordinating a tour of CBP at DFW. Groups are limited to 15. Please email AILA Dallas Liaisons if you are interested, so they know how many tours to request.

Join AILA Austin's holiday happy hour on Thursday, December 11th! All immigration law colleagues are welcome; AILA membership is not required. Please purchase a ticket to attend. The ticket link is on the calendar event, along with event details and a map link. Bring cans to donate to the Central...

Volunteers are needed for a citizenship workshop on Monday, December 15th, hosted by Boat People SOS–Houston. You can assist community members in filling out their N-400 applications to start their citizenship process. Preference for Bilingual Vietnamese or Spanish, but all languages are welcome. When: December 15 (third Monday of each...

On Wednesday, January 14th, AILA will host a timely CLE on cybersecurity. Preventing Invisible Cyber Harm: What Every Attorney Should Be Doing Now Speaker: Rich Garcia, Senior Consultant from Screen International Security ServicesWhen: Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Central TimeCLE: 1.00 hour Zoom link and information on the...

Please plan to join us on Thursday, January 15th for the next meeting in our Thrive Thursday wellness CLE series.  Fight, Flight, or Freeze with Laura Gomez-Horton, LCSW-S  When: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Central CLE: 1.00 hour, including 0.25 hour ethics  Zoom link and information on the calendar...

The Immigration and Nationality Law Section of the State Bar of Texas still has a few spaces available for its CLE in Cuba in January. The CLE is full of cultural activities and is accredited for 8.5 hours with 1 hour of ethics. Chuck Kuck and Lynn Lee of Fragoman...