Letter from the Editor-in-chief

• Jurisdiction: United States,Federal
• Citation: Vol. 4 No. 2
• Publication year: 2022
• topic: Civil Rights,Administrative Law,Immigration Law

Letter From the Editor-in-Chief

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It is disappointing that the Inflation Reduction Act that was recently passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate and House on party lines did not contain one single immigration provision to reduce backlogs; improve immigration processing; legalize unauthorized immigrants, including Dreamers; reform immigration courts; or improve due process. Still, the bill did not include any of the 60 harmful immigrant amendments and this in itself is cause for celebration, according to Greg Chen's blog on Think Immigration. ¹ It is still sad that we have to celebrate a without any positive immigration provisions although the bill will address the climate crisis, lower prescription drug prices, and reduce the deficit.

Despite the stalemate in Congress, immigration attorneys have no choice but to continue to competently assist their clients even while the U.S. immigration system remains imperfect. The AILA Law Journal thus plays an invaluable role by curating high-quality articles that would guide attorneys to advance novel and innovative arguments on behalf of their clients. For this I...