1. The American Immigration Council: AILA’s Non-Profit Partner

2. Immigration Council 101 Our history
Started more than 28 years ago by AILA leaders
Enhance the POWER and REACH of immigration bar
Pursue work important to the AILA community
Bringing new resources and new partnerships to our efforts
 As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Council can attract charitable donations and foundation support

3. Immigration Council 101 Programmatic work
Legal Advocacy, Litigation and Resources
Research and Policy Analysis
Cultural Exchange—J-1 Sponsor
Honoring and Celebrating Immigrants

4. AmericanImmigrationCouncil.org

5. Practice Advisories by Topic

6. Litigation Pages

7. Topic Pages Highlight Breadth of Work

8. Daily Blog: ImmigrationImpact.com

9. Immigration Council 101 our staff
24 staff members (plus consultants in Dilley, TX)
Three main programmatic departments: legal, research and policy, exchange
Communications
Fundraising and Development
Executive

10. Immigration Council 101 Our boards
Board of Directors: manages business and legal affairs
Approves budget, enters into contracts, approves litigation in Council’s name
Seven members, comprised of President, Secretary, Treasurer, BOT Chair, and AILA leadership
Board of Trustees: manages the programmatic affairs
Sets goals, operating policies, supports fundraising, meets quarterly to provide programmatic guidance, committees and taskforces
Up to 24 members (plus chair/vice chair), three year terms (can serve two terms)

11. Partnership with AILA Programmatic work
Examples:
CARA Family Detention
Business litigation fellow
Litigation trainings and meetings
Litigation (FOIA suits, individual business cases, amicus)
Fifth Grade Creative Writing Contest

12. Partnership with AILA We need your help to succeed and we can help your members succeed
Promote our work—our resources help your practices and help your clients
Use our policy resources in your advocacy
Help identify cases and plaintiffs
Invite us to your chapter meetings and conferences
Support us financially—and encourage your members to do the same

13. Partnership with AILA Ambassador program
Chapter representative
Appointments
Expectations—monthly call with Council staff, messenger to chapter members, sharing our resources, and more…

14. Partnership with AILA What else can we do together?
Share your ideas!