For Immediate Release

Date: November 5, 2007
Contact: Chapman Law Firm
Phone: (336) 334-0034
Fax: (336) 334-0036

Attorney Jugovic appointed ICE Liaison for AILA Carolinas

GREENSBORO— Helen L. Jugovic recently was appointed ICE Liaison for the North and South Carolina American Chapter of the Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA Carolinas”). With the increasing worksite enforcement efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement “ICE” (formerly INS), North Carolina employers and families are facing immigration enforcement issues much more frequently than in recent years.

Ms. Jugovic’s role will be to advise the AILA National ICE Liaison Committee on ICE enforcement policies and procedural issues in the Carolinas. There are approximately 30 other state ICE Liaisons for AILA Nationwide, who will collaborate with AILA National to help resolve local and national immigration enforcement issues.
As the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE is primarily a law enforcement agency. In addition to enforcing immigration laws against criminal and security threats, ICE conducts worksite I-9 audits, investigates employers and targets undocumented workers for deportation. ICE has approximately 15,000 employees working in 400 offices in the US.
AILA, the organization of which Ms. Jugovic is a member, is the national association of over 10,000 attorneys who practice or teach immigration law. AILA Member attorneys represent U.S. families who have applied for legal immigration for their close family members, US businesses and industries who sponsor highly skilled foreign workers, and employers and employees in deportation defense and worksite enforcement actions.
AILA is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that has 36 chapters and over 50 national committees. AILA is an Affiliated Organization of the American Bar Association and is represented in the ABA House of Delegates.