Kathleen Campbell Walker

Practice Areas

Kathleen Campbell Walker is Co-chair of the Firm' s Immigration Practice Group. She has over forty years of experience in complex business immigration solutions and strategies as well as in compliance planning and audits for multinational corporations and businesses. Her broad practice expertise includes worksite compliance, cross-border immigration, healthcare, manufacturing, academia, start-ups, family, naturalization, consular processing, admissions, waivers, security checks, and frequent traveler programs.

Career

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) - Former National President and General Counsel. Emeritus member of the AILA Board of Governors. Chaired the AILA national Department of State liaison, Customs and Border Protection liaison, Verification and Documentation liaison, and Interagency committees. Currently, serving as Vice-Chair of the AILA Rule of Law Taskforce and a member of the AILA national media and Verification and Documentation committees.

Testified several times before Congress and the Texas legislature on immigration policy and law as well as border security. Current Chair of the International Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. Former Chair of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce and the El Paso Foreign Trade Association. Selected to serve on the Council of Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, which was chaired by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former White House Chief of Staff Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, 2008. Frequent speaker on immigration and nationality law at international, national, and state levels.

Admitted before the Texas Supreme Court, the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the U. S. Court of International Trade, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States

Professional Memberships

AILA, International Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, International Medical Graduate Taskforce, National Immigration Litigation Alliance, National Association of International Educators, State Bar of Texas, College of the State Bar of Texas, and El Paso Bar Association.

Publications

Author, “H-1B Proclamation ‘Fee’ and Extreme Vetting Fallout: A Perfect Storm for Healthcare,” Dickinson Wright Health Law Blog, March 2026; also published in Healthcare News and Healthcare; Co-Author, “Trump Administration Prohibits SBA Loans to Noncitizens,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, February 2026; Author, “The Complexity of Immigration Law,” Texas Bar Journal, February 2026; Author, “Texas Hold’em: Governor’s H-1B Pause Reveals Several ‘Hole Cards’,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, February 2026; Author, “Trump Gold Card or Pyrite Card Program – Which Is It?” Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, January 2026; Author, 2026 H-1B Employer Punch List: Regulatory and Filing Considerations, Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, January 2026; Author, "Updated Summary of the Travel Ban and its Impact Post December 16," Dickinson-Wright Immigration Blog, December 2025; Speaker, "Will the Doctor be Back?" 6th Biennial Physician Immigration Law Institute, December 2025; Speaker, “State Department/Consular Affairs Update,” 58th Annual Immigration Institute, Practicing Law Institute, December 2025; Speaker, “Registration Under the New Regulations,” UT Law CLE 49th Annual Conference, October 2025; Author, "Presidential Proclamation on H-1B Restrictions and Fees – What We Know as of Sept. 22," Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, September 2025; Panelist, “Business Briefing: Employment Verification in the Age of Immigration Status Revocations and Terminations,” WorkPermits.US, American Immigration Lawyers Association, American Immigration Council, World Education Services, August 2025; Speaker, AILA Annual National Conference, 2025; Author, “Travel Ban Redux: June 9 Implementation Regarding 19 Countries,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, June 2025; Author, “Canadian B Visitors to the U.S.: What Does Registration Mean for You?” Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, March 2025; Author, “Planning for Travel Ban 2025 – Leaked Draft includes 43 countries,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, March 2025; Author, “April 11, 2025 Registration Rule Enhanced: Foreign Nationals – Carry your Papers!,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, March 2025; Author, “Immigration Compliance for Employers in 2025: Guide to Worksite Audits,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, January 2025; Author, “Walking While Foreign: Documenting Immigration Status in 2025,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, January 2025; Author, "November 1 Deadline Looms as Texas Hospitals Struggle to Track Costs Related to Immigration Status,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Insights and Issues Blog, November 2024; Co-Author, "Texas Challenges Biden Administration’s Minimum Staffing Mandate in Court" Dickinson Wright Health Law Blog, September 2024; also published in Healthcare News and Healthcare Michigan; Co-Author, "Stay Extended by Texas Court to Sept. 23 for Approval of Keeping Families Together Parole," Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, September 2024; Co-Author, "Parole in Place for U.S. Citizens' Spouses: What (Little) We Know Before August 19 Start,” Dickinson Wright Immigration Blog, August 2024; Author, "Healthcare in Crisis: Exploring Immigration as a Vital Solution for the U.S.," Dickinson Wright Health Law Blog, July 2024; also published in Healthcare News and Healthcare Michigan; Author, "A State-Based Cure – Interested Government Agency J-1 Waivers for Physicians,” Dickinson Wright Health Law Blog, January 2024; Co-Author, "Major Nursing Shortages? Foreign National Nursing Intervention as a Plan of Care,” Dickinson Wright Health Law Blog, November 2023; Author, "Immigration Healthcare Cures for Physicians - A Quixotic Venture?" Healthcare Michigan, July 2022; Speaker, "Issues Facing Students Who Win the H-1B Lottery and Those Who Don't," American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Annual Conference, June 2022

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