Angela Kelley is an American left-progressive legal activist and policy analyst. She works as a senior advisor to the American Immigration Lawyers Association, an organization of approximately 15,000 activist lawyers supporting increased immigration to the United States, arguing that increased immigration will help the economy. Kelley has been involved with left-progressive immigration policy advocacy since the 1990s: she has worked for numerous pro-immigration activist organizations and spent several years at the Open Society Foundations (OSF), the global grantmaking institution funded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Kelley also worked as an immigration advisor to the White House Domestic Policy Council in the Obama administration. ²

In April 2021, immigration restriction advocate and former Trump administration official Jon Feere criticized Kelley and other Biden appointees for their immigration policies. He accused them of having “calculated that undermining America’s sovereignty is more important than promoting public safety or national security.” In an open letter published by the Washington Times, Feere, who served as chief of staff at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under President Trump, warned ICE personnel that Kelley and other DHS leadership were implementing policies that “will endanger the lives of countless people.” According to him, these included canceling an effort to arrest and deport illegal immigrant sex offenders, as well as directing ICE to release illegal immigrant criminals back into the communities they victimized. ³

1. “Angela Kelley.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 17, 2021. https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-kelley-899183200/
2. Priscilla Alvarez. Twitter. January 26, 2021. Accessed October 17, 2021. https://twitter.com/priscialva/status/1354115164551970818?lang=en
3. Jon Feere. “An open letter to Biden appointees at ICE: Don’t be the fall guy.” Washington Times. April 23, 2021. Accessed October 17, 2021. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/23/an-open-letter-to-biden-appointees-at-ice-dont-be-/