When Africa Comes to America: How the Next Wave of Immigrants Will Transform the United States Neeraj Kaushal Columbia News: "Africans are the fastest-growing immigrant group to the United States. Only a tiny fraction in the 1960s, they represented 10% of documented immigration in 2022. Without attracting much notice,
Britain Eakin for Law360 reports that the U.S. Supreme Court today granted review "whether a Nigerian man's short stint as a cook for a terrorist group constituted `material support' that would render the already deported man ineligible for asylum." The Court granted the U.
The AP and others are reporting that some 139 migrants--including children–have died when their boat capsized in waters outside Djibouti. There were around 300 people aboard the ship, bound for Yemen, when it sank. The exact number of dead is unclear as Djibouti reports only those buried by its
UndocuAsians Lived Experiences and Social Movement Activism Across the Diaspora Edited by Kevin Escudero and Rachel Freeman-Wong UndocuAsians:Lived Experiences and Social Movement Activism Across the Diaspora. Edited by Kevin Escudero and Rachel Freeman-Wong Contributors: Ju Hong (Foreword by); Cynthia M. Alcantar, Rachel Freeman-Wong, Victoria Kim, ‘Inoke Hafoka, Trisha Mazumder,
CNN reports (see also here) that a man officials said was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico was injured over the weekend after being struck by a vehicle driven by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while fleeing on foot during an enforcement operation near Houston. An ICE spokesperson reportedly said that
Newsweek and many other news outlets are reporting on a U.S. government's search of the D.C. home of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a vocal critic of the Trump administration. She "has repeatedly downplayed the prospect of being the subject of a federal probe ahead of
The Price of the Fence: Climate Migration in the 21st Century by Gerald Torres & Al Brady Abstract Climate change is already displacing millions, yet international migration law offers little protection to those forced to move because of environmental collapse. Most climate-displaced people are excluded from the legal category of
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in December on the lawfulness of the Trump administration's removal of noncitizens to third countries, i.e., countries where they are not from. Here is a resource with much relevant information for analysis of the case. Carolyn Patty Blum, Clinical Professor of
FWD.us Statement on Impact of Severe, Escalating Delays in DACA Renewal Processing WASHINGTON, D.C. – FWD.us President Todd Schulte issued the following statement on the continued delay of DACA renewals and the massive human and economic impact: “For more than a decade, nearly every DACA renewal was processed
Denial, Deterrence, and Disenchantment: Why Many Never Immigrate by Jacob Richard Thomas The publisher's pitch: "This book complements abundant research about immigrants by contributing novel data, knowledge, and theories about potential immigrants-those who might have immigrated but did not despite the benefits of migration to immigrants and
The Trump administration continues to rewrite immigration and refugee law. In Matter of B-S-A-N-, last week the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that "(1) Immigration Judges should generally deny asylum applications filed by nationals of highly developed, democratic countries that broadly respect and protect human rights, except in extraordinary
‘Where were those men taken?’ by Jasmine Garsd, Immigration Correspondent A few weeks ago, a New Jersey source emailed me: ICE was using a warehouse in Roxbury to hold immigrant detainees. I'd been to Roxbury earlier this year, when the Department of Homeland Security bought warehouses nationwide to
From Honor to Contempt: The Diplomatic Baseline and the Proof of Animus After Mullin v. Doe by Hashim Mohamed Abstract In 1962, a President of the United States welcomed Somalia’s Prime Minister with full military honors and praised a separation of powers that resembled his own country’s. In
Cato Institute, a Libertarian think tank, has put a number on what I know we all understood: President Trump Cut Legal Immigrant Entries 2.7 Times More Than Illegal Entries. Check out this chart from author David J. Bier: The entire piece is really worth a read. Bier goes through
Latine Advocates in Immigration by Jocelyn Cazares Willingham, Abstract This Essay first arose out of heartbreak, fear, and a deep disillusionment in the law and U.S. society. The historical, Latine performances of 2026 revived and transformed it. They, and the wisdom of Latine scholars, carried vivid reminders of Latine’
From Immigrant Defenders Law Center press release: "Court Strikes Down Remain in Mexico Policy Riverside, CA (October 9, 2026) – On Wednesday, a federal court declared the Trump administration’s implementation of the Remain in Mexico policy unlawful and ordered that it be vacated and set aside. The Court found
Philip Marcelo, Jennifer Peltz and Anthony Izaguirre for the Associated Press reports thar "[a] federal immigration officer shot a Dominican man in the neck as he drove in a car with a 5-year-old boy [yesterday], officials said. The Department of Homeland Security said it was seeking to arrest the
Sanctuary and the Data State by Fatma Marouf & Huyen Pham, Columbia Law Review, Vol. 126, Forthcoming 2026 Abstract Historically, sanctuary policies focused on protected physical space and limits on police cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—rejecting detainer requests, restricting jail access, and declining formal collaboration agreements. But
Reuters reports (and here) that the Trump administration has frozen some lawful permanent resident filings by Microsoft (MSFT.O), Adobe(ADBE.O) and major IT outsourcers and opened probes into nine top universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Arizona State, and UC