Dear Friends Please consider this opportunity for shorter pieces: The University of San Francisco Law Review Forum is the online companion to our print journal and a space for emerging ideas, timely commentary, and engagement with ongoing legal debates. We publish shorter, more accessible pieces than those published in the
Friends, A draft of my forthcoming article – On Resistance: Confronting the Second Trump ICE Age – is available on SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6546098 Here's an abstract: Since the second inauguration of Donald Trump, his administration has standardized draconian immigration enforcement, challenged long-standing
Guest Blogger: Michael Fisher, law student, University of San Francisco The United States helped sow instability in Guatemala; now it must help cultivate the stability that Guatemalans have long been denied. Several root causes have pushed, and will continue to push, millions of Guatemalans to migrate to the United States
Guest blogger: Sofia Trevisani, Migration Studies Graduate Student, University of San Francisco In 1998, a man from Bangladesh had a taste of how much discretion a judge has within the U.S. Immigration system. See Matter of A-S-, 21 I&N Dec. 1106 (BIA 1998). The man was part
From IOM Panama City, 18 December 2025 – Venezuelan households contribute more than USD 10.6 billion every year to the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, mainly through spending on housing, food, education and health services, according to a new study released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Guest blogger: Yana Gagloeva, law student, University of San Francisco A coalition of 20 U.S. states, including California, are suing the federal government over a newly imposed $100,000 fee on H-1B visas.[1] This action is more than just another lawsuit against the Trump Administration; it’s a
Guest blogger: Yana Gagloeva, law student, University of San Francisco Since 1990, the United States has claimed a commitment to protecting children who arrive at its borders alone, fleeing violence, abuse, or neglect.[1] That promise is now unraveling. The Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) program was created help children
Guest blogger: Jialiang Dong, law student, University of San Francisco In Chinatown in San Francisco I saw an old Chinese man with no left arm. He sat in front of the steps of an old “benevolent associations” that was formed when Chinese people were not allowed to hold property in
Guest blogger: Taylor Doty, law student, University of San Francisco For over four decades, Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982), has stood as one of America’s most fundamental educational guarantees, affording all children, regardless of their immigration status, a constitutional right to free public school. However, that
Guest blogger: David Simmons, law student, University of San Francisco Overview: The overall status for Immigration courts over the past year has had a growing concern, especially in the past few months. Given the totalitarian regime brought by the Trump administration, the unbearable consequences of dismantling the Legal Immigration System
Guest blogger: Cristian E. Urzola Arrieta, law student, University of San Francisco As the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether the federal government may legally turn away asylum seekers at ports of entry, it confronts a decision that reaches far beyond immigration policy. It goes to the core question of
Guest blogger: Rev. Sadie Stone Many cite our First Amendment rights as the bedrock of our country, a fundamental principle that sets us apart from other developed nations. The right to protected speech, protest, religion, petition, and the press. Yet under the Trump administration, we are witnessing a rapid erasure