Youyou Zhou, a graphics reporter at the Opinions desk of the Washington Post has an interesting interactive opinion piece out today that traces how H-1B visas will be selected after DHS transitions to a "weighted lottery" that will preference workers with higher levels of skills and who earn
Today Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a new slate of laws to give important protections to residents from federal immigration operations. The new protective legislation includes requiring hospitals and schools to protect immigration status information, preventing immigration enforcement from taking place outside courthouses, and enabling civil lawsuits against unlawful immigration
Today Amnesty International released a new report, Torture and Enforced Disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome in Florida. At Krome, Amnesty found: documented delays in intake procedures, overcrowding in temporary processing areas, inadequate and inaccessible medical care, alarming disciplinary practices including the use
Susana Canales Barrón of the LA Public Press has published an article highlighting the start of a new removal defense practice at the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office. The full article is available here. As the article explains: For the first time in its 111-year history, the Los
A recent job posting by the Department of Justice seeks applicants for the position of "deportation judge." The position of a "deportation" judge does not exist--only immigration judges. At the same time, the administration has been firing immigration judges. Just last week it was reported that
This week the American Immigration Council published a new report: Where Can You Win in Immigration Court? The Impact of Lawyers, Detention, Geography, and Policy. The full report is available here. The report uses immigration court data from fiscal year (FY) 2019 through FY 2024. And, the authors make this
This week the US Supreme Court held oral argument in Geo Group v. Menocal, a case in which Geo Group prison corporation argues it can have an immediate appeal in a case brought by an ICE detainees. A transcript of the full argument is available here. Andrew Free has an
This American Life has a new show featuring U.S. immigration courts that includes interviews with immigration judges. Check out all three installments of "The Hand That Rocks The Gavel" here. Judges discuss how their jobs have changed, the firing of immigration judges, and arrests taking place inside
The Migration Policy Institute has a new report on U.S. immigration detention by Muzaffar Chishti and Valerie Lacarte: "U.S. Immigrant Detention Grows to Record Heights under Trump Administration." Here are the major findings: ICE detention had been steadily rising but has increased sharply since Trump'
UCLA School of Law is hiring a Staff Attorney for the Immigrant Family Legal Clinic (ImmFam) to begin in Winter 2025. The position is intended for a bilingual attorney with 1-5+ years of experience (salary commensurate with experience). ImmFam is a unique partnership between the UCLA School of Law and
The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy has released a new podcast episode in their series, Then and Now: Is the U.S. Entering an Authoritarian Era? A Conversation with Samuel Moyn and Vera Eidelman. About the episode: In the wake of the unprecedented election of President Donald Trump,
Today the Attorney General issued a decision in Matter of Negusie, 29 I&N Dec. 285 (A.G. 2025). The Attorney General vacated the Board’s March 16, 2021 order in the case, allowing the 2020 opinion by Attorney General Barr opinion, 28 I. & N. Dec. 120 (A.