Today, the White House issued a press release titled How President Trump Ended the Border Invasion and Restored American Sovereignty. It's lengthy and worth seeing in its entirety (below). I've highlighted a few of the items that I find particularly interesting. President Donald J. Trump was
On Thursday Oct. 15, the White House issued the a press release titled Bombshell Report Exposes True Cost of Radical Democrats’ Mass Amnesty – Open Borders Agenda. The report at issue came from The Council of Economic Advisers, a federal agency that bills itself as "offering the President objective economic
On Friday, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin toured the Southern border of the United States, attended the loading of a flight of deportees, touted the administration's border security numbers ("a 95% drop in southwest border apprehensions compared to the Biden Administration, alongside the lowest annual encounters in American
I was searching around for a song to use in my Civil Procedure class--something that relates to discovery and emails. I'd used Sabrina Carpenter's emails I can't send in the past, and it's not a bad choice. But this year, I wanted
I had the pleasure of attending this program in the summer of 2024. I cannot recommend it enough. I learned a tremendous amount about the immigration process in Mexico. If you're interested in attending, fill out this short registration form.
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
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
In a class action lawsuit related to the DHS action "Operation Catch of the Day" in Maine, newly released documents reveal that ICE agents took photos of immigration protestors and fed them into a Palantir surveillance database. (See, e.g., Yahoo! News; Wired Magazine). I became aware of
Today, California's Governor Newsom signed into law 21 different bills regarding immigration enforcement--what his office calls a "package of legislation to protect California communities and strengthen civil rights and public safety by addressing immigration detention, enforcement transparency, civil rights, state facilities, public records, family services and oversight
The official "X" account for the Department of Homeland Security made a tasteless tweet yesterday. Someone reported a "Huge migrant caravan headed towards the US southern borden." And DHS responded: "Our time has come," adding a video compilation featuring the former Philadelphia Eagles defenseman
Today, Human Rights Watch reported on Children in Anguish as US Immigration Arrests Surge: Families Ripped Apart by Deportations. They follow the stories of several parents who made the hard decision to leave their children in the U.S. while being deported themselves. There is also information from a pediatrician
CNN visited an immigration court in Texas to witness removal proceedings involving children. This is a 3 minute and 30 second report that would be really powerful to share in the classroom. CNN does not have video from their visit, but they have images created by a courtroom artist. The