I'm pleased to share one of my most recent articles: From Militarization to Military Enforcement: The U.S. Armed Forces and Immigration Control in the Second Trump Administration forthcoming in the Kentucky Law Journal. Here's the abstract: The U.S. Armed Forces have taken an unprecedented
In 2021, some 6,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta--a Spanish enclave that lies on the continent of Africa. It was a pretty big deal at the time, with the Spanish prime minister vowing to end the migrant "crisis" by "restor[ing] order to the city
I think I've found the absolute best song to accompany your class on marriage fraud this year: Ludacris' Rollout (My Business). Fair warning, you might want to read the lyrics before playing. The video below features the clean version, but even then it's not necessarily
As Kevin noted yesterday, DHS is implementing a new rule changing the affirmative asylum process by allowing USCIS to refer cases to IJs without interviewing applicants. The official White House Truth Social account supports the change, naturally, writing: "President Trump is working to CRUSH the immigration asylum backlog -
The Washington Post has created a 3D model of an ICE holding cell at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC. It's really quite impressive and would make a good assignment for your class on immigration detention. (Here's a second article where WaPo explains how they did it.
Earlier this month, Kevin noted that the Second Trump Administration's investigative report concerning the Smithsonian included a defense of the Chinese Exclusion Act as, shockingly, not racially motivated. Here's the key language–from page 111 with footnotes omitted: In addition to attacking America’s white Christian
According to this DHS announcement, the agency has issued more than $84 billion in fines to undocumented migrants. It's all part of the agency's pressure campaign for undocumented individuals to self-deport.
We can all appreciate the dark humor of this short video posted by @philcomedy on TikTok: 0:00 /1:59 1× While the video makes fun of kidnappers who don't want to be confused with ICE, I wonder to what extent criminals have benefited from civilians mistaking them
Check out this official "truth" from the White House earlier today: Not sure any prior White House has cited the New York Post favorably. Though I suppose I wouldn't be surprised if Trump Administration 1 did.
Y'all. I've spent way too much time trying to make the title of this post fully alliterative. And I failed. Alas. So, anyhoo, I thought this TikTok by @rudyayoub was pretty funny. And, frankly, accurate. Should you need a little something to get the convo started
As a law prof, I find myself consistently emphasizing that legal language matters. So I got a real chuckle out of this White House post. I do believe that every president the US has ever had can boast the same.
As Kevin wrote yesterday, ICE moved to suspend most traffic stops in the wake of the agency's TWO deadly shootings just this week. However, President Trump reversed course. He took to social media to defend the practice writing: "we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.