While the United States has been accepting white refugees from South Africa, the nation of South Africa has been busy deporting black migrants from its territory. PBS reports that more than 53,000 migrants have been deported in the last month. Most (more than 80%) hail from Malawi--a country that&
Today, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration issued joint guidance to banks "remind[ing]" them of "existing supervisory expectations with respect to credit risk management, particularly as it relates to borrowers who are not
The University of Florida Levin College of Law is looking to hire Clinical Practitioner-in-Residence for its Immigration Clinic "as soon as practicable." ** This position will offer entry-level and newly-practicing attorneys exposure to law school clinical teaching and research opportunities at one of the nation’s premier public law
Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Edited By Francesco Luigi Gatta, Mario Savino): This book explores and discusses the different perspectives stemming from the visa as a tool of international mobility. A visa has a multifaced nature. It is a `key’ which allows foreign
Did you know that the U.S. Sentencing Commission collects and reports data regarding immigration crimes? In May, they released this report about illegal entry as well as this report about alien smuggling. Both have data regarding FY2025. These are helpful because the Bureau of Justice Statistics hasn't
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The long-awaited decision from SCOTUS is here. The justices uphold birthright citizenship in a 5-4 decision. Or 6-3. Depends on your accounting. Chief Justice Roberts is the author of the majority opinion, and he is joined by Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Barrett, and Jackson. Justice Kavanaugh concurs in the judgment and
First DJT plucked OK Senator Markwayne Mullin to head DHS. Now he's picked a former OK State Trooper to head ICE: Lance Schroyer. In fairness, NBC reports that Mullin pushed for Schroyer. Which makes sense of the OK-OK hiring. Mullin issued a statement yesterday, saying: "Once confirmed,
One year ago, we wrote about U.S. citizens receiving asylum in Russia--as in, leaving the U.S. for Russia. These émigrés were looking for country with more "traditional, conservative values." Russia's "Shared Values" visa was nicknamed the "anti-woke" visa, and citizens
This week, Venezuela was hit by two large earthquakes. The official death toll is 920 but experts say that it may end up closer to 10,000, which would make it "among the deadliest earthquakes in Latin America in the last century." The US has responded to the
In Make the Road New York v. Mullin (No. 25-5320), the D.C. Circuit sided with the Trump administration to vacate the district court's injunction blocking DHS from expanding its expedited removal policy to the maximum amount allowed by statute. First, as a Civ Pro prof, I can&
My husband received a copy of the book Terrible Maps for Father's Day. The fellow behind the book–Michael Howe–started Terrible Maps on social media. One of his posts is this from 2023: The title: "How aliens see Earth." Pretty horrifying in light of this