NPR reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement recorded 49,571 arrests in July, setting the highest monthly arrest total in President Trump's second term, according to data provided by ICE to the Deportation Data Project based at U.C. Berkeley and UCLA.
The total surge averages out to 1,599 apprehensions a day, and tops June's record-breaking number of 43,021 arrests by 15%.
From a press release from Human Rights Watch: US: Deportations to African Countries Not Their Own Denied Due Process; Some Returned to Danger in Home Countries * The United States has sent more than 500 people whom it cannot deport to their own countries, because of the danger they would face,
Recalibrating the Plenary Power Doctrine After Trump v. Hawaii, Thuraissigiam, and Loper Bright by Abdul Aziz Meslat Abstract This Article reexamines the constitutional foundations and contemporary operation of the plenary power doctrine in U.S. immigration law. For more than a century, the doctrine has afforded Congress and the Executive
The Georgetown Immigration Law Journal is seeking paper proposals for an in-person symposium to be held in Spring 2027, with publication of featured papers to follow in a symposium issue of the Journal’s 41st Volume. We invite scholars and practitioners to submit proposals for the Journal’s Spring 2027
CONFERENCE: Got Habeas? New Clinics, Theories, and Developments in Immigration Detention Litigation and Teaching, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Pacific | King Hall, Room 1001 | MCLE Credits Available | No Registration Fee | Livestreamed. Lunch provided to registrants. Register in advance. Program 10 – 11:30 a.m. Panel