Here is an interesting factoid: "ICE arrests at Philadelphia International evoke time when airport police helped military catch AWOL Vietnam War soldiers in 1960s."
Nate Raymond for Reuters reports that the Trump's administration is seeking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision allowing the release of a Georgetown University scholar who had advocated for Palestinian rights and opposed Israel's war in Gaza. Badar Khan Suri, a
ABC News has done the math: 21 people have been shot by immigration enforcement agents during the second administration of DJT. Eight of those incidents were fatal. The reporting includes an image of a man sitting upright while a police officer inspects a bullet wound in his back. It'
"Equal Vision" Denied: Rethinking Padilla Through the Lens of Dignity by Glykeria Teji, 13 Stetson J. Advoc. & L. 339 (2026) Abstract The Supreme Court’s decision in Padilla v. Kentucky reshaped the constitutional landscape by holding that the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of effective assistance of counsel
From the State Department: Protecting the Sanctity of U.S. Citizenship: A New Visa Restriction Policy for Those Who Engage in or Facilitate Birth Tourism Foreign commercial birth tourism networks have exploited the U.S. immigration system to sell U.S. citizenship for profit. These networks advertise and coach foreign
Check out this press release from the US Department of State: The Department of State has launched an online tip portal for members of the public to help identify and stop suspected fraud and misuse of U.S. visas. Many of the tens of thousands of visa fraudsters the Department
From a FWD.us press release: "Today, FWD.us released a new report with original data and projections as part of the “Losing Status” website, detailing the alarming human and economic consequences from the loss of status for previously protected immigrants over the course of the second Trump administration.
Congress member Veronica Escobar (D-TX) said that ICE barred her from talking to immigrants in detention during an oversight visit to Camp East Montana. The migrants allegedly suffered abusive and inhumane conditions according to reports from detainees and their family members. The Guardian, Border Report)
ICE agents injured and arrested a U.S. citizen in Evanston, Illinois. Evanston police are now investigating the incident. CNN (ABC7) "Evanston police said officers were called to the area Sunday morning after someone reported hearing two men arguing. Officers found an unidentified man on the ground with injuries
Multigenerational Illegality: Transforming Indigenous People to "Illegal" Beings by Evelyn Rangel-Medina Abstract This Article integrates multigenerational illegality into the canon by employing conceptual analysis and personal narrative. Multigenerational illegality explains how mixed-status Indigenous, Black, Latinx/e, and Asian and Pacific Islander families are branded as "illegal"
Conscripted Surveillance by Haiyun Damon-Feng, 78 Fla. L. Rev. (forthcoming) Abstract Two powerful immigration detention systems have developed in tandem in the United States: the first, a network of physical detention facilities largely mirroring criminal incarceration; the second, an amalgamation of physical, electronic, and surveillance-oriented constraints that attach to immigrants
ImmProf blogger Austin Kocher is a busy bee. Last week, he spoke with Jill Williams of the Acacia Center for Justice and Becky Wolozin of the National Center for Youth Law about the habeas petitions attorneys are filing to get minors released from ORR custody. The recording and a written