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
Rust never sleeps. The Associated Press reports a troubling development. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly disclosing where it is detaining thousands of detainees who are subject to final removal orders. The change in policy makes it more difficult for lawyers and relatives to locate detainees. Where are they?
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Pacific | King Hall, Room 1001 | LIVESTREAMED Register in advance. Program 10 – 11:30 a.m. Panel 1: “How and Why To Set Up A Habeas Clinic or Rapid Response Habeas Network” * Jacqueline Brown, Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic, USF School
Latino USA considers "what can be done to prevent deadly incidents like the one at that Colorado dairy farm. And we ask: who should be held responsible when workers are injured or die? Plus, we examine what elected officials, farm owners, and community members owe to one of our
MPR reports that ICE has removed noncitizens with final orders of removal from its online detainee locator database. The news outlet reports the change went into place on September 15. Families and attorneys can no longer verify where such noncitizens are being held, with some exceptions. Individuals houses within the
Our government at work? What the heck? Part of the "Worst of the Worst" Door Dash drivers? The driver is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela who had a final order for removal, the Department of Homeland Security said in a post on X. Homeland Security Investigations, with the
NPR has an interesting podcast on the fallout of September 11. How Sept. 11 reshaped national security: "It’s been 25 years since al-Qaida attacked the United States by hijacking airplanes and crashing them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, with a fourth plane crashing into a
Human Rights Watch: "Since ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti in late July 2026, US authorities have deported hundreds of Haitians back to their country, where they face threats to their lives and safety and receive little to no support, Human Rights Watch said today. The US Senate
Washington Post: "An ICE agent shot and wounded a man yesterday in Austin, according to city officials. The man is said to be in a `stable but serious condition.'”
Deportation After Death by Incarceration: A Right to Redemption by Jennifer Lee Koh, 114 Kentucky Law Journal 669 (2026) Abstract The era of mass deportation brought on by President Trump's second term has resurfaced longstanding questions about the nature and justice of deportation. As calls to deport the
A Comparative Legal Analysis of Immigration Systems in Canada, Germany, the USA, and the UK by Michael Harris Abstract This paper presents a comparative legal analysis of the immigration systems of four major Western nations: Canada, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Recognizing that immigration policy is a
It was a doozy of a day for immigration-related announcements from the White House. Here's the text of DJT's proclamation RESTRICTION ON ENTRY OF CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT WORKERS: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On September 19, 2025, Proclamation 10973 (Restriction on