Our tax dollars at work. These stories make me want to cry. Really. Holly Ramer for the Associated Press reports that "a Massachusetts college student who was deported while trying to visit family for Thanksgiving said an immigration officer told her it wouldn’t matter if she spoke to
Sam Biddle of The Intercept reports that Support Us * * * * * * * * * * Midterms * Justice * War on Gaza * Boat Strikes * Immigration * Chilling Dissent * About * Support Us ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group Sam Biddle for The Intercept reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "has secured a deal
No surprises after the onslaught of arrests at law-abiding noncitizens appearing at immigration court. "Thousands of immigrants without legal status have skipped immigration court this year, and NPR found that these absences are driving a surge “in absentia” deportations." Based on analysis from January through November, NPR discovered
Joseph Gunther and Brandon Marrow have released a data analysis of pretermission and third-country removal orders. As they note, "[s]ince entering office in January 2025, the Trump administration has used aggressive measures to deny asylum cases in immigration court. Recently, a new strategy known as `pretermission' has
I keep passing by this board game (Detention Escape) at the store and every. single. time. I have to do a double take. This is what I get when walking through the world with immprof glasses. Sidenote: What's up with the model in the lower left? She'
The Pew Research Center data on the undocumented immigrant population is widely considered to be the most accurate out there. Between 2021 and 2023, the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States grew from an estimated 10.5 million to 14 million, according to a Pew Research Center
The Onion had me at the headline, but the content also slaps: “This funding will go a long way toward making our great nation even cozier... It’s high time we address the problems of our crumbling infrastructure with dreamier, more whimsical decor..." Congress Allocates $45 Million To Hang
Misery mounts. News from San Antonio: "Calling it “a war zone,” a Mennonite pastor said immigration enforcement in San Antonio led to the detention of seven members of her church, including a mother and her toddler, during scheduled check-ins with authorities."
As Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog reports, the Supreme Court today turned down the Trump administration's request in a legal challenge to a policy limiting speaking engagements by immigration judges. A court of appeals had remanded the case to the district court for "more fact-finding on the independence
Our country is stronger because of immigrantsArticle by Laura Collins, director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative Read why immigration has always been a part of the American story
What kind of world do we live in? Heartbreaking. "A letter addressed to Miguel Garcia arrived in the mail this week, approving his request to move forward with obtaining legal status in the United States. But Garcia didn’t live to see it. The 31-year-old Mexican national was killed
Immigration Enforcement, Sanctuary Cities, and Rising Hispanic Suicide Rates by Hussain Hadah Abstract I estimate the causal impact of the US Secure Communities (SC) program which greatly expanded deportation risk nationwide-on suicide rates among Hispanic populations. Exploiting SC's staggered county-level rollout between 2008 and 2013, I use the