In Trump v. Barbara, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted review of a lower court holding that President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. In my estimation, the Court will abide by the Constitution and reject the Trump administration’s challenge to the long-settled rule of
Above the Law reports on an immigration development at Harvard Law School: "Carlos Portugal Gouvêa, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, was arrested earlier this year following a shooting incident in front of Temple Beth Zion on Yom Kippur. He discharged a pellet gun and ultimately received probation
Laura Romero for ABC News reports that the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was ordered released from immigration detention yesterday. A native of Brazil, Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who is in the process of obtaining lawful permanent resident status, was ordered released on bond by an
Interesting Intersections of Immigration and First Amendment Law by David L. Hudson Jr. & Maximiliano Gluzman, FIU Law Review, volume 19, issue 1, 2025 [10.25148/lawrev.19.1.7] Abstract This essay identifies four areas of immigration law in which pressing First Amendment claims play a prominent and dominant
For a number of years, I have been posting a top 10 list of immigration news stories for the year. Here is the list for 2024. When I thought about compiling this year's list, I was at a loss. There are just too many stories to identify. The
This story is heartbreaking in so many different ways that I cannot even begin. One can only ask what kind of nation have we become.
It has been a busy few months. I spent the spring at UCLA and saw first-hand the impacts of the Trump administration's enforcement operations. Here are some thoughts: The Trump Administration’s Racial Dragnet: Immigration Enforcement in Los Angeles UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper , 78 SMU Law
The Conversation has some thoughtful commentary on immigration issues. Here are the latest: Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase Morgan Marietta, University of Tennessee Advocates for each side will provide a different explanation for who falls under ‘the jurisdiction’ of
GBH Boston reports that noncitizens approved for naturalization were informed last week by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that their ceremonies were canceled due to the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants from 19 “high risk” countries. "Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall . . . for that
In Rosemead, Lucy Liu plays an ailing mother who resorts to drastic measures to protect her troubled teenage son. Liu discussed the taboos surrounding mental health in immigrant families with NPR's Morning Edition. Rosemead | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical
This U.S. News item from March 2025 by Anayat Durrani seemed to me to give good advice to prospective law students thinking about an immigration law career. It offers "tips on how to pick a law school for an immigration law career." It quotes an immigration attorney
Laura Strickler and Julia Ainsley for NBC News reports that "[m]ore than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by [Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal histories . . . . The data, which includes ICE arrests from