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
In addition to the Executive Order itself, the White House has issued a "Fact Sheet" that reads as follows: PROTECTING AMERICAN JOBS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order and a Proclamation to continue to protect American national and economic security and American workers from abuses
DJT issued an executive order titled ENHANCING PROGRAM INTEGRITY AND INTERAGENCY COORDINATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE H-1B NONIMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM. Here is the text: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section
J. Toby Reiner for The Conversation looks at "fundamental philosophical questions: What ethical obligations do governments have to prospective migrants? And what claims to admission do migrants have? . . . Many philosophers claim that immigration should be understood as a human right. From their perspective, governments have an important responsibility to
Muñoz's Children by Garreth W. McCrudden, 61 Ga. L. Rev. (forthcoming) Abstract When the government denies a noncitizen's visa application, can federal judges review that decision? For fifty years, the answer to that question was "sometimes." Though most visa denials were unreviewable, courts understood
As Kit Johnson has blogged, Australia appears to have the same kind of immigration politics as seen in the United States. Peter Hobson for Reuters reports that "[a] crackdown on immigration could cause labour shortages across the agricultural sector and threaten the upcoming wheat harvest, Australian farm groups said,
Republican Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) warned President Trump in a campaign ad that some of his immigration enforcement operations have "gone too far" and warns him that Hispanic voters who voted for him in 2024 "feel betrayed." Salazar has been critical of the president'
It's been a busy week for news about undocumented students in higher education. As Kevin pointed out, the DOJ has sued Kansas over its policies regarding tuition and undocumented students. Florida is acting on its own to restrict higher ed access by undocumented students. And now, HigherEdDive reports:
From HigherEdDive: The State University System of Florida’s board of governors will ban undocumented students from attending its selective institutions beginning in the 2027-28 academic year. That decision, combined with a similar vote by the Florida State Board of Education in July, means undocumented students will be effectively locked
The Associated Press looks at where people who entered the United States landed. The analysis "provides both a sweeping and an unusually granular look at how the immigration surge — one that peaked during President Joe Biden's administration and was a major reason voters returned his predecessor, Donald
A Department of Homeland Security email acquired by NPR, raises concerns about the agency's efforts to identify noncitizens on state voter rolls. The email included a 78-page document listing jurisdictions that provide election materials in non-English languages, along with a Department of Justice checklist for prosecuting voter-related offenses.
Forum Shopping and Judge Shopping: An Empirical Analysis of Immigration Policy Cases by Daniel M. Klerman & Alex Klerman, forthcoming, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) This article measures the extent of forum and judge shopping in cases challenging the legality of immigration policies during the Biden and Trump