ImmigrationProf blogger Austin Kocher on Substack looks at the first data on immigrants in detention from Immigration Customs and Enforcement since September. "In the intervening two months, which included the end of the fiscal year and the government shut-down, ICE’s total detained population grew to a record 65,
According to this "truth" from the White House, our jobs are obsolete. All new jobs are going to Americans.
Federalism by Extortion by Jacob Hamburger A distinctive feature of the second Trump administration has been its efforts to pressure public, private, and nonprofit actors into compliance with its political agenda. In its dealings with universities, law firms, media outlets, and even foreign governments, a new mode of governance has
News from the San Francisco Bay Area. The Trump administration reportedly let go five more San Francisco immigration judges late last week "and has now terminated more than half of the court's judges since coming into office in January." The dismissals come as the Department of
This week the American Immigration Council published a new report: Where Can You Win in Immigration Court? The Impact of Lawyers, Detention, Geography, and Policy. The full report is available here. The report uses immigration court data from fiscal year (FY) 2019 through FY 2024. And, the authors make this
Now here's an interesting "truth" from our president: Hm. That's not how TPS works. Someone want to tell him that?
Lecture: A Great Dividing Line: Slavery and Freedom in Washington, D.C. during the Civil War with Rachael Nicholas, Gettysburg National Military Park, January 2025. This is part of the Gettysburg National Military Park Winter Lecture Series. A bit of a Civil War buff, I listen to lectures on the
News from California. (And here). In the midst of the controversy over production of Jeffrey Epstein files, the Trump administration has sued California over a law that allows the resident undocumented immigrants to pay in-state resident fees at public colleges and universities. The administration claims that the law (A.B.
Jacob Maguire is a 3L at Penn State Dickinson Law. His comment has just been published with the Dickinson Law Review. It's titled Extended Detention Without Due Process: Resolving a Circuit Split in Favor of Detained Noncitizen Migrants’ Due Process Rights, 130 Dick. L. Rev. 317 (2025). Here&
You know this trend from radio stations and tiktokers – "Good News" in these dark times. Guess what? The White House is onto this trend too! Check it out: Oooh. I'm so excited! What could the good news be? Hm. Someone needs a refresher course on Economics
The Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations in Chicago have led to great controversy and resistance. NBC News reports that federal prosecutors yesterday moved to dismiss charges against a woman who was shot by a Border Patrol agent multiple times after allegedly using her car to assault and impede
Josh Gerstein for Politico looks at the latest developments in the Trump administration's efforts to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the United States. As Gerstein summarizes, "Trump officials illegally deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an undocumented Salvadoran immigrant then living in Maryland who was sent in March to