The Department of Homeland Security is quick to declare success in the immigration real. Check out this release from yesterday: "The Trump Administration has done what no modern president even attempted: end the border crisis, restore control of America’s immigration system, and put American workers back at the
In this episode of the Forensic Briefs, my colleague, Professor Raquel Aldana, a leading scholar on immigration and human rights law, joins discusses the deep relationship between trauma and justice. She reflects on how legal systems define, recognize, and sometimes distort trauma—particularly for immigrants and asylum seekers—and how
NPR reports that the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is already having widespread effects. The Department of Homeland Security claims 1.6 million immigrants have left the country voluntarily. There's also evidence of internal migration in the United States, as families flee enforcement zones for safer places.
The Trump administration's mass deportation campaign heads South next – Charlotte, North, Carolina. Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden released a statement saying that federal officials confirmed that U.S. immigration enforcement officers planned to start an enforcement operation as early as Saturday in Charlotte, the Tarheel State's
The Department of Justice recently appointed 25 temporary immigration judges, two-thirds of whom are military lawyers. The Pentagon says it plans to send hundreds more to help relieve the strain on immigration courts. For criticism of these steps by Mark Nevitt and Margy O’Herron on Just Security, click here.
The U.S. immigration courts are struggling with a backlog of nearly 3.8 million removal cases through a system capped at a maximum 800 immigration judges—resulting in average wait times of about four years for an asylum hearing. A new Migration Policy Institute (MPI) policy brief examines how
As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gathered for their Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, the bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern with the treatment of immigrants in the United States. It marked the first time in twelve years the USCCB invoked this urgent way of
Good news from Chicago. Midwesterners are standing up to support the immigrant community. ABC News reports that, in light of the roving patrols on the streets of Chicago, Chicagoans are arriving early in the day in "Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy
This week the US Supreme Court held oral argument in Geo Group v. Menocal, a case in which Geo Group prison corporation argues it can have an immediate appeal in a case brought by an ICE detainees. A transcript of the full argument is available here. Andrew Free has an
Defending Immigrant Speech, November 19, 2:00 p.m. ET From detaining student protesters to threatening to deport rival politicians, President Trump has weaponized the immigration system to suppress dissent. In this event, Professor Alina Das and advocate Ramya Krishnan will discuss how these attacks chill speech across the board,
This episode of NPR's Code Switch looks at the recent immigration enforcement actions in Chicago. After midnight on September 30, helicopters hovered over a large Chicago apartment building, and heavily armored agents rappelled from the choppers onto the roof. What unfolded swept up both undocumented migrants and U.
Rebecca Santana for the Associated Press reports that British political commentator Sami Hamdi , who was on a lecture tour in the United States, will voluntarily leave the U.S. after more than two weeks in immigration detention for what supporters claim was his criticism of Israel. The Trump administration has