TRAC Immigration (Too Few Immigration Attorneys; Where You Live Impacts Representation) reports that "The latest available court data show that in August 2026 only one in four (24%) immigrants, including unaccompanied children had an attorney to assist them in Immigration Court cases when a removal order was issued. While
This episode of the podcast revisits birthright citizenship, both the Supreme Court’s opinion and Trump v. Barbara, and the more recent executive orders where the Trump Administration, once again, tries to take a whack at birthright citizenship. T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Amanda Frost, and Hiroshi Motomura
The United States isn't the only nation looking to restrict legal migration. Australia is also looking to tighten its immigration pipeline, the BBC reports. Key changes include: * Foreign students (other than Phd students) will no longer be able to bring their families within them while studying in Australia.
Harmony and Harassment: A New Critical Race Theory Story Aja Y. Martinez & Robert O. Smith This is the first book in the University of California Press Critical Race They book series. Among other things, it includes a look at Derrick Bell's personal correspondence with Alice Waters and
The Associated Press reports that a federal judge has enjoined immigration officers from making warrantless arrests in Southern California unless they determine the person is likely to escape. Read the order and the ACLU Southern California press release. "U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong said the government must
Messengers of Hope: Responding to the Voices of the Persecuted to Reverse the Erosion of Refugee Rights by Craig B. Mousin & Chris Inserra Abstract The escalating erosion of refugee and asylum-seeker rights by nations that initially agreed to provide the humanitarian protections to those fleeing persecution frequently finds a
In a press release issued yesterday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the following: As stated in President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14204, “Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa,” the United States remains gravely concerned about racially motivated crime and government-sponsored discrimination occurring against the Afrikaners
The Second Trump Administration has expanded immigration detention to a new (or arguably old) frontier, Mother Jones reports in a new piece: The Trump Administration Is Imprisoning Somali Immigrants in Gitmo. Late last month, ICE put 12 Somali men on a plane and told them they were being deported to
Austen Parrish on the Tax Prof Blog posted something of "note to law schools (particularly with SJD programs, joint degree programs or part-time options) . . . . [E]arlier this week a federal district judge issued an injunction halting a Department of Homeland Security regulation related to `duration of status.' . . . The
News from Oregon: "An increasing number of immigrants in Oregon have been receiving notices to appear at the Portland Immigration Court on short notice for `mega master' calendar hearings that bunch dozens of individuals together . . . . . The practice appears to have first started in Oregon as early as February
The Political Economy of Mass Deportation by Matthew Boaz Abstract The United States is pursuing mass deportation at all costs. By this, I mean that it is failing to consider both the national political economy and the local political economies of its efforts to expel noncitizens. This lack of regard
Press Release Updated fact sheets from the Economic Policy Institute detail immigrant workers’ economic contributions in every state—and show how many jobs Trump’s mass deportations have already destroyed and could potentially eliminate in every state by the end of his term. The fact sheets also quantify the wage