What's The Matter With Lozada: How The Board Of Immigration Appeals Coerces Immigration Lawyers To Breach Legal Ethics by Kari Hong, 61 Idaho Law Review 368 (2025) Abstract In general, if an attorney makes a mistake, they can cure it by notifying the forum and filing the appropriate
The University of Minnesota is hosting two immigration law events. This year’s Binger Center for New Americans Fall Forum on November 7 explores the themes of being, becoming, and belonging within the American experiment. Sessions will offer historical perspectives on citizenship, engage in debates and innovative approaches to protecting
There is a call for submissions for an edition of the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences on “The New Asylum Seekers: Subnational Dynamics of Migration Governance in the United States” with affiliates of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies. Rebecca Hamlin, Abigail Fisher Williamson, and Angela Garcia
Maine Law's Refugee and Human Rights Clinic is seeking applications for a Clinical Teaching Fellow/Supervisory Attorney for a two-year fellowship beginning in summer 2026. The job posting is here.
On Halloween, the DOJ announced that Baltimore County (MD) was no longer "a designated sanctuary jurisdiction" and had, in fact, signed a cooperation agreement with ICE. My initial reaction was surprise that this would be announced by the DOJ and not DHS. But the announcement reminded me of
Reading Climate into the Refugee Convention: Lessons from the Unfinished Business of Gender-Based Asylum" by Kate Jastram Abstract With increasing attention to the role of climate change and disasters in claims for international protection, it is important to reflect on the unfinished business of reading gender into the Refugee
The Migration Policy Institute has a new report on U.S. immigration detention by Muzaffar Chishti and Valerie Lacarte: "U.S. Immigrant Detention Grows to Record Heights under Trump Administration." Here are the major findings: ICE detention had been steadily rising but has increased sharply since Trump'
President Trump spoke about many topics, including immigration on 60 Minutes last Sunday. Nothing really new here but the snippet on immigration summarizes his views on the administration's mass deportation campaign.
FROM NPR: For years, President Trump and several high-ranking officials in his second administration have discussed using the National Guard to assist with mass deportations and immigration raids. This consideration arises despite U.S. laws that generally prohibit the military from being used for domestic law enforcement. During Trump’s
Immigration Venue Exceptionalism by Stacy Caplow and Maryellen Fullerton, Cornell Law Review, Vol. 111, No. 5, forthcoming 2026 Abstract The notion of “exceptionalism” has characterized immigration law for more than a century. Many constitutional and other traditional norms do not apply in the realm of immigration law. Venue, as prescribed
No real surprise here. "In Texas, which has the second-largest population of immigrants living illegally in the country — with more than 1.6 million of the estimated 13.7 million nationally — the local criminal justice system has become the main funnel sending immigrants into ICE custody . . . ."
Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States By Allison Rutland and Jeanne Batalova Approximately 2.5 million sub-Saharan African immigrants lived in the United States in 2024—more than triple the number in 2000. Most come from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, or South Africa. Compared to the overall immigrant population,