Mobility and Power in Temp Work by Andrew Elmore Abstract Labor mobility is an underdiscussed determinant of temp worker power. Drawing on original interviews with professional and blue-collar workers who work as and alongside temps, this Article shows how businesses use staffing agencies to restrict the labor mobility of contingent
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Professor Maureen Sweeney is a recipient of this year’s Gender Justice & Equity Impact Award from the city of Baltimore’s Office of Equity and Civil Rights. In a letter announcing the award, Baltimore’s Director and Chief Equity Officer
Guest blogger: Sadie Stone, law student, University of San Francisco In school districts across the United States, including the Bay Area of California, Filipino teachers arrive each year on the J-1 cultural exchange visas. Many are filling hard-to-fill special education positions in classrooms from elementary school through high school. Each
Guest blogger: Garrett Webb, law student, University of San Francisco Immigration Statistics: The Trump administration has built a platform on being anti-immigrant, cracking down on the number of visas granted and calling for a massive increase in the deportation of undocumented immigrants. Associated with this call is the claim that
Guest blogger: Nathaniel Austria, law student, University of San Francisco When the Covid-19 pandemic reached the United States, it came as no surprise that nurses were among the first on the frontlines. Filipino nurses played an essential role in the nation’s recovery and to the return to the normalcy
Guest blogger: Cristian Urzola, student, University of San Francisco School of Law As immigration enforcement intensifies under the current administration, something deeper than fear is spreading through American communities---mistrust. Not only undocumented immigrants, but also teachers, pastors, social workers, legal advocates, and even immigration judges themselves are beginning to question
Guest blogger: Dallin Nielsen, law student, University of San Francisco I remember when my best friend in high school told me that his mom passed the US Citizenship test. He was excited and proud, and I felt the same for him. His mom was (and still is) a great person
To some, the Trump administration is prone to use propaganda like authoritarian regimes in other countries. Some are fighting back. CNN reports that several major US airports - including those in Las Vegas, Portland, Seattle-Tacoma, Charlotte and three in New York - are refusing to play a video of Secretary
NPR: Federal immigration officers have been seen in videos using increasingly aggressive tactics while detaining immigrants. A majority of Americans say they disapprove of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics, according to a recent survey from The New York Times and Siena University. Ed Yohnka with the ACLU of
Relying on Border-Based Mandatory Detention by Mary Holper Abstract In July 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) revisited its legal position on detention law in order to argue for ubiquitous status-based mandatory detention. In ICE’s view, the millions of noncitizens who entered without inspection and reside in the United
Guest blogger: Ghazaleh Fotoohi Ghazvini, law student, University of San Francisco The United States has spent decades successfully marketing itself as a country where competing ideas can be argued in public. It allowed for criticism of politicians and funded many broadcast programs to spread the idea that the United States
Guest blogger: anonymous law student, University of San Francisco President Donald Trump’s administration promotes the rhetoric of “bringing down the hammer on human trafficking rings.”[1] This includes claims of locating 13,000 victims of human trafficking who came to the United States as unaccompanied minors during the Biden