A Shadow of Jaguars by DC Frost (Author Website) Publisher's pitch: In Mexico City for a family funeral, Detective DJ Arias encounters a group of Robin Hood–style thieves who call themselves the Jaguars. Their activities reach across the border into Los Angeles with a Hollywood murder that
Today, the White House issued a press release titled How President Trump Ended the Border Invasion and Restored American Sovereignty. It's lengthy and worth seeing in its entirety (below). I've highlighted a few of the items that I find particularly interesting. President Donald J. Trump was
On Thursday Oct. 15, the White House issued the a press release titled Bombshell Report Exposes True Cost of Radical Democrats’ Mass Amnesty – Open Borders Agenda. The report at issue came from The Council of Economic Advisers, a federal agency that bills itself as "offering the President objective economic
The National Immigration Project and the End SIJS Backlog Coalition launched the SIJS Habeas Project, a national effort to win the release of young people with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) in ICE detention. The Project is now accepting case referrals from anywhere in the country and recruiting pro bono
"Trump again uses 'Shylock' term—A year after claiming he didn't know it was antisemitic" No need for comment.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to the death of Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias while detained in the Rio Grande Processing Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility operated by the GEO Group: "The reported death of another individual in ICE custody is
USA Today reports that "Two weeks out from the midterm elections, President Donald Trump alleged that demonstrations in France were the fault of immigrants and politicians on the left, though French leaders have said they're centered around affordability. After anti-government protests spiraled into looting and rioting across
Who Counts as a Citizen? A Re-Enactment of Gonzales v. Williams (An Insular Case) by Rose Cuison-Villazor Abstract This is a script of a re-enactment of Gonzales v. Williams, 192 U.S. 1 (1904), one of the Insular Cases. In August 1902, Isabel Gonzalez, a twenty-year-old pregnant widow from San
On Friday, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin toured the Southern border of the United States, attended the loading of a flight of deportees, touted the administration's border security numbers ("a 95% drop in southwest border apprehensions compared to the Biden Administration, alongside the lowest annual encounters in American
The claims of noncitizen voting are not going away. With the November midterms on the horizon, the Justice Department has announced that it has charged 38 lawful permanent residents with election crimes. Check out the press release. Here is the beginning: "Federal law enforcement throughout California today arrested 11
From the film's website: A Journey to Freedom is a feature-length documentary that examines the legacy of Communist Albania through the intimate lens of two families. In 1944, dictator Enver Hoxha rose to power, sinking Albania into a totalitarian ruin. At the center of the film are the
Smuggler: Drugs, Gangs, and Refugees at America's Northern Border by Reece Jones and Greg Boos This book will be released on Oct 20, 2026. Publisher's Description A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY INK STICK MEDIA When an ordinary man is thrust into the dangerous world
ICE is building a $100 million domestic surveillance program, called Enforcement and Removal Operations Overwatch and National Security Enforcement, or ERO ONE, in cities across the country — raising alarm bells among intelligence analysts and policy experts. For the story, see The American Prospect.
Immigration Law And Policy In Our Multiracial Democracy by Gabriel Jack Chin & Kevin R. Johnson, forthcoming, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 174 Abstract Immigration law fits uncomfortably in lawmaking in classic democratic theory. Unlike in other areas of law, the people most directly affected have no say in
No surprises here. Wall Street Journal: "The immigration crackdown is making it much harder to build houses". The bottom line: "The summer surge in federal immigration raids is hitting the housing market, pushing up labor costs and freezing projects. Nearly two-thirds of builders said immigration enforcement is
With little evidence, the Trump administration continues to push the narrative that noncitizens are unlawfully voting. UPI reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has sued California for allegedly not reviewing a list of noncitizens the administration says were sent mail-in ballots for the November election. The lawsuit comes
Kelsey Dallas for SCOTUSBlog reports on the Supreme Court's current immigration cases. The latest case added was Blanche v. Ozurumba, which raises the issue whether someone who worked as a cook for a terrorist organization is eligible for asylum. "Since late April, the court has granted review
The Hill reported that the Ninth Circuit barred the enforcement of a California law requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to show visible identification. The court remanded the case with instructions to enter a preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the law, holding that the U.S. government has
* An ICE officer accused of assaulting a elderly Fresno, California resident and his daughter while drunk, has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. He was hired by ICE 10 months ago amid an agency hiring push, according to a report. KRGV, The Sacramento Bee * A prosecutor said that an ICE
I was searching around for a song to use in my Civil Procedure class--something that relates to discovery and emails. I'd used Sabrina Carpenter's emails I can't send in the past, and it's not a bad choice. But this year, I wanted
News from the U.S./Mexico Border: "Federal agencies have declined to renew permits for a dozen water stations operated by the Tucson-based nonprofit Humane Borders to help migrants trekking across the Arizona desert, the group said. The decisions by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and
Today, the Democracy Power Project (DPP) launched Disappeared in America, the first platform of its kind to put names, faces, and stories to the people disappeared, detained, deported, and harmed by the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda. Featured in Newsweek, the site documents the public stories of individuals
Emma Empociello and Greta Garcia Jalil Melendez in this report looks at the Trump administration's removal of noncitizens to third countries. "Since taking office, the Trump administration has deported noncitizens to at least 30 countries other than their own. While the United States has for years employed
The man shot by federal immigration agents in New York City last week says that he did not know that the men who shot him were U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers until he was in the hospital. Documents filed in federal court "includes key details that