JOB ANNOUNCEMENT The UCLA Immigrant Family Legal Clinic (ImmFam) seeks a Senior Staff Attorney to begin in Fall 2026. The position is intended for a bilingual attorney with several years of practice experience. The position is a two-year contract, with the possibility of extension. ImmFam is a unique partnership between
ICE is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on new gadgets with safety concerns: -- ICE awarded a $16.7 million contract to buy 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves (called the “G.L.O.V.E.” or “Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter) from Kentucky-based firm Compliant Technologies LLC. The
From Documented: "ICE’s mandatory detention policy notched its eighth straight loss last Friday in federal appeals court, POLITICO writes (and ACLU celebrates), with a divided panel ruling that individuals in detention with longtime ties to the United States are entitled to bond hearings. That’s just one of
Asma Uddin for The Conversation writes that "Elected officials across Texas are increasingly treating ordinary Muslim religious practice – prayer, dress, marriage counseling, even mosques themselves – as evidence of a political threat and saying so openly. . . . . That effort arrives as the country marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks of
News from the heartland: "In response to the immigration policy shifts, several local organizations [in Minnesota] banded together to hold a civic fair downtown at Mi Pueblito Market and Restaurant."
Third-Country Deportations: Legal and Ethical Problems by Andrew Hall Abstract The UN Refugee Convention and Protocol, as well as the UN Convention Against Torture, impose upon states a duty to prevent refoulement. Yet, migrant destination states increasingly attempt to triangulate and circumvent this obligation by removing asylum seekers to third
NPR reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement recorded 49,571 arrests in July, setting the highest monthly arrest total in President Trump's second term, according to data provided by ICE to the Deportation Data Project based at U.C. Berkeley and UCLA. The total surge averages out to
The Deportation Data Project at UC Berkeley released figures showing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in the San Francisco area increased nearly 70% compared with the same period a year earlier. Data released by the project showed 2,928 ICE arrests from January through July 2025, compared with 4,
Illiberal Immigration Inconsistencies: Finding Unifying Principles on the Left by Sheldon Evans, 70 St. Louis U. L. Rev. 367 (2026). Abstract Immigration is one of the most important issues on the minds of Americans. While conservative lawmakers have rallied around the exclusionary principles of Donald Trump's vision for
The Associated Press reports that U.S. immigration officials arrested British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday in New Orleans: "Immigration officials announced on Friday that Yiannopoulos was arrested at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and accused him of overstaying after entering the United States legally in May
The Courthouse News Service reports that the Trump administration has sued four more states over laws allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition and receive financial aid. The Department of Justice alleges that laws in Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington violate federal law. The story goes: "“Over 30
Join the Civil Rights, Migration and Workplace Law Initiative for the inaugural Derechos y Esperanza Labor and Employment Conference: Empowering Low‑Wage Workers, September 24 and 25, 2026, at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University. You can register here. This national, interdisciplinary convening will