Birthright Citizenship and the Draft by Reuven S. Avi-Yonah Abstract The 14th amendment (1868) states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." The question now being
ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. Read More. This story is hard to believe given concerns with the use of
Check out this new resource from the Miñana Center at UCLA Law: What States and Localities Should Know When Crafting Policies to Curb Federal Immigration Abuses. It is a short list of tips for drafting state and local laws that will withstand legal challenges.
Remember the now-closed Alligator Alcatraz in Florida? Mark V. Burrow, Jr. for The Conversation (The forgotten racial history of Alligator Alcatraz) reminds us that, while "Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over detainees’ treatment, environmental claims over damage to protected wetlands and
Demystifying Birthright Citizenship by Benjamin Keener & Keith E. Whittington Abstract Executive Order 14160 and the litigation it generated in Trump v. Barbara have thrust birthright citizenship back to the center of American constitutional debate. Critics of the traditional rule argue that the Fourteenth Amendment's “subject to the
Marc Rosenblum, the Executive Director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics has resigned. In a post on Linkedin, Rosenblum writes: I’m sad, and thrilled, to say that yesterday was my last day working at DHS. I’m incredibly proud of the work my team and I did to
Fact Sheet: "Under President Trump, the United States Department of State has revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign nationals who violated the terms of their visas, committed crimes, called for violence against U.S. citizens, defrauded Americans, abused our immigration system, or endangered national security. The majority
Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the legal, political, and technological transformations initiated in response to the attacks continue to transform domestic and international law while reshaping the lives of communities targeted by racialized national security policies, immigration enforcement, policing, and war. This symposium will bring together
CoreCivic and GEO Group, America’s two largest private prison companies, reported that their combined quarterly revenue soared to $1.4 billion this spring as immigration detention approaches record levels.
Dara Lind in the New Yorker (The Great Delegalization) looks at the Trump administration's efforts to strip noncitizens of legal status: "People with Temporary Protected Status were never, precisely, safe. Instead, they lived in the chasm between most Americans’ assumptions about immigration status and what the law
According to a new July poll, about 80% of independent voters now say that the agency is using too much force in its operations, up from 62% in an earlier poll conducted prior to recent ICE shootings in Maine and Houston. USA Today "The poll, commissioned by the Vera
Fractured Families: The Unintended Consequences of Immigration Enforcement for Families by Molly Rovinski, Nathan P. Goodman, & Karla Segovia Abstract Family integrity is an emergent result of individuals' attempts to coordinate plans on residence, caregiving, and economic support over time. U.S. immigration enforcement policies produce both intended and