Courts Push Back on Mass Detention of Immigrants

Kyle Cheney for Politico found that over the past year, federal judges have rejected ICE’s efforts to lock up noncitizens that the administration is seeking to deport more than 15,000 times.

NPR: Haitians and Syrians Feel Impact of Supreme Court Decision

Thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) are at risk of losing their ability to work in the U.S. due to a recent Supreme Court ruling. The court gave the Trump administration the green light to revoke TPS for more than 300,000 people. TPS

Immigration Article of the Day: Deportation Deficiencies and Membership Guidelines by Sheldon Evans

Deportation Deficiencies and Membership Guidelines by Sheldon Evans Abstract The power to remove noncitizens from the country is a defining characteristic of our immigration system that is fraught with theoretically and practically inconsistencies. Hundreds of thousands of legal residents and undocumented people are deported every year, which imposes tremendous costs

ICE raids rattle Lake Placid’s summer workforce

After much-publicized immigration operations in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Chicago, and many other cities, the last few months have seen immigration enforcement less in the news. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations continue. Documented has a story on a recent ICE activity outside major cities. "Lake Placid is known

Call for Applications: CEO of Immigrant Justice Corps

Immigrant Justice Corps - Quality counsel changes everything.Founded from direct experience with the systemic failings of our broken and outdated immigration system, IJC mobilizes quality counsel to meet the needs of immigrants nationwide.Immigrant Justice Corps Immigrant Justice Corps is hiring a new Chief Executive Officer. Here are the

ICE Officer Fatally Shoots Man in Houston

Jack Brook and Hallie Golden for the Associated Press report that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Houston after he attempted to evade arrest. "The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, ignored

Immigration Article of the Day: A Right to Resist Masked Arrest by Zack Steigerwald Schnall

A Right to Resist Masked Arrest by Zack Steigerwald Schnall Abstract In the second Trump Administration, individuals are being plucked, cuffed, and dragged off the street by strangers. Some of these vanishing acts are done, with varying degrees of lawfulness, by federal officers. Others are abductions, perpetrated by private actors

US shared confidential immigration details with Iranian government, lawsuit alleges

Another story that is not surprising in these times. The United States continues its war on Iran. Numerous news outlets are now reporting that "[t]he Trump administration is providing the Iranian government with confidential information about Iranians seeking asylum in the United States, a civil rights group alleged

NPR: Under Trump, spouses of U.S. citizens face policy changes in the immigration system

Ximena Bustillo for NPR reports that "[t]he Trump administration's sweeping effort to slow down the rate of legal migration has affected a group traditionally immune from such efforts: spouses of U.S. citizens." Surprised?

Report: The Origins, Consequences, and Uncertain Legacy of the Trump Administration’s Humanitarian, Refugee, and Immigration Policies: A Comprehensive Analysis

This Journal on Migration and Human Security article, "The Origins, Consequences, and Uncertain Legacy of the Trump Administration's Humanitarian, Refugee, and Immigration Policies: A Comprehensive Analysis," is authored by Donald Kerwin, Elizabeth Carlson, and Charles Wheeler. The paper traces the historical, legal, and political foundations of

Immigration Article of the Day: Paradox of Privilege for Asian Guestworkers in Silicon Valley by Ming Hsu Chen

Paradox of Privilege for Asian Guestworkers in Silicon Valley by Ming Hsu Chen, 51 B.Y.U. Law Review (2026) Abstract This Article examines the liminality of temporary workers in the technology industry. Based on the experiences of technology workers who hold the H-1B work visa at prominent tech companies

Immigration Article of the Day: Immigration Legal Aid and Removal Proceeding Outcomes  by George Vojta

Immigration Legal Aid and Removal Proceeding Outcomes  by George Vojta Abstract I investigate how the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project, the nation's first legal aid program providing "universal" representation to indigent detained immigrants, affects their outcomes in removal proceedings. Using difference-indifferences and event study designs,