Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could lift Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Ammcise Apply for The Conversation (For Haitian women in Florida, the loss of TPS is more than an immigration law issue) writes about the impacts of the loss of TPS on Haitian women. She
Immigration Enforcement, Policing, and Race by David Hausman and Marcel Roman Abstract When does immigration enforcement lead to racially disparate policing? We address this question with two studies. First, evaluating the staggered onset of Secure Communities and sanctuary policies, we study the effect of immigration enforcement intensity on traffic stops.
Zachary Barnes for the Wall Street Journal (America 250: The nation on the big screen) considers movies that reflect on the United States on its 250th birthday. He writes about "`The Immigrant.' A typically ingenious comedy, it also tells as deeply American a tale as any—that of
The Supreme Court Today decided Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Miot, consolidated cases raising the question whether the Trump administration can lift relief known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrian and Haitian nationals. President Trump has systematically lifted TPS for nationals of many nations, which has ended their
The Supreme Court today decides Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, which addresses the lawfulness of an immigration policy designed to manage the number of migrants coming to the U.S. border. Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog describes the background of Mullin v. Al Otro Lado: "The policy at the center
In Make the Road New York v. Mullin (No. 25-5320), the D.C. Circuit sided with the Trump administration to vacate the district court's injunction blocking DHS from expanding its expedited removal policy to the maximum amount allowed by statute. First, as a Civ Pro prof, I can&
Kate Barlett for NPR reports from South Africa on a xenophobic outburst directed as immigrants, some who have been in the country for years. "Others have recently arrived, seeking a better life in one of the continent's richest and most stable democracies. Some are here legally, others
The rate of people dying in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody has reached the highest level in nearly two decades, with at least 52 deaths reported since the start of President Donald Trump’s current administration, Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights said in a report
Aaron Pellish for Politico reports that U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts, a Biden appointee, ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can no longer detain noncitizens at immigration courts. Last year, the Trump administration implemented new policies that increased the number of courthouse arrests. Judge Pitts called the
Blanche v. Lau The issue presented to the Court in Blanche v. Lau was whether, to remove a lawful permanent resident (LPR) who committed a crime and was later paroled into the United States, the U.S. government must present clear and convincing evidence of the offense at the time
The EUobserver reports that a group of 19 EU leaders are supporting foreign deportation centers that would accept asylum applicants who are rejected, along the lines of Italy's collaboration with Albania. The leaders have signed a public letter and are from: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
NPR continues its coverage of stories of immigrants caught up in the Trump administration's immigration operations.