WATCH: Padilla: “All Dreamers deserve the opportunity to continue contributing to their communities and to our country” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Nb6-1U_gA WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor commemorating the
Immigrantly: Cross Cultural Conversations is a podcast. A recent episode was a replay and may interest ImmigrationProf readers (Too Foreign for Home, Too Foreign for Here). One topic of discussion is identity and the sense of belonging of immigrants in U.S. society.
Ranking Member Raskin Expands Investigation into Apple and Google for Enabling DOJ Efforts to Shut Down Apps for Reporting on ICE Activity After Pressing DOJ for Answers, Raskin Probes Tech Giants’ Role in Removing Apps That Enable American Citizens to Exercise First Amendment Rights by Reporting on Government Activity Washington,
Syrian Immigrants in the United States By Kyung Ju Lee and Jeanne Batalova The Syrian civil war displaced one-quarter of Syria's population, although only a small fraction made it to the United States. All the same, the U.S. Syrian immigrant population more than doubled over the course
This week, the Swiss voted down a proposal to limit the country's population to 10 million by 2050. Switzerland currently has a population of 9.1 million. The proposal to limit population growth came from Schweizerische Volkspartei (SVP or "The Swiss People's Party"), a
Exit Rights, Seamless Borders and the New Carceral State by Audrey Macklin, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, volume 73, issue 4, 2024[10.1017/S0020589324000381] Abstract The human right to leave any country protects an intrinsic interest in free movement and is also a vital precondition to seeking asylum. The
It has been widely reported that the Trump White House floated the idea of suspending the writ of habeas corpus for noncitizens. That is not surprising given that habeas actions have skyrocketed with the administration's mass detention of noncitizens. New Hampshire Public Radio looked at habeas corpus petitions
Kelsey Reichmann for Courthouse News reports that the Supreme Court today granted review in a pair of cases involving whether two longtime lawful permanent residents subject to mandatory detention are entitled to bind hearings after lengthy periods in custody. The government asked the court to resolve a constitutional question left
My teen just shared this Instagram Reel from investigative journalist Kelly Wiley. The footage is from May 1, 2026, and it shows the traffic stop and arrest of an Austin, TX, area high schooler named Luis Fernando Cabrera Chavarria. The trooper who pulls Cabrera over takes a photo of his
The Daily Beast reports that secret memos reveal a top White House lawyer warned against senior President Trump advisor Stephen Miller’s push to strip migrants of their rights to challenge detention in court: "White House staff secretary Will Scharf, a Harvard-trained lawyer who once ran for office in
Today, SCOTUS granted cert in Genalo v. Black, which is on appeal from the Second Circuit. The petition for cert presented these issues: (1) Whether there is a point at which an alien's detention under Section 1226(c), pending a decision on whether he is to be removed,
The False Promise of Public Benefit: Unmasking the 75 Countries Immigration Pause by Amir R. Yacoub Abstract On January 14, 2026, the Department of State announced a sweeping, indefinite pause on all immigrant visa issuances for nationals of 75 countries, effective January 21, 2026, premised upon a blanket presumption that