THE OFFICIAL LOS LOBOS DOCUMENTARY From the Film website: "LOS LOBOS NATIVE SONS is the definitive, authorized chronicle of one of America’s most enduring, genre-defying bands. Tracing Los Lobos’ rise from East L.A. streets to global acclaim, the film offers unprecedented access to their archives and an
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a new policy memo reiterating the fact that, consistent with long-standing immigration law and immigration court decisions, aliens seeking adjustment of status must do so through consular processing via the Department of State outside of the country. Officers are directed to consider
Geraldo Cadava, professor of Latino Studies talks with NPR about why Latinos make up at least 50% of all Customs and Border Patrol agents and 20% of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He "break down[s] some of the reasons Latinos join ICE, and he tells us, there are
Apophatic Interpretation, Birthright Citizenship, and the Anti-Aristocratic Constitution by D. Carolina Nunez & Lucy Williams Abstract In January 2025, President Trump issued an executive order declaring that children born in the United States to undocumented residents or temporary visitors are ineligible for birthright citizenship. The order threatened to upend nearly
Hot off the presses! Rutgers University Law Review just published an immigration symposium issue. Rose Cuison-Villazor introduces the issue in Law, Belonging, and Exclusion: The Dual Role of Immigration and Citizenship Law: "This Symposium Issue engages the duality of immigration and citizenship law: a legal framework that can grant
Surprised? From the Guardian: "Federal agents have raided the homes of three southern California immigration activists in what the activists allege is the latest escalation in a Trump administration campaign to harass a volunteer-led advocacy group that organizes neighborhood ICE-watch patrols. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) . . . executed a
The Associated Press reports that President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers. "The order directs bank regulators and government departments to look for signs that people without legal status are opening accounts or obtaining
People's UPR Written Record: Compiled by the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and the Human Rights at Home Litigation Clinic at the Saint Louis University School of Law Published by, The UIC Law School International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) and
Check out the human devastation and resistance in America's heartland.
Surprised? MPR reports that "immigration advocates say that fear, combined with policy changes and processing delays — is discouraging some eligible immigrants from applying for citizenship at all."
For those coming to LSA San Francisco next week, please join LSA CRN02, UC Law SF's Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), and Race, Immigration, Citizenship, and Equality (RICE) Center for an opening event highlighting the conference theme, A Matter of Conscience: Sanctuary in the 1980s to
A Brookings report find that more than 145,000 children who are U.S. citizens are likely to have experienced at least one parent being arrested and detained since January 2025.