The End Of Citizenship As We Have Known It by Peter J. Spiro, Rutgers Law Review (forthcoming) Abstract Working from Linda Bosniak's canonical framing of citizenship, this essay rebalances the four perspectives of legal status, rights, political activity, and collective identity in light of recent developments. The essay
The fear and terror of the Trump administration's "mass deportation campaign" and vicious verbal attacks on immigrants ate taking a toll. Human trauma is the result with unsurprising health consequences. Rhitu Chatterjee for NPR reports that "As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown stretches
This article by Annie Hylton in the New Yorker looks at "[w]hat happened when the Trump Administration turned its back on the world’s most vulnerable."
Addressing Some Perceived Anomalies Referenced in the Oral Argument in Trump v. Barbara by Samuel Estreicher, Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y (forthcoming 2026) Abstract We have written previously of our disagreement with the conventional (or expansive) view that the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment automatically grants
Wendy Fry and Sergio Olmos for Cal Matters report that six people died in immigration detention centers in California in the past year as the crowded sites struggled to provide basic medical care, according to a new California Department of Justice investigation detailing conditions inside the facilities. According to the
Challenging Mass Immigration Detention by Ingrid Eagly, 50 Mich. St. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026). Abstract The first year of President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by unprecedented spending on growing immigration detention capacity across an overcrowded and substandard network of private detention facilities, local jails, state
Envisioning a Protective Administrative Law Framework by Bijal Shah, Harv. CR-CL L. Rev. (forthcoming) Abstract The administrative state is an instrument of deprivation and intrusion. While civil rights statutes and constitutional law have sought to rectify some of these dangers, the role of administrative law has been undervalued. This Essay
There are lots of shakeups in the immigration enforcement bureaucracy. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gone. Head of ICE gone. Now, the Associated Pres reports that the head of U.S. Border Patrol, tapped by the Trump administration for immigration operations in U.S. cities, announced his resignation
From a Press Release from the ACLU Texas: "The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas granted provisional class certification and a motion for preliminary injunction Thursday blocking four key provisions of Texas Senate Bill 4 (88-4). In his order, the judge states that `S.B.
News from City of Social Circle, Georgia A battle between a small town and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is playing out in rural Georgia. The City of Social Circle has sued for injunctive and declaratory relief," naming DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Brazilian Immigrants in the United States By Marina Aragão Santos and Jeanne Batalova The United States is home to the largest Brazilian community outside Brazil. Yet Brazilians account for only about 1 percent of all U.S. immigrants. This population has grown rapidly in recent years, with nearly two-thirds of
A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings. "More than 10,000 times, judges have said those detentions, typically carried out with no