Do Border Policies Deter Migrants? by David Hausman, Adam B. Cox & Mary Hoopes Abstract For generations, American border policies have been driven by the claim that border enforcement can deter migration to the southern border. Most recently, President Trump has taken credit for the lowest levels of border apprehensions
The Associated Press reports that a Colorado prosecutor has charged an immigration officer with assault after a protester was grabbed by the neck and pulled across a street. The case could test the limits of immunity of federal immigration officers. As reported, "[a] Colorado prosecutor said [today] that the
The Law and Society Association annual meeting is next month in the City by the Bay. Lots of great stuff on the agenda. Immigration Prof blogger Ming Hsu Chen is participating in an event at UC Law San Francisco on Sanctuary on May 27. See below. LSA 2026 Plenary and
On Tuesday, May 5, 2026 from 1:00-2:00pm ET, join the Center for Migration Studies (CMS) for a webinar on its new report, “Estimates of the Size and Composition of the Undocumented Immigrant Population in the United States: 2024,” and what the findings reveal about population growth, long-term settlement,
NPR: Senate Republicans introduced a budget resolution yesterday to fund immigration enforcement agencies. It is the first step in a process to end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. After federal immigration agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis earlier this year, congressional Democrats said they
Check out this new piece from Enoch Kun, Assistant Attorney in the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, and Gordon Wong, a public health scientist: State Power in Physician Immigration Law, 29 Quinnipiac Health L. J. [i] (2025-2026). Here is their abstract: Physician immigration law is often
This just in from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC): On February 23, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a new rule that would, in effect, eliminate work permits ("employment authorization") for most asylum applicants in the United States. The new rule ties eligibility for work
Did you know that it's easier than ever to become a Canadian citizen by descent? WaPo has the deets: Before the revised law went into effect on Dec. 15, the country limited Canadian citizenship to the first-generation children of a Canadian parent. Now, all generations who were born
Courthouse News reports that a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has refused to order the closure of Florida migrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz." The decision reverses a district court injunction directing the transfer of inmates and dismantling of the
California's law barring the wearing of masks by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers has been put on hold. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Mark Bennett "granted the United States’s motion for an injunction pending appeal enjoining
Friends, A draft of my forthcoming article – On Resistance: Confronting the Second Trump ICE Age – is available on SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6546098 Here's an abstract: Since the second inauguration of Donald Trump, his administration has standardized draconian immigration enforcement, challenged long-standing
The Supreme Court heard oral argument earlier today in Blanche v. Lau. The Court has before it the rights of a lawful permanent resident who may have committed a crime in seeking to return to the United States after a brief trip abroad. We blogged earlier in the week on