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The beat goes on. Nobody is safe. It does not really appear that the administration is targeting the "worst of the worst."
I ran across a resource that may be useful in helping people in need of legal representation: Human Rights in the U.S.: Handbook for Public Interest Attorneys (2026 Version) by Lauren Bartlett. Here is an abstract of the handbook: "Legal services attorneys, public defenders, law clinics, and other
The Department of Justice yesterday announced an indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization devoted to racial justice: "Between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to individuals who were associated with various violent extremist groups including the Ku Klux
Professor Daniel Caudillo, director of the Jim and Leah Finley Immigration Law Clinic at Texas Tech University School of Law, also served as an immigration judge in Laredo, Texas. In this web exclusive, he talks with CBS News Sunday Morning senior contributor Ted Koppel about impacts on immigration judges today;
Nancy Morawetz on Just Security ("Improvidently Granted: The Sleeper Supreme Court Case Affecting the Rights of 12.8 Million Green Card Holders") analyzes Blanche v. Lau, in which the Supreme Court hears oral arguments tomorrow. She contends that Court should never have granted review and that the case
Nearly 8,000 migrants were reported dead or missing worldwide in 2025, bringing the total since 2014 to more than 82,000, according to new data released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). At least around 340,000 family members are estimated to have been directly affected. Despite declines
Automatic Interim Relief by Aaron S. Jacobowitz, 93 U. Chi. L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2026) Abstract Courts sometimes grant interim relief. Typically, this process is case-specific: A litigant requests interim relief, like a preliminary injunction; the parties brief the motion; and the court decides whether to issue the relief sought. But
The Immigration Article of the Day is Between A (Limestone) Rock and a Hard Place: Class Certification in Suits Alleging Pattern Or-Practice FOIA Violations on Immigration Records Requests by Narintohn Luangrath, just published in the Harvard C.R.-C.L. Law Review. Here is the abstract: An Alien File (“A-File”
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal Volume 40, Number 1 (Fall 2025) Articles Immigration Protection as Labor Enforcement Mary Yanik The Meaning of the End of Chevron for Immigration Removal Adjudications Kevin R. Johnson Lone Star Lessons Amy F. Kimpel Note Work Authorization as a Due Process Interest in Property: How Procedural
Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk was taken off the street by masked agents and held in detention for six weeks last year after co-signing a pro-Palestinian op-ed. “I am very proud to have completed my Ph.D. and to return home on my own timeline,” she said in a statement. —Boston Globe,
We have been posting regularly about the Trump administration's purge of immigration judges. This report ("Former judges speak out on Trump admin's immigration court purges") from CBS News offers comments from some of the fired immigration judges. "Former immigration judge Ryan Wood told
* ICE’s heavy-handed immigration enforcement was tried once before – by Arizona’s notorious sheriff Joe Arpaio in the early 2000s Jonathan van Harmelen, Oberlin College and Conservatory The Trump administration’s immigration detention policies appear to be, in part, inspired by the heavy-handed tactics of the former Arizona sheriff. Click