NPR: "Millions of immigrants are stuck in legal limbo as a growing backlog of immigration applications leaves them vulnerable to deportation. An NPR review of data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the DHS agency that approves immigration applications, shows that nearly 12 million applications await a
NBC News reports that "[a]n ICE agent who was part of the federal immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year was charged with felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, a Minnesota prosecutor announced [yesterday]. The agent . . . is accused of pointing a gun at the heads of two
Jacob Logan Fox Clinical Fellowship The University of Chicago Law School is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position training and supervising law students as the inaugural Jacob Logan Fox Clinical Teaching Fellow, appointed with the rank of Lecturer, in the Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic. The two-year appointment
News from Immigration and Customs Enforcement: "Todd Lyons is to resign as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement . . . . His last day as ICE head will be May 31, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced" yesterday. Lyons oversaw the Trump administration's "mass deportation
No surprises in this NBC story.
Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was criticized for spending $70 million of U.S. government monies for a DHS luxury jet (with a queen size bed). Check out the pictures of the jet published by PunchUP: "You’d also have to ask why anyone would choose
Unbordering Migration Studies in the Caribbean and Latin America Edited by Patsy Lewis, Kristen A. Kolenz, and Alexandria Miller (2026). Release Date: 10th March 2026 Contributors: Patsy Lewis, Kristen A. Kolenz, Cecilia Rocha-Carpiuc, Lucia Nejamkis, Trotz, Donette Francis, Paul Joseph López Oro, Monica DeHart, Esteban Loustaunau, Mimi Sheller, Natalie Dietrich
News from The Hill: "John Eastman, a lawyer who spearheaded efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in President Trump’s favor, has been formally disbarred in California The California Supreme Court [yesterday] declined to review his appeal of a lower court’s recommendation to strip
Incapacitating the Immigration Courts by Jennifer Lee Koh, S.M.U. Law Review Abstract Amidst the dizzying array of developments taking place under the banner of mass deportation, the second Trump Administration is engaged in a sustained effort to fundamentally transform the country’s immigration courts by incapacitating them. Although
Info for your students as we head into summer: The ABA Commission on Immigration has some incredible volunteer opportunities: * Safe City Baltimore Immigration Legal Screening Hotline. Volunteers conduct telephonic intakes and legal screenings for non-detained residents of Baltimore City who have questions about their immigration status. Initial Intakes can be
Rory Little for SCOTUSBlog previews "[t]wo huge immigration cases, adding to an already significant immigration term" slated for oral argument in the next few weeks: "Blanche [the current acting attorney general] v. Lau (argument scheduled for Wednesday April 22). . . . `Lawful permanent residents' in the United
ICE PRESS RELEASE NEW ORLEANS — Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, passed away in ICE custody. His criminal history includes convictions for disorderly conduct, drug possession and probation violation and an arrest for domestic violence. On April 11, 2026, Cabrera was found unresponsive, staff at Winn