The Trump administration has been known to play it fast and loose with the law in immigration matters. Edith Olmsted for the New Republic reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement lied about having the authority to arrest asylum seekers and individuals seeking citizenship at immigration courts. In a court filing
Many people are wondering what Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are doing at the aipport. This short NPR interview offers an idea: "Airline travelers across the U.S. have been experiencing long wait times because of the partial government shutdown. TSA workers are calling off sick or quitting
Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein for Politico reports on second federal appeals court has upheld the Trump administration’s policy of detaining the vast majority of people it is seeking to deport from the country without a chance for bond. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Second Class Asylum, Third Country Danger by Michael Kagan Abstract This symposium essay explores the gaps in asylum law that set the stage for the third country removal crisis that began in 2025. It argues that the U.S. asylum has tiered protective statuses, but they are illogically conceived. The
ICE has made a debut at many of the nation's busiest airports. Not everyone is happy about it. Newsweek reports that: "Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers have complained that federal immigration agents deployed at U.S. airports are "just in the way," a union representative
President Trump has not had much good ti say about Somali immigrants to the United States. Joseph Gunther and Brandon Marrow have analyzed data from the "Somali rocket docket": "In January and February 2026, lawyers representing Somalis in immigration court began reporting that cases with no future
UC Davis School of Law Immigration & Nationality Law Review Vol. 46 Symposium Register here. April 17, 2026 The Immigration & Nationality Law Review Volume 46 Symposium will examine not only the changes to immigration law that our country is currently undergoing, but also how the shifts in tactics employed
Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog writes that "[t]he Supreme Court [yesterday] appeared likely to uphold the federal government’s policy of systematically turning back asylum seekers before they can reach the U.S. border with Mexico. During roughly 80 minutes of oral arguments in Noem v. Al Otro Lado,
Tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars were spent on expenses for hair and makeup artists and a horse for the advertisement featuring former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem in front of Mount Rushmore, according to invoices reviewed by CNN. The CNN report stated that "DHS spent
The ACLU is raising awareness of the Supreme Court argument on birthright citizenship on April 1 in Trump v. Barbara.
Kelsey Dallas for SCOTUSBlog looks at Temporary Protected Status, which is at the core if a case that the Supreme Court announced will be argued late April. The issue is the lawfulness of the Trump administration’s effort to remove protected immigration status from Syrian and Haitian nationals. Dallas offers
This episode of the podcast Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times looks at "immigrant detention in the second Trump administration. The administration has been greatly expanding detention facilities by buying warehouses to be converted into eight large-scale detention facilities, with the goal of having these facilities operational by the end