Oh Deer: The Elk Court’s Misunderstanding of the Citizenship Clause by Shunhe Wang, University of Richmond Law Review | Vol. 60:463 | 2026 Abstract This Article examines the enduring legacy of Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884), a Supreme Court decision that interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment's
Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog writes that the Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral argument on whether the Trump administration can end a program that allows several thousand Syrians and approximately 350,000 Haitians to live in the United States temporarily. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices
House, Senate Judiciary Leaders Refer Kristi Noem to Justice Department for Perjury Investigation Raskin, Durbin to Bondi: “Making false statements to Congress is a crime … While we have low expectations that you will pursue this matter given your partisan weaponization of the Department of Justice, we note that the statute
Freedom House is hosting a launch event for its new 2026 report. Freedom House has tracked global trends in political rights and civil liberties each year since 1973. The event will take place on March 19, 2026 at 7:30 AM Pacific Time. You may register here. The report’s
Deaths in immigration detention continue. News today from the ICE website: "Criminal illegal alien from Afghanistan with previous arrests for fraud and theft passes away at Texas hospital March 15, 2026|Detainee Death Notifications Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, a criminal illegal alien from Afghanistan, passed away March 14 at
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States By Jeanne Batalova Immigrants' share of the U.S. population is at a record high, matching the level set in 1890, and a roughly threefold increase since 1970. Meanwhile, over recent decades the U.S. immigrant population has
Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship by Anna O. Law (Oxford University Press 2026) Publisher's Summary Since the late nineteenth century, the U.S. federal government has enjoyed exclusive authority to decide whether someone has the ability to enter and stay in U.S. territory. But freedom
From Documented: Not everyone invited to the 98th Academy Awards was able to attend — thanks in part to the Trump administration’s visa freeze. Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees, who played a leading role in “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” which was nominated for best international feature film, announced on social
The Academy Awards are in the books. My friends from college watched carefully as our friend Joe Letteri won his sixth Oscar, this one for Best Visual Effects – Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). Before the event, the American Immigration Council (And The Oscar Goes To … Immigrants) noted that "the
Interest Form – Canary Islands Symposium | Refugees and Migrants in Our Common Home Key information 📍 Canary Islands, Spain 📅 June 12–13, 2026 Pope Leo XIV recently announced that on June 11–13 he will visit the Canary Islands (Spain) — one of the principal migratory routes from Africa to Europe, where tens
The Sky Is Falling: Immigration Law and Agency Adjudicator Independence by Jill Family, 2026 Utah L. Rev., forthcoming Abstract This article examines the degradation of agency decisional independence under unitary executive theory through the experience of immigration law. The Supreme Court is expected to overturn 90 years of precedent this
El Salvador is forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the United States, Human Rights Watch said today, one year after some of the men were sent to El Salvador. The detained people are among more than 9,000 Salvadorans deported by the United States since the start of