A Minimum Degree of Protection: A Fourth Amendment Common Law Challenge to the Use of ICE Detainers by Nicole Plante Abstract The number of people being seized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has skyrocketed in recent years. ICE is increasingly relying on ICE detainers to seize and arrest immigrants.
The drug kingpin killed in Mexico over the weekend Mexico has caused quite a stir. Cesar Garcia Hernandez brings up something that I did not know about the drug lord: "Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, best known by his nickname `El Mencho,' died over the weekend in a bloody
There are many amicus briefs being filed in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case. I am pleased that a Center that I direct filed one. Here is the law firm's press statement about the filing: On February 26, 2026, acting as pro bono counsel, a Curtis team
There's some interesting immigration news out of Oklahoma this morning. (1) Our Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, recently commented that he thinks states should be in charge of work authorization for noncitizens: "Let's go ahead and let the governors issue work force permits. So if I
Breaking News: Immigration agents arrested a Columbia University student after misrepresenting themselves to access a building, the school said. https://t.co/0i1lMmziWB — The New York Times (@nytimes) February 26, 2026 Kit Johnson blogged about this event yesterday. Here is an update: Columbia University said that U.S. immigration enforcement
I'm currently working on an article focused on international students and universities in the time of Trump 2.0. One thing I've been looking at is the long-standing history of restraining ICE enforcement actions at "schools." If you didn't know, that policy
The tragic beat goes on. Check out this disturbing report. A nearly blind 56‑year‑old refugee was found dead in downtown Buffalo days after being released to the U.S. Border Patrol, according to city officials. He was reported missing on February 19 after Border Patrol agents took custody
Today, UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) and the Seminar Migration, Inequality and Public Policies (MIGDEP) of El Colegio de México (COLMEX) jointly released “Moving Beyond Externalization in the U.S.-Mexico Relationship” a paper that proposes ways to reimagine the U.S.-Mexico relationship with respect
I recently discovered the State Department's Substack. I spent some time trying to see if the president or other interesting departments (DHS, USBP, ICE, DOL) were on the platform. As far as I can tell, none are. The State Department is a lone wolf howling into the Substack
Dangerousness & the Undocumented by Pratheepan Gulasekaram, 114 Georgetown Law Journal 1 (2026) Abstract The Supreme Court’s most recent Second Amendment opinion, United States v. Rahimi, centers the question of dangerousness in right to bear arms challenges. There, the Court upheld 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), the
At least 7,667 people died or went missing on migration routes worldwide in 2025, according to new data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The figures underscore the continued global scale of the crisis faced by people on the move. IOM is calling for the dismantling of smuggling
Killings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers – including of U.S. citizens – is not new. Gabe Whisnant and Billal Rahman for Newsweek reports that a Texas grand jury declined to indict an ICE agent in the 2025 fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez, a U.S. citizen. The Cameron County