Courthouse News reports that a federal court in Massachusetts ruled that updated policy guidance allowing U.S. immigration enforcement in and around houses of worship unlawfully burdens religious exercise. “It is of course true that the presence of millions of illegal immigrants within the borders of the United States justifies
The beat goes on. The administration did not agree with the ruling that Kilmar Abrego Garcia could not be re-detained by U.S. immigration authorities. Newsweek published this quote: “`If this matter were actually about the law or due process, Kilmar Abrego Garcia would already be deported and would never
UndocuAsians Lived Experiences and Social Movement Activism Across the Diaspora Edited by Kevin Escudero and Rachel Freeman-Wong "UndocuAsians offers a timely contribution to immigration literature. Historically grounded and conceptually rich, the centerpieces are the revelatory stories of individuals who fight for a more humane system. It urges us toward
Head on over to ProPublica for some devastating reporting on family detention: * The Children of Dilley (Feb 9) (the reporter interviewed more than two dozen detainees, half of them kids detained at Dilley — all of whose parents gave me their’ consent.") * reporting on a mom and her 14 year
NPR reports on nine people facing trial today in a Fort Worth, Texas, federal court for a nonfatal shooting outside an ICE detention facility in July 2025. Around a dozen people protested Trump’s immigration crackdown and deportation efforts outside the Prairieland Detention Center. At some point, police and prosecutors
Breakdowns at the Border: Legal Infrastructures and Political Polarization by Jaya Ramji-Nogales Abstract All legal infrastructures are to some extent dysfunctional. An infrastructures lens contemplates the motivations of a range of actors and mechanisms involved in a particular enterprise, foregrounding the underlying structures of power and contests of meaning and
The American Immigration Council critically assesses a Department of Justice (DOJ) interim final rule issued on February 6 that will effectively end appellate review of many immigration court decisions. The rule goes into effect March 9. Many appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) will be summarily dismissed going
Two Rice University freshmen have built a platform to track ICE. ICE Map to logs where enforcement activities are happening in real time. See a story on the platform in The Nation.
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security ran out last week, resulting in the third partial government shutdown in three months. The agency shut down after Congress failed to meet a February 13 deadline to fund DHS. Check out NPR's five things you should know about the shutdown.
After the tragic events in Minneapolis, state/federal tensions are high as states respond in different ways to the Trump administration's so-called mass deportation campaign. Check out this USA Today article summarizing those responses. The bottom line: "While Republican-led states are following the White House's
Bad Bunny made big news with the much-watched Super Bowl half time show. Last week, NPR's Alt.Latino podcast (and here) had an episode about Bad Bunny's career and what it means for Puerto Rico and Latin music's role in the United States. "
Check out this short piece by Jennifer Chacón: Whose Common Sense? Some Reflections on Noem v. Vazquez Perdomo, Verfassunsblog on Matters Constitutional, September 10, 2025 (reprinted by the Border Criminologies blog). Here's the opening paragraph to whet your appetite. On September 8, 2025, in the case of Noem