The Conversation: ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive

ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive In the Conversation, Michael J. Lansing and Yohuru Williams write about whether, in Minnesota, can constitutional protections withstand the actions of a federal government seemingly intent on

Immigration Article of the Day: Lessons for Birthright Citizenship from Suspension of Deportation by Gerald L. Neuman

Lessons for Birthright Citizenship from Suspension of Deportation by Gerald L. Neuman Abstract      Although much has been written about why Donald Trump's Executive Order purporting to abolish birthright citizenship for children of unlawfully present or temporarily present parents violates the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, there is

Third Edition of Immigration and Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies

Immigration and Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies Third Edition by Lenni B. Benson, Stephen W. Yale-Loehr, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia Here is the publisher's description of the new edition: "The third edition of Immigration and Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies has been updated significantly to capture changing immigration

Deportation Data Project Report: Immigration Enforcement in the First Nine Months of the Second Trump Administration

Check out this Deportation Data Project report by Graeme Blair and David Hausman. Here is the Executive Summary: "The number of deportations from within the United States, away from the border, increased by a factor of 4.6 during the first nine months of the second Trump administration (the

Urban Institute: Public Comment on Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

Writing in response to a request for comment from the Department of Homeland Security on the issue of “Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility,” Urban Institute experts raise concerns based on prior research that the proposed rule would reduce participation in essential health, nutrition, and other programs among low-income families with

Record Number of Immigrant Detentions

The number of people held in ICE detention as of Jan. 24, according to a new data release. That number is the highest on public record, and the first time the number of detained individuals has surpassed 70,000, writes ImmProf blogger Austin Kocher on his Substack.

Lawsuit Challenges Immigration "Pause" on 75 Nations

Documented reports that, earlier this week, a group of U.S. citizens, aspiring immigrants and legal groups sued the Trump administration over its 75-country visa freeze, which has shut down nearly half of all legal immigration to the U.S.   Filed in federal district court in Manhattan, the suit marks

Associated Press: Tensions Remain High in Minnesota

Immigration agents draw guns and arrest activists following them in Minneapolis Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested activists who were trailing their vehicles on Tuesday in Minneapolis, while education leaders described anxiety and fear in Minnesota schools from the ongoing federal sweeps. Read more.

The Conversation: Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might changeI

In Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change, Claire Leavitt notes that, although Congress has handed ICE a blank check, dramatically increasing its funding without exercising oversight, that is changing. Congress yesterday avoided another prolonged government shutdown by Department of Homeland Security funding is in the

Spain Offers a Path to Regularize the Status of 500,000 Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Choosing a Path of "Dignity, Community, and Justice"

Pedro Sánchez, Spain's Prime Minister, has announced a decree that will offer a pathway to regularize the immigration status of 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. In this powerful post on social media from this weekend, PM Sánchez explains that the people who Spain is choosing to

Comment: Preempted or Permitted? State Immigration Enforcement, Federal Preemption, and the Future of Immigration Policy by Aryn Kerr

Aryn Kerr is a 3L at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Her comment – Preempted or Permitted? State Immigration Enforcement, Federal Preemption, and the Future of Immigration Policy – has just been published. 78 Oklahoma Law Review 239 (2026). Here is the introduction: Tensions between the states and our federal

Immigrants in California

The Public Policy Institute of California has released a report by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Hans Johnson with lots of information about immigrants in California. Some key points: California is home to 10.9 million immigrants. It has the highest share of immigrants of any state—more than double the