The Conversation on ICE Kevin R. Johnson 25 Jan 2026 — 1 min read The Conversation has had some interesting content on immigration. Here are two articles on ICE:Filming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking – here’s how to minimize the risk Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana UniversityFederal agents have pepper-sprayed, tackled and detained people recording their actions. If you post your recordings of agents, you also risk the feds tracking you and those around you. ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move northKelsey Norman, Rice University; Nicholas R. Micinski, American UniversityMilitarized immigration enforcement used to be confined to near the US-Mexico border, far away from most Americans’ front lawns.
Read AILA's Response to the DHS Open Letter to Immigration Attorneys Last month, James Percival, DHS's General Counsel, wrote an open letter to AILA purporting to blame immigration attorneys for the asylum backlog and characterizing asylum applications as "meritless." AILA's Executive Director Benjamin Johnson's thoughtful response is available here. In it, he writes:
More Deportation Judges Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced another class of judges: 22 permanent and 4 temporary. The names and biographies of the new judges are available here.
There’s been an uptick in ICE arrests in the Bay Area, immigration attorneys warn As election day nears, ICE operations appear to be on the rise. Several attorneys report that several ICE arrests across the Bay Area "reflect increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement." "Bay Area `rapid response' hotlines monitoring immigration arrests have seen an uptick in reports since this weekend, said
Seattle U Students Support Immigration Detainees Through Legal Aid and Advocacy Read here about the good work of Seattle University law school students for immigrants
