Save the Date: June 5-7, 2026 Duke Law School, Immigration Law Teachers and Scholars Workshop
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Human Rights Watch – US: Victims of Nicaraguan Government Risk Deportation
Human Rights Watch reports that U.S. immigration authorities have detained at least eight Nicaraguan exiles whom the Nicaraguan government stripped of their nationality, including some with pending asylum claims. Seven of the people detained were among 222 political prisoners whom the Nicaraguan government expelled to the United States, declared
The Conversation: US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation
Karen Masterson in The Conversation (US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation) offers interesting historical background to the Supreme Court’s recent decision to temporarily allow the United States to resume deporting migrants to third-country destinations: "[T]he
Immigration Article of the Day: The Derivative Dilemma: The Gendered Role of Dependency in Immigration Law by Veronica Thronson
The Derivative Dilemma: The Gendered Role of Dependency in Immigration Law by Veronica Thronson, 28 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change 147 (2025) Abstract In analyzing the derivative status and its implications for women, in Part I, I look at the role of family in the immigrant
Department of Justice Files Complaint Against the University of Delaware Challenging In-State Tuition for Undocumented Residents
Press release on October 1, 2026 "Today, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the University of Delaware for violating federal law by prioritizing the needs of illegal aliens over U.S. citizens in defiance of Congress’s commands. The Department is challenging the University of Delaware’s