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Immigration Prof Blog
7h ago
A dabbler in immigration law willing to take bold, if not wild, positions, former Professor and Dean John Eastman in the past questioned Kamala Harris's eligibility to be President, argued that birthright citizenship was not required by the U.S. Constitution ..read more
Immigration Prof Blog
7h ago
More news from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Texas Senate Bill 4, a state immigration enforcement measure that has been the subject of a whirlwind of procedural rulings over the last week. Last night, the ..read more
Immigration Prof Blog
7h ago
Dairy farms employ many migrant workers. PBS News Hour reports on how immigrant workers suffer routine injuries and lack protections on U.S. dairy farms. According to the report, many workers feel that employers treat them as less than human, but ..read more
Immigration Prof Blog
1d ago
Juan Caballero, directs the University of Florida’s Immigration Law Clinic., has an interesting take on Texas Governor Greg Abbott's transportation of migrants to northern cities: "While Operation Lone Star has failed to deter border crossings, [Governor] Abbott’s busing program is ..read more
Immigration Prof Blog
1d ago
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore has dominated the last 24 hours news cycle. Newsweek reports that the crew of construction workers who were on the bridge when it collapsed were immigrants from Central America, and described as ..read more
Immigration Prof Blog
2d ago
As we posted last week on the Blog, SB 4 is currently on hold after the Fifth Circuit acted last week. If allowed to go into effect, the law would allow local law enforcement officers to enforce immigration law, Texas ..read more
Immigration Prof Blog
2d ago
A poignant story in the New York Times by Deborah Sontag (‘Yo Soy la Mamá’: A Migrant Mother’s Struggle to Get Back Her Son) of our laws at work Olga, a Honduran immigrant, was separated her 5-year-old son, Ricardo. After ..read more
Immigration Prof Blog
2d ago
Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice website As NBC News has reported, "President Joe Biden’s Justice Department has ordered leaders of the immigration judges union to seek supervisor permission before speaking, which some lawmakers and union leaders see ..read more
Immigration Prof Blog
3d ago
Here is a new museum to visit in New York City. The Tenement Museum pays tribute to those often-invisible immigrants and workers struggling through poverty to establish a home. Michelle Miller for CBS News reports on the stories told at ..read more
Immigration Prof Blog
4d ago
I have always been struck how so much of the political debate over immigration focuses on the alleged economic costs. Little attention is paid to the economic benefits of immigration, which are highlighted in this short news article. "The recent ..read more