US Immigration News & Commentary

What happened to the roughly 1,500 individuals taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a typical work day? According to the latest ICE data compiled by TRAC, two out of three — around 1,000 — were "removed",... […]

More than 100 influential conservative economists released an open letter to Congressional leadership today supporting immigration reform and touting its economic and budgetary benefits for America. The letter, led by American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin, includes a who's who... […]

Observed federal judges sentence noncitizens for illegal re-entry (8 U.S.C 1326) cases. Listened to a federal prosecutor talk about how he exercises prosecutorial discretion. Heard a public defense attorney discuss how Padilla v. Kentucky affected his practice. Ate pizzas with... […]

The skyrocketing criminal prosecutions of migrants for illegally entering or reentering the United States carry huge human and financial costs, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Imprisoning migrants with minor or no criminal records before deporting them... […]

Matthew Bender® is pleased to announce that the 2013 honoree for the Daniel Levy Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Immigration Law is PROF. ALINA DAS. Alina Das, Assistant Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law,... […]

The University of Chicago Law Review symposium on Immigration Law and Institutional Design is now available online. Introduction Adam B. Cox, Richard A. Epstein & Eric A. Posner What Makes the Family Special? Kerry Abrams Sharing the Risks and Rewards... […]

From the Asian American Justice Center: Asian American Groups Applaud Sen. Hirono for Work on Family Immigration Sen. Hirono offers amendment that would address family immigration by considering extreme hardships WASHINGTON--The Asian American Center for Advancing Justice--Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago,... […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to send S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, on to the full Senate. In several lengthy sessions, the Committee considered nearly 300 amendments, of which more than 100 were... […]

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected the Attorney General’s ruling that immigration courts can look beyond the record of conviction to determine if a conviction is a “crime involving moral turpitude.” See Olivas-Motta v.... […]

As I blogged previously, the third day of the border course in El Paso focused on understanding the federal government's power to remove noncitizens from the United States. We spent most of our afternoon on May 21 observing non-detained cases... […]