Immigration Blog

DOJ Vows to Crack Down on Birth Tourism in Response to ‘Birthright’ Opinion

The silver lining in the dark Barbara cloud

Excerpt: Citizenship Follies

Are we going to just have to bar the admission of women from abroad?

The ‘Birthright Opinion’ Is In — and Trump Won’t Like It

Everyone born here — with only limited exceptions — is a U.S. citizen, and immigration hawks will now argue deportations are more important than ever

Explaining Sec. Mullin’s ‘Controversial’ Statements on What ‘Ending TPS’ Means

Immigrant advocates should stop fearmongering, while hawks should focus their fire on the last administration

Excerpt: ABC’s ‘3% delusion’ on criminal migrants turns the law on its head

The Supreme Court Teases as to a President’s Inherent Power over Immigration

DHS Seeking $255k Civil Fine Against Lawyer in Fraudulent Asylum Case

An expansion of ‘briefcase enforcement’, and shady practitioners — and their clients — should beware

SCOTUS Allows the Trump Administration to Remedy Past Abuses of Temporary Protected Status

But it’s a double-edged sword that could facilitate future abuses

Two SCOTUS Victories: One for Trump on TPS, the Other for the English Language on Asylum

The ‘TPS case’ and the ‘asylum entry case’ are in; only the ‘birthright citizenship case’ remains

California Federal Judge Bars ICE from Immigration Court Arrests

Except the INA *requires* immigration enforcement in immigration court