Immigration Law and Policy

A recent study found that, in the University of California and California State University systems, the enrollment of undocumented students has decreased significantly in the last few years as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy has be

As expected, last night's debate between the two Vice Presidential candidates, touched on immigration. While the debate was relatively civil and policy-oriented, the discussion of immigration got a bit tense at times.

CBS News summarized the discussion on immigration as follows:

Each year, at the end of the Supreme Court Term in June, I summarize the Supreme Court's immigration decisions from the current Term.  See Immigration in the Supreme Court, 2022 Term.  This post summarizes the Court's immigration decisions from the 2023 Term.  The Court has four remaining cases, wit

The Chicago Café in Woodland is the oldest Chinese restaurant in California – and possibly the United States – an interdisciplinary UC Davis research project led by Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin has found.

2023 has been an exciting year in U.S. immigration law and enforcement.  Here is my ImmigrationProf Top 10 Immigration Stories of 2023.  By way of comparison, here are the Top 10 Immigration News Stories of 2022.

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"Citizenship Outside the Courts"

-Catherine Y. Kim, Brooklyn Law School

"Border Enforcement as State-Created Danger"

-Jenny-Brooke Condon, Seton Hall Law School
-Lori A. Nessel, Seton Hall Law School

"When Migrants Mobilize Against Labor Exploitation: Evidence from the Italian Farmlands"

-Gemma Dipoppa, Brown University, Political Science

"Europeans’ Attitudes Towards Displaced Populations: Evidence From a Conjoint Experiment on Support for Temporary Protection"

Presidential campaign 2024 will be heating up and immigration will no doubt be discussed  Former President Donald Trump is rattling the sabers of tough immigration policies.   Several debates of Republican candidates for President have been held.  The candidates predictably talked tough on border enforcement.

2022 has been an exciting year in immigration law and enforcement.  It probably will be most remembered for

(1) the efforts of (and courts' resistance to) the Biden administration to roll back the Trump administration's immigration measures; and

(2) the publicity stunts of the governors of Texas and Florida to show that the Biden administration was not effectively enforcing the immigration laws. 

In the very last decision of its latest term, the Supreme Court released a major ruling that not only clears a barrier to ending a signature policy of the Trump administration but also signals that the future of immigration policy is in the hands of the electorate.