The Dystopian World Of Operation Lone Star And Its Challenge To Arizona V. United States by Bill Ong HingAbstractWelcome to the dystopian world of Operation Lone Star, the brainchild of Texas Governor Abbot.
In early November 2024, Abbott’s office
The Conversation: Federal threats against local officials who don’t cooperate with immigration orders could be unconstitutional − Justice Antonin Scalia ruled against similar plans
Last week, the Trump administration threatened state and local officials who “obstruct” federal immigration enforcement measures. In The Conversation (“Federal threats against local officials who don’t cooperate with immigration orders could be unconstitutional − Justice Antonin Scalia ruled against
Immigration Article of the Day: The Subfederal in Immigration Polarization by Huyen Pham and Van H. Pham
The Subfederal in Immigration Polarization by Huyen Pham and Van H. Pham, Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 33-89, 2024 AbstractThe framing of subfederal immigration regulation as a red- blue divide is conventional wisdom. As
Albany Law Review Symposium: From Arizona v. United States to Now: The Status of Immigration Federalism
Albany Law Review, Vol. 88, announces its 2025 symposium:From Arizona v. United States to Now: The Status of Immigration FederalismFriday, February 7, 2025 at 2:30pm EST on the Albany Law campus and on Zoom, with a reception to follow.Registration
High Court Lets Texas Run its own Immigration Policy, for now
The Supreme Court today allowed Texas's S.B. 4, the state's effort to regulate immigration, to go into effect, at least temporarily. The ruling came with no explanation from the Court, though several justices wrote separately (as below).The cases, United States
Immigration Article of the Day: Immigration Enforcement Preemption by Pratheepan Gulasekaram
Florida Senate passes a bill aimed at boosting immigration enforcement
Justice Kennedy: State Immigration Enforcement Laws and Arizona v. United States
NYT Op-Ed by Peter Markowitz: Trump Can’t Stop the Sanctuary Movement
Cyrus Mehta: Cross Currents In Federal Preemption of State and Local Immigration Law Under Trump
