The Trump administration has given catchy names for immigrant detention facilities — Alligator Alcatraz (now defunct), Speedway Slammer, Deportation Depot, Cornhusker Clink. FOX reports on a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility dubbed “Louisiana Lockup,” part of the
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DHS Terminates 2021 Designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of the 2021 designation of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela, which will expire on Sept. 10, 2025. The termination will be effective 60 days after the publication of the Federal…
Donald Trump’s immigration approval rating falls to second-term low: Poll
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CNN: What we know about the White House push for federal troops in Chicago – and the pushback from local politicians
The Trump administration has been repeating the threats to deploy troops to Chicago and Illinois leaders have just as often stated that the U.S. government’s intervention was unwanted. CNN offers the latest. Other news agencies are highlighting the administration’s threat to…
From the Bookshelves: The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare (Johns Hopkins University Press; Oct 14, 2025).
The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare (Johns Hopkins University Press; Oct 14, 2025).Publisher’s abstractFor more than 60 years, the United States has trained fewer physicians than it needs, relying instead on the economically expedient option…
Immigration Article of the Day: Can States Force ICE to Take Off the Masks? by Noah Chauvin
Noah Chauvin just joined my faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. We plucked him from Widener Law Commonwealth (suck it, Jill Family). Kidding, obviously. But we’re thrilled to welcome Noah to Norman.As it turns out, Noah has…
NPR: 5 things to know about the Alien Enemies Act and Trump’s efforts to use it
World War II poster from Wikimedia CommonsIn teaching and writing about immigration law, I have not paid much attention to the workings of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Rachel Treisman of NPR (updated September 3, 2025) helped me…
Immigration Jobs at Loyola Chicago
Loyola University Chicago School of Law has launched a transformative initiative aimed at educating and empowering students and professionals to tackle one of today’s most urgent social justice issues: global displacement and migration. The Holistic Immigration Hub is housed at…
Justice Department sues Illinois over in-state tuition for undocumented residents
Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Justice websiteCaitlyn Rosen for Courthouse News reports that the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging Illinois’ law allowing in-state tuition and scholarship opportunities to children of undocumented immigrants. Here is the …
Fifth Circuit rejects Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans
Photo from White House WebsiteJan Wolfe for Reuters reports that, in a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from removing a group…