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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
President Trump halts most traffic on U.S. border with Mexico
The U.S. and Mexico have agreed to restrict all nonessential travel across their shared border in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, President Trump said yesterday, adding…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Coronavirus Is Spreading across Borders, But It Is Not a Migration Problem
Travel bans, border closures, and other migration management tools did not prove effective at blocking COVID-19 from spreading across international borders. Indeed, the virus is now in every corner of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Patrol Labor Leader: Coronavirus pandemic requires US to adopt new policy to quickly deport illegal immigrants, Trump administration weighing sealing the southern border
Nobody would seriously disputre that the spread of coronavirus is a national crisis. As has happened in response to past calamities, such as the repatriation of an estimated one millions…
Tax Withholding & Reporting
COVID-19 Emergency Declaration: Code Section 139 Uncertain; Leave-Sharing Policies Permitted
By Marianna G. Dyson, S. Michael Chittenden
UPDATE: We have provided an updated analysis of the issues surrounding the availability of Section 139. Our original post is below. On March 13, 2020, the President declared the COVID-19…
The Right Coast
Yes, A Border Wall Will Help Contain The Coronavirus
Now consider Mexico, a country with weak and corrupt government at all levels, no ability to enforce quarantines, and virtually no public health system. From the standpoint of dealing with…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Pew Research Center: How border apprehensions, ICE arrests and deportations have changed under Trump
The Pew Research Center released a new analysis of federal data on border apprehensions, interior arrests and deportations to examine how immigration policies have changed under the Trump administration.John Gramlich…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Mexico Tightens Border After Trump Pardons White-Collar Criminals
Over at the New Yorker, satirist Andy Borowitz warns that Mexican border agents have been "on alert to prevent any recipients of Trump’s pardons from crossing into their country."Mexico's President…
Ogden Glazer + Schaefer Blog
Risk: Traveling Internationally With Your Cell Phone & Laptop
Spoiler alert everyone – I’m in Europe right now. Special thanks to my awesome business partners, Erin Ogden and Jeff Glazer, for making this trip possible. As all business owners…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Crossing Borders and Managing Identities
Crossing Borders and Managing Racialized Identities: Experiences of Security and Surveillance Among Young Canadian MuslimsLike other western nations, th[e] securitization of the Canadian border is increasingly justified through a highly…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DNA Collection at the Border Threatens the Privacy of All Americans
MoralesCheck out this NYT op-ed by immprof Daniel Morales (Houston) with prawfs Natalie Ram (Maryland) and Jessica Roberts (Houston): DNA Collection at the Border Threatens the Privacy of All Americans.The…