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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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The Right Coast
As DACA ends, deportation proceedings begin
While the decision is still technically hung up at the Supreme Court, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) remains on track to come to an end. Absent some sort of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Top 10 Immigration Stories of the Decade
Many "best of the decade" lists (see, e.g., TV shows novels movies) are appearing in newspapers and the blogosphere. Here is a quick stab at the top ten immigration stories…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Trump administration begin to ramp up DACA removals?
There are reports in several states (here, here, here) that the Trump administration is seeking to initiate removal proceedings against Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients. Such actions cannot help…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Top 10 Immigration Stories of 2019
2019 had many big immigration stories. The big news at the ImmigrationProf blog was the addition of a new superstar blogger. Welcome Professor Ming Hsu Chen to the ImmigrationProf Blog!If…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Strict Scrutiny Podcast: The DACA Arguments in the Supreme Court
The future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. The three consolidated DACA cases are the most significant immigration cases before…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Perchance to DREAM: A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA by Michael A. Olivas
Perchance to DREAM: A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA by Michael A. Olivas . With a foreword by former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. To…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Border Wars by Julie Hirschfield Davis and Michael D. Shear
After learning from an article in The New Yorker that Acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke provided her short memo justifying the DACA rescission because she did not support the more…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Sorry Mr. President, Americans Get Arrested More Often Than DACA Applicants
Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute takes on President Trump's suggestion that many DACA recipients are "very tough, hardened criminals" and shows that they commit crime at a lower rate…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Enter at Your Own Risk: Criminalizing Asylum-Seekers by Thomas M. McDonnell and Vanessa H. Merton
Enter at Your Own Risk: Criminalizing Asylum-Seekers by Thomas M. McDonnell and Vanessa H. Merton, 51 Columbia Human Rights Law Review (2019)AbstractIn nearly three years in office, President Donald J.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Guest Post: RELIANCE INTERESTS AND FUTURE DACA LITIGATION by Geoffrey A. Hoffman
RELIANCE INTERESTS AND FUTURE DACA LITIGATION by Geoffrey A. Hoffman*During the recent oral argument before the Supreme Court, strong reliance interests were raised on the part of DACA recipients. The…