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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
District Court Halts DACA Repeal
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolJudge William Alsup (N.D. Cal.) yesterday issued a preliminary injunction requiring the Trump Administration "to maintain the DACA program on a nationwide basis on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Beyond DACA – Defying Employer Sanctions Through Civil Disobedience by Bill Ong Hing
Beyond DACA – Defying Employer Sanctions Through Civil Disobedience by Bill Ong HingUC Davis Law Review (forthcoming 2018)AbstractThe fact that DACA recipients — and essentially all Dreamers — have become…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA RESCISSION ENJOINED!
A federal judge last night temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that shields from removal approximately 800,000 undocumented immigrants who…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Fix or Government Shutdown on the Horizon?
All eyes are on the U.S. Congress. There are noises that, absent a congressional fix for the DACA recipients, we may see a "shutdown" of the U.S. government.Stephen Collinson on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Pence in a Meeting on Immigration with Republican Members of the Senate
President Trump and Vice President Pence today issued a statement on potential immigration legislation. The bottom line from the White House:"[O]ur position has been clear and very clear from the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Three Former DHS Secretaries to Congress: Now is the Time for a DACA Fix
Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael ChertoffThe New York Times reports that three former homeland security secretaries warned congressional leaders and officials of both parties today that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Center for Immigration Studies on “DACA Fix” Legislation
Here is what the Center for Immigration Studies ("Low-immigration, pro-immigrant"). It offers an idea of what President Trump and some Republicans in Congress may seek in a "DACA fix."KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Fix May be Costly — Funding “the Wall,” Restricting Family Immigration, Eliminating Diversity Visas
The pressure builds for Congress to pass a DACA fix. But, according to news accounts, it appears that any relief for the DACA recipients will be costly.In an interview with…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Legal Services Toolkit
In response to the urgent DACA crisis, the Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law has prepared a DACA Legal Services Toolkit for legal services providers, pro bono attorneys, BIA…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NPR’s Five Immigration Stories to Watch in 2018
NPR identifies five immigration stories to watch in 2018:1. DACA2. Travel ban3. Border wall4. Sanctuary cities5. Employer crackdown. So far, the administration's enforcement efforts have focused mostly on immigrants themselves, not…