Congress never built a path from temporary status to permanent residence, leaving many people facing deportation with little recourse.
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Two new executive orders take aim at aspects of birthright citizenship the high court did not address in its June 2026 ruling.
Anti-immigration critics seized on the Ceuta migrant situation as evidence of the failure of soft policies, but in reality the bloc has become far more restrictionist in the past decade.
Under a proposed policy – a departure from longtime practice that would cause significant disruption – green card applicants would no longer be able to apply for legal status from inside the US.
The Heritage Foundation released a policy document in February 2026 that spells out how states can try to challenge a 1982 Supreme Court ruling that enshrined immigrant students’ right to attend school.
A new DHS policy could result in the detention of thousands of people who have lawful immigration status.
When protesters experience repression and violence, whether or not they have legal education can help determine continued involvement in a protest movement.
While federal immigrant agents need to produce a judicial warrant to enter a classroom, they can freely operate in public spaces at and around schools.
District courts have dismissed the administration’s efforts to detain virtually all undocumented immigrants without a bond hearing while they await deportation proceedings.
Not letting undocumented students pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities can make the cost of a college education prohibitive.
While some students living in the US without legal authorization can apply for private scholarships or state-based financial aid, a growing number of states are changing the rules.
A former FBI agent-turned-scholar says using National Guard troops to reduce crime in cities such as Chicago and Baltimore would violate legal prohibitions against domestic military law enforcement.
Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.
The non-citizens in the NZYQ group cannot be returned to their country of origin. But sending them to Nauru just pushes the issue onto a poorer country.
After his predecessors failed to diminish the US population of undocumented immigrants, President Trump is attempting to drastically reduce that population via unprecedented tactics.
Alligator Alcatraz represents a significant departure from past Florida policy regarding immigration.
A federal judge had previously blocked the Trump administration’s plans to deport immigrants to third-country destinations, but some of them have remained detained in another African county, Djibouti.
History shows that building the trust of immigrants is an effective tactic in combating local crime and making entire communities safer.
There’s no one set legal definition for sanctuary cities and other places with these policies. But they often limit local coordination with federal immigration authorities.
Three federal judges have struck down Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship since he signed it in January 2025. Now, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, College of Charleston
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Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies & Baker Institute Political Science Fellow, Rice University
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law, Hofstra University
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Professor of Law, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor of Law, Temple University
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and Founding Director, Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross