Immigration
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Fact Sheets on New Executive Order Banning Travel to the US
Just Security has obtained two documents prepared by the Trump administration to help explain its revised travel ban executive order, which President Donald Trump signed Monday.…
Australia’s Refugee Policy an Opportunity for the ICC to Combat Image of Bias
The president of the International Criminal Court, Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, was in Uganda last week, trying to counter the widespread perception that the Court is “anti-African.”…
Holding the Federal Government in Contempt of Court: What Powers Do Judges Have Over an Administration?
Within a day of the Trump administration’s January 27 travel order, a U.S. district court ordered Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to permit lawyers access to certain detainees…
DO Believe the Hype: DHS’s “Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement” (VOICE) May Target Legal Immigrants Too
In his joint session to Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump highlighted a new immigration policy, which many, many, many mistakenly assume applies only to undocumented…
Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (Feb. 17-24)
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…
Do-Overs and Judicial Legitimacy: Thoughts as We Await the New Immigration Executive Order
All signs indicate the White House will issue a new executive order this week intended to replace its January 27th order that halted entry into the U.S. by nationals of seven predominantly…
The United Divided States: San Francisco Sues Donald Trump for Sanctuary Cities Order
Amidst the well-placed outrage over Trump’s Executive Order selectively banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries – including an array of critiques, lawsuits,…
Trump’s Muslim Ban & the Propaganda Value of Violence Against Women
There has been much well-deserved criticism of President Trump’s Executive Order imposing a Muslim Ban on entry into the United States and the chaotic and non-deliberative process…
4 Quick Thoughts on the 9th Circuit Order re: the Immigration EO
Marty already linked to the Ninth Circuit order affirming the temporary restraining order prohibiting the enforcement of Trump’s immigration Executive Order (EO). Importantly,…
Trump and the Immigration Bureaucracy: Should We Expect Civil Servants to Dissent?
President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) barring entry from seven Muslim majority countries and suspending the refugee resettlement program has sparked public outcry, caused upheaval…
Explainer on Officials in Contempt of Court Orders on #MuslimBan–Tracking All the Cases
In recent days, much of the focus has been on Washington State’s challenge to Trump’s Muslim Ban, which resulted in a nationwide stay upheld by the Ninth Circuit (see here…
[UPDATED: As of Feb. 6th; 6:00 p.m.] Getting a handle on the litigation challenging the seven-nation “travel ban”
The President’s Executive Order is only eight days old, and already there are many cases challenging it in federal court. The suits have been brought by many different…