Matter of A-B-
Attorney General Garland Vacates Matter of A-B-
Vol. 135 No. 4
Immigration
Re-setting Gender-Based Asylum Law
The United States has long recognized the duty to protect refugees and prevent their return to persecution or torture. Indeed, the United States is...
Making Immigration Law
Vol. 134 No. 8
Introduction Every scholar, writer, and observer must strive constantly to balance knowing something very well and not letting that knowledge be so confining that...
De Pena-Paniagua v. Barr
First Circuit Indicates Receptiveness to Gender Per Se Social Groups.
Vol. 134 No. 7
In the Best Interests of the Child Asylum-Seeker: A Threat to Family Unity
Vol. 134 No. 4
Children need family. And children need safety. The “best interests of the child” principle attempts to balance those needs in child protection disputes, asking...
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
Vol. 134 No. 1
The Trump Administration’s hostility to immigration has raised new questions about whether and how far courts should look past government actors’ stated intentions. In...
When Immigration Detention Endangers the Community
One week ago, immigrants’ rights groups filed an emergency motion seeking the release of noncitizens nationwide who are detained and vulnerable to the disease....
Matter of L-E-A-
Attorney General Overrules Finding of Family as a Social Group.
Vol. 133 No. 4
Recent Proposed Rule: DNA-Sample Collection from Immigration Detainees
The Trump Administration’s targeting of immigrants is no secret. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) “announced that in fiscal year 2019 (FY19),...
Nielsen v. Preap
Vol. 133 No. 1
Immigration law is, and long has been, an anomaly within the American legal landscape. Arguably no other public law domain is “so radically insulated...