Lunn v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds that Local Law Enforcement Lacks Authority to Detain Pursuant to ICE Detainers.
Vol. 131 No. 2
Immigration
Maslenjak v. United States
Vol. 131 No. 1
Fifty years ago, in the landmark decision Afroyim v. Rusk, the Supreme Court enshrined a fundamental guarantee: the government cannot involuntarily strip native-born U.S....
Equality, Sovereignty, and the Family in Morales-Santana
Vol. 131 No. 1
In Sessions v. Morales-Santana, the Supreme Court encountered a body of citizenship law that has long relied on family membership in the construction of...
Immigration, Federal Authority, and City Hall
Cities are once again center stage in our national debate over immigration. A decade ago, the focus was on whether cities can participate in...
Reforming Criminal Justice in an Era of Mass Deportation
During the Obama administration, officials deported a record number of immigrants, immigrant detention ballooned, and immigration crimes became the majority of federal prosecutions. Since...
Immigration and the Bully Pulpit
Vol. 130 No. 7
One evening in early February, I sat in a nondescript hall in a local community center in a Southern California city. This city is...
Lyon v. ICE
California District Court Finds Due Process May Include Right of Access to Counsel for Detained Noncitizens.
Vol. 130 No. 3
Luna Torres v. Lynch
Vol. 130 No. 1
“A Prison Is a Prison Is a Prison”
Mandatory Immigration Detention and the Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel
Vol. 129 No. 2
The Department of Homeland Security’s Authority to Prioritize Removal of Certain Aliens Unlawfully Present in the United States and to Defer Removal of Others
Office of Legal Counsel Issues Opinion Endorsing President Obama's Executive Order on Deferred Action for Parental Accountability.
Vol. 128 No. 8