This Article introduces to legal scholarship a new horizon for pro-immigrant scholarship and
advocacy: deportation abolition. The ever-present threat of deportation shapes the daily …

Although his administration removed a record number of immigrants,'President Barack
Obama's immigration record probably will be most remembered for his extension of deferred …

Opponents of-and sometimes advocates for-sanctuary policies describe them as
obstructions to the operation of federal immigration law. This premise is flawed. On the better …

Immigration scholarship has begun to explore the prominence of shadow removals-
deportations that are executed by front-line agency officials acting outside the presence of …

Both the campaign and subsequent election of Donald Trump have brought about marked
changes in the overall tone of American political discourse. It is thought that these changes …

The legal profession is notoriously elitist. Numerous commentators have critiqued and
discussed elitism within the profession.'The structure of legal education plays a role in …

When I was a deputy federal public defender in Los Angeles, I represented many individuals
who were charged with the federal crime of illegal reentry.'One client in particular still stands …

Expedited removal proceedings are truncated immigration decisions presided over by
executive agents who are also imbued with the power to decide when such proceedings can …

The Supreme Court's recent ruling in Department ofHomeland Security (DHS) v. Regents'
exposes the equal protection doctrine's failure to reach one of the most entrenched systems …

Recent figures estimate roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants live in the US (Baker,
2018; Capps, Fix, & Zong, 2016), 1,101,061 of which have pending immigration court cases …