On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump followed through on a vile campaign promise, and issued his first Muslim ban, creating chaos and protest around the nation’s airports. Four years later, President-elect Joe Biden pledged to repeal the Muslim ban on his first day in office, a promise that was…

DACA or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a policy announced in 2012 and over the last eight years has enabled more than 800,000 people who entered the United States before the age of 16, are in school or graduated, and meet other requirements to receive a type of prosecutorial…

On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a long awaited decision in DACA or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The decision was authored by Chief Justice Roberts in a 5–4 opinion holding that DACA is reviewable by the Court. On the merits, the Court held that the agency’s (Department…

January 27, 2020 marks the three-year anniversary of the “travel” or “Muslim” ban, enacted first as an executive order and most recently as a presidential proclamation. There were three different versions of the ban, but the latest one, operational since December 4, 2017, was upheld by the U.S. Supreme…

As you plan for your trip home for the holidays, why not order the audio version of my latest book, Banned: Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump,from NYU Press? Spend some of that travel time learning about the law behind the immigration headlines. Through interviews with key stakeholders…

On November 12, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in the case of DACA, or more specifically “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.” The arguments centered on the termination of DACA, not on the legality of DACA itself (though in several ways the two…

Read an amicus brief on DACA led by Steptoe Johnson in collaboration with Dean Kevin Johnson (UC Davis School of Law), Professor Michael A. Olivas (University of Houston Law Center), and Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia (Penn State Law-University Park) filed with the Supreme Court today (10/4) on behalf of…

PDF Link: https://pennstatelaw.psu.edu/sites/default/files/LawProfessorLetterNOBANActFinal.pdf March 29, 2019 Chairman Lindsey Graham Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate 290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate 331 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Chairman Jerold Nadler Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives 2132 Rayburn House Office Building Washington…

The 2016 election is consequential and has instilled great concern in immigrant communities. Following Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders and policies on immigration, some of which have been followed by implementation guidelines by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ). Below are…