Among the top agendas of the current Trump administration is the implementation of a series of reforms to conventional immigration law and practice. These reforms include a sharp uptick of arrests and deportations for illegal immigrants, attempts to ban entry to certain Muslim countries, and, of course, plans to build […]
Constitutional Law
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The Fourteenth Amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” This guarantees citizenship to many who are born within the United States. This clause extends citizenship regardless of […]
The United States Attorney General has the power to refer cases that are pending appellate review from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to themselves for review.[2] This process is called “referral and review.”[3] In the past, Attorneys General rarely used this power.[4] But in his short-lived tenure as Attorney […]