Interior Enforcement

What Is Immigration Policy Expected to Look Like in a Biden Administration?

What would Biden’s immigration agenda mean for asylum, enforcement, and legal pathways?

Trump's Promise of Millions of Deportations Is Yet to Be Fulfilled

Despite 400-plus executive actions during its first term, the Trump administration deported significantly fewer unauthorized immigrants than the Obama administration did.

Dismantling and Reconstructing the U.S. Immigration System: A Catalog of Changes under the Trump Presidency

The Trump administration took more than 400 immigration executive actions during its first term, curtailing legal and unauthorized immigration and dismantling humanitarian protections.

As #DefundThePolice Movement Gains Steam, Immigration Enforcement Spending and Practices Attract Scrutiny

U.S. immigration enforcement spending outpaces all major federal criminal agencies combined, but accountability, oversight, and transparency have not kept pace with the dramatic growth.

As the Trump Administration Seeks to Remove Families, Due-Process Questions over Rocket Dockets Abound

Accelerated "rocket" dockets for families yielded 80 percent in absentia removal orders by mid-2019, exposing due-process failures around court notice and access to counsel.

Will Immigration Reform Ever Succeed Again? The Legacy of IRCA & Its Enduring Lessons

This provocative discussion showcases Charles Kamasaki's book, Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die, and explores the lessons that can be learned from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, its intended and unintended consequences, and how the law’s legacy has shaped contemporary politics surrounding immigration.

Immigration-Related Policy Changes in the First Two Years of the Trump Administration

During the first half of its first term, the Trump administration pursued a broad immigration agenda primarily through executive action.

Policy Options for Responding to Changing Migration Flows at the Southwest Border

Transnational Organized Crime Groups, Immigration, and Border Security: Connections, Distinctions, and Proposals for Effective Policy

Cambios en el Panorama de Control Migratorio Interno Durante la Administración Trump

Un seminario en el que se analiza el funcionamiento del actual sistema de control en el interior del país y cómo están respondiendo los gobiernos estatales y locales, la sociedad civil y los consulados.