Tag: Immigration
The Current State of United States Birthright Citizenship
(Source) On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” Within this executive order, President Trump claims that the Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted in a way that would grant citizenship to everyone who is born within the United States. Instead, President Trump asserts …
20 Mar 2025
Decades-long waits for green card if you were born in the “wrong” country
About the Author: Ray Fang is a second-year law student at Cornell Law Student. Ray’s family experienced a lengthy wait and had to resort to litigation to get their immigration case adjudicated and approved.
27 Oct 2022
We Need an Afghan Adjustment Act
About the Author: Amy Godshall is a second-year law student at Cornell Law School. She has worked on various Afghan immigration cases under the supervision of Cornell Law School professor Stephen Yale-Loehr.
19 Apr 2022
Free From Charge: Revamping the Public Charge Rule
About the Author: Nicole Belenitsky is a second-year student at Cornell Law School. Nicole graduated from the Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College where she studied Political Science as well as Communication Studies with a focus on rhetoric and public advocacy. She is an Online Associate for Cornell Law School’s Journal of Law and Public…
8 Dec 2021
Oppression at Home, Rejection Abroad: How U.S. Immigration Law Disappoints Cuba’s White Coat Army
(Source) Introduction Since February of 2020, more than 200,000 people in the United States alone have died with COVID-19. Experts estimate over a million people have died with the virus worldwide and according to the World Health Organization, one in ten worldwide may have contracted the virus at some point. As the U.S. and the…
31 Oct 2020
The Public Charge and the Pandemic: What Happens When the Dust Settles?
(Source) On July 29th, the Southern District of New York (“Southern District”) enjoined the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) from enforcing, applying, or implementing the Trump Administration’s new public charge rule from taking effect during the COVID-19 national health emergency. Responding to the injunction, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) stated that the 1999…
24 Aug 2020
Separating Federal Immigration Enforcement from Community-Oriented Policing: How the COPS Grant Program Misses the Mark
(Source) Combating illegal immigration has become a cornerstone of the Trump administration’s agenda. President Trump has frequently touted the allegedly threatening impact of immigration on crime and the economy to justify ramping up federal immigration enforcement efforts. However, many jurisdictions have adopted an implicit policy of obstructing such efforts by refusing to disclose information on…
29 May 2020
Immigration Struggle: Can States Resist Trump on Immigration?
This two-part blog seeks to briefly trace the origins of modern immigration law, examine the failure of state-based immigration policies during the Obama administration, and predict the likelihood of success for state resistance against Trump’s crackdown on immigration.
26 Oct 2018
Constitutionality of DACA Rescission
On September 5, the current administration rescinded the guarantee to many young people currently in America illegally that the government would not interfere with their work or studies. This program, known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (or DACA) was designed to allow young undocumented immigrants, brought to America illegally, work permits and safety…
1 Oct 2017
States Push Back Against Peaceful Protests (Part One)
In the wake of President Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, millions of protestors took to the streets across the country to voice their concerns and grievances involving Trump’s immigration stance. While Muslims and Muslim support groups are encouraged by and grateful for the support provided by protestors across the country, Republican…
28 Mar 2017