On Friday, September 8, I moderated a panel at Cornell Law School analyzing President Trump’s immigration executive actions. The panelists were three eminent constitutional law scholars: Michael Dorf from Cornell, Ilya Somin from George Mason, and Eric...

I spoke with various media outlets in the wake of Tuesday's news that the Trump administration would phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The program, introduced under Obama, was a stop-gap way to prioritize who would be put...

(Photo: WKYC-TV) I was quoted in USA Today in an article covering a recent deportation case. More and more under the Trump administration we are seeing undocumented immigrants being deported solely on the basis of having illegal status. Under the Obama...

“It is very difficult to win a case challenging searches at the border. Border Patrol officials have broad authority at ports of entry,” I said in a recent article on time.com. “Courts have often ruled against citizens alleging that their constitutional rights have...

The Supreme Court has announced the redefined travel ban will take effect the evening of June 29 with a more narrow definition of what constitutes a close family tie. Under the new rule, a son-in-law or step-sister counts, but a grandfather or aunt does not. I...

I was quoted in various news articles on June 26 in the midst of the Supreme Court's travel ban order. I also spoke about the Court’s order setting rearmament in an immigration detention case.  All of the articles are accessible via the links below: Travel ban quotes:...

I was quoted in a USA Today article on President Trump's extreme vetting efforts. I said some countries willing to cooperate with new visa vetting procedures may not have the technological capabilities the U.S. demands, and that the U.S. should be realistic in...

I co-authored an op-ed for World Refugee Day, held on June 20th. In our current political climate, some consider refugees a security threat and a drain on national resources. This piece discusses how America benefits economically, socially, and morally by accepting...

I joined fellow Cornell faculty members on a panel addressing immigration issues under the new administration. We received many audience questions on current policies and the complications of migrating to the U.S. and crossing its borders. In response to one question,...

"It’s very unusual — almost unprecedented — that ICE would arrest an asylum applicant who is at a U.S.C.I.S. office waiting for their asylum interview," I said in an article by The New York Times. Read the full story...