Impacts of Federal Policy Actions on Immigration

Featuring David Hernández

Hernández discusses the expansion of immigration detention facilities, including a plan to spend $38.3 billion to increase detention beds to 92,600 nationwide.

Published in BorderReport on February 24th, 2026

By Aubrey Jackson Soller

Soller writes in support of two Maryland bills that would bar state and local agencies from partnering with ICE on immigration enforcement.

Published in The Baltimore Sun on February 3rd, 2026

Eighteen scholars from Maine SSN submitted testimony to the state legislature on LD 2106, a bill that would limit federal immigration enforcement actions in sensitive public spaces without proper judicial review.

Published on January 27th, 2026 

By Laura Enriquez

Enriquez shares how immigration enforcement harms students and families, and outlines steps legislators and educators can take to support families.

Published in EdSource on September 9th, 2025

By Nancy Hiemstra & Deirdre Conlon

Hiemstra and Conlon warn that Florida’s new “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center exemplifies the profit-driven cruelty of the U.S. immigration system.

Published in Newsweek on July 28th, 2025

By Lissette Aliaga Linares & Athena Ramos

Linares and Ramos point to Omaha’s recent worksite immigration raid as a symptom of the failures of the current immigration system.

Published in Nebraska Examiner on July 17th, 2025

By Jules Boykoff

Boykoff warns that Trump's politicization of the military jeopardizes the LA28 Olympics and threatens Los Angeles residents.

Published in The Guardian on July 4th, 2025

By Ernesto Castañeda

Castañeda argues that Congress should remove the proposed 3.5% remittance tax from the "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" because it unfairly penalizes immigrants who contribute significantly to the U.S. economy.

Published June 20th, 2025

By Charis Kubrin

Kubrin shows that immigration enforcement policies are based on a false link between immigration and crime and calls for evidence-based approaches that promote public safety and community well-being, rather than fear or misinformation.

Published on June 6th, 2025

By Matthew Blanton

Blanton argues that while Republicans acknowledge the crisis of declining birthrates, their anti-immigration policies undercut the most effective solution to sustaining the U.S. population and economy.

Published in The Fulcrum on May 16th, 2025

By Matthew Boaz

Boaz critiques the Kentucky attorney general’s support for a legal brief that would allow residents to be deported without a hearing, calling it unconstitutional.

Published in the Courier Journal on May 9th, 2025

By Matthew Boaz

Boaz warns that the Trump administration is claiming unchecked deportation powers that could endanger even U.S. citizens, undermining due process and constitutional protections.

Published in Newsweek on April 17th, 2025

By Sarah Bruhn 

Bruhn argues that sanctuary policies are essential not only for public safety and economic stability, but also for upholding justice and human rights amid rising anti-immigrant crackdowns.

Published in The Progressive on March 25th, 2025

By Kristina Fullerton Rico

Rico explores the widespread psychological and social effects of deportation threats—even among those not directly targeted.

Published in The Conversation on February 19th, 2025

By Elizabeth Aranda and Liz Venture Molina

Findings from a new report on Florida’s anti-immigrant law illustrate the sweeping harm such policies cause—offering a preview of what may come under federal shifts.

Published in Newsweek on January 22nd, 2025

By Felicia Arriaga

Arriaga details how North Carolina’s state and local agencies collaborate with ICE and urges policymakers to increase oversight and transparency to protect immigrant communities.

Published on January 21st, 2025

By William Lopez

Drawing on research into past ICE raids, Lopez warns of the long-term trauma and destabilization these tactics bring to entire communities.

Published in The Hill on December 4th, 2024