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Haiyun Damon-Feng
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Assistant Professor, Cardozo School of Law. Thinking and writing about administrative law, immigration, executive power, and race.
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In a forthcoming article, I explain how this program - ISAP - works as a form of “conscripted surveillance,” forcing immigrants into oppressive conditions of carceral control that turn them into beacons of community surveillance, giving ICE info that can be used for mass arrests and deportations.
April 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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"While the Government enjoys significant discretion in administering [the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program], that discretion does not extend to abandoning statutory obligations or rendering the program effectively inoperative."

Opinion and order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1. INTRODUCTION 2 This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary 3 Injunction on Supplemental Pleading. Dkt. No. 57. After carefully reviewing the 4 Parties' briefing, the record, and the law, the Court grants Plaintiffs additional 5 preliminary relief as stated below. 6 Through this lawsuit, Plaintiffs challenge Executive Order 14163, 7 "Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program," and various agency 8 actions that have effectively dismantled USRAP's infrastructure. Hours after this 9 Court enjoined implementation of the USRAP Executive Order, Secretary of State 10 Marco Rubio began terminating every resettlement agency cooperative agreement 11 for domestic reception and placement services and all but one agreement for 12 USRAP processing support abroad. The Termination Notices offered a single 13 rationale: the agreements "no longer effectuate agency priorities." Administrative law rests on the foundational principle that agencies must act within the bounds of their statutory authority and provide reasoned explanations for their actions. Plaintiffs have made a strong showing that the Government's termination of these agreements violates these basic requirements and contravenes Congress's express mandate to establish a "permanent and systematic procedure" for refugee admission and resettlement. While the Government enjoys significant discretion in administering USRAP, that discretion does not extend to abandoning statutory obligations or rendering the program effectively inoperative. The Government's sudden termination of decades-old agreements without reasoned explanation likely constitutes arbitrary and capricious action that must be set aside. Without immediate relief, refugees remain stranded abroad, families separated, and resettlement agencies shuttered.
March 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Here is Trump's full memo to Bondi and Noem lashing out at the legal system, which includes significant attention on immigration litigation: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
032125-TrumpMemo-Lawyers
www.documentcloud.org
March 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM