Lenni B. Benson
@lennibenson.bsky.social
Law professor at New York Law School, Distinguished Chair in Immigration and Human Rights law. Focus on immigration law from Visitors Visas to Refugee Rights and every variation.
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National Immigration Project Sues ICE Over Unlawful Termination of International Students’ Status
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April 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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In case the senseless, McCarthyite crackdown on students’ free expression wasn’t shameful enough, here’s an additional reminder: student journalists are quitting their publications and asking to take down previously published work because of possible retribution. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US student journalists go dark fearing Trump crusade against pro-Palestinian speech
Newsrooms forced to adapt as writers resign and request takedown of stories to avoid potential repercussions
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In case the senseless, McCarthyite crackdown on students’ free expression wasn’t shameful enough, here’s an additional reminder: student journalists are quitting their publications and asking to take down previously published work because of possible retribution. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I have not been very active here, but now is the time to speak up for Due Process.
If you are hoping to help, consider donating I founded www.safepassageproject.org. we help #immigrant youth.
very proud of www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org and AILA.
National Immigration Project
If you are hoping to help, consider donating I founded www.safepassageproject.org. we help #immigrant youth.
very proud of www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org and AILA.
National Immigration Project
Home - Safe Passage Project
www.safepassageproject.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I have not been very active here, but now is the time to speak up for Due Process.
If you are hoping to help, consider donating I founded www.safepassageproject.org. we help #immigrant youth.
very proud of www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org and AILA.
National Immigration Project
If you are hoping to help, consider donating I founded www.safepassageproject.org. we help #immigrant youth.
very proud of www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org and AILA.
National Immigration Project
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Event Announcement: “Making Sense of Immigration Policy in 2025” at Syracuse University
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Event Announcement: "Making Sense of Immigration Policy in 2025" at Syracuse University
As immigration policy shifts rapidly in 2025, clarity and context are more important than ever.
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April 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Event Announcement: “Making Sense of Immigration Policy in 2025” at Syracuse University
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
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From my inbox: USCIS says it will scrutinize immigrants' social media for "antisemitism" when considering immigration benefits – but antisemitism here is construed enormously broadly.
April 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
From my inbox: USCIS says it will scrutinize immigrants' social media for "antisemitism" when considering immigration benefits – but antisemitism here is construed enormously broadly.
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How Trump's immigration policies could worsen the health care worker shortage : Shots - Health News
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How Trump's immigration policies could worsen the health care worker shortage
Hospitals and nursing homes rely on the immigrant workforce to fill many key roles, research finds. Trump's crackdown on immigration threatens to exacerbate shortages.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
How Trump's immigration policies could worsen the health care worker shortage : Shots - Health News
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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New pod: Sotomayor's warning that Trump admin could remove US citizens in "error" with no recourse was echoed by a judge appointed by *Reagan.* Time to take it seriously.
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social is so good in demystifying the complexities of these SCOTUS cases:
newrepublic.com/article/1937...
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social is so good in demystifying the complexities of these SCOTUS cases:
newrepublic.com/article/1937...
Sotomayor’s Harsh Dissent on Trump Arrests Offers a Terrifying Warning
As the Supreme Court begins ruling on Trump’s deportations, a legal expert unravels the complexities of all these cases and explains how Sonia Sotomayor laid bare the truly alarming stakes we currentl...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New pod: Sotomayor's warning that Trump admin could remove US citizens in "error" with no recourse was echoed by a judge appointed by *Reagan.* Time to take it seriously.
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social is so good in demystifying the complexities of these SCOTUS cases:
newrepublic.com/article/1937...
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social is so good in demystifying the complexities of these SCOTUS cases:
newrepublic.com/article/1937...
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“‘These 700k names: Do they sound like Jones & Smith, or do they sound like Rodriguez & Garcia?’ said Dorothy A. Brown, who studies tax policy & racial disparities at Georgetown University Law Center, referring to the list the DHS sought to send to the IRS. ‘This is racial profiling on steroids.’”
How exactly is the Trump admin going to figure out which taxpayers have legal immigration status and which ones don’t? Probably through racial profiling, which would then put non-white U.S. citizens and green card-holders in the crosshairs: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/in-seeking... #AtWhatCost
In Seeking To Turn the IRS Into ICE, Trump Finally Admits that Undocumented Workers Actually Do Pay Taxes
Trump isn’t trying to hunt immigrants down to get them to pay their taxes, because they already do. He’s trying to find them to abduct them.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“‘These 700k names: Do they sound like Jones & Smith, or do they sound like Rodriguez & Garcia?’ said Dorothy A. Brown, who studies tax policy & racial disparities at Georgetown University Law Center, referring to the list the DHS sought to send to the IRS. ‘This is racial profiling on steroids.’”
Wish I could join colleagues celebrating a new book by Professor Rebecca Sharpless. Available at: www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520...
Her book retells the story of fighting to stop an ICE deportation flight and the Somalians aboard the plane. It is vivid and let's us see into the removal process.
Her book retells the story of fighting to stop an ICE deportation flight and the Somalians aboard the plane. It is vivid and let's us see into the removal process.
February 4, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Wish I could join colleagues celebrating a new book by Professor Rebecca Sharpless. Available at: www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520...
Her book retells the story of fighting to stop an ICE deportation flight and the Somalians aboard the plane. It is vivid and let's us see into the removal process.
Her book retells the story of fighting to stop an ICE deportation flight and the Somalians aboard the plane. It is vivid and let's us see into the removal process.
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Immigration courts don't have enough judges, but they also don't have enough *attorneys*. The increase in new cases has led to a massive decline in representation rates from 65% to just 30%. Even ICE doesn't have enough attorneys to cover all the cases.
trac.syr.edu/reports/736/
trac.syr.edu/reports/736/
January 24, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Immigration courts don't have enough judges, but they also don't have enough *attorneys*. The increase in new cases has led to a massive decline in representation rates from 65% to just 30%. Even ICE doesn't have enough attorneys to cover all the cases.
trac.syr.edu/reports/736/
trac.syr.edu/reports/736/
Yes! Louis F. Post's book "The Deportations Delirium of Nineteen-twenty: A Personal Narrative of an Historic Official Experience. United States: C.H. Kerr. " is available to read. Julia's book is a deep and careful discussion of this history. Post's bravery to protect the rule of law is inspiring!
This is not the first time a public official has faced impeachment over immigration. Louis F. Post in 1920 & Frances Perkins in 1939. These efforts were unsuccessful. Learn more in Ch. 3 & 4 of Threat of Dissent. 🗃️ @iehs.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Threat of Dissent — Harvard University Press
“Suspicion of foreigners goes back to the earliest days of the republic…Kraut traces how different ideologies would be considered intolerably dangerous according to the dominant fears of a given e...
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February 4, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Yes! Louis F. Post's book "The Deportations Delirium of Nineteen-twenty: A Personal Narrative of an Historic Official Experience. United States: C.H. Kerr. " is available to read. Julia's book is a deep and careful discussion of this history. Post's bravery to protect the rule of law is inspiring!
After litigation, EOIR is making public more materials but the style of indexing is not easy to navigate. foia.eoir.justice.gov/app/ReadingR... I have been dipping into "marriage" and Section 212(d)(3) cases.
February 4, 2024 at 10:49 PM
After litigation, EOIR is making public more materials but the style of indexing is not easy to navigate. foia.eoir.justice.gov/app/ReadingR... I have been dipping into "marriage" and Section 212(d)(3) cases.