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DU Law Prof. César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández writes: "On Monday, May 4, I’ll join two outstanding scholars and advocates, Alina Das and Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, to talk about immigration policing in the United...

" This paper examines the background and consequences of the unlawful presence bars, and explores possible policy changes that would mitigate their harmful impact on noncitizens and their families." - Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

"Legal scholars and judges have long examined the role of judicial review in immigration matters, and also criticized the impacts of the “plenary power” doctrine and statutory deletions of judicial review for certain immigration cases...

Prof. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia writes: "As an outcome of research for a future report by Penn State Dickinson School of Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights and the American Bar Association’s Commission on Immigration on the relationship...

Prof. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia writes: "In Fall 2012 I filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request with DHS seeking records pertaining to the agency's implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, among other...

Prof. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Aug. 10, 2016 - "On June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court issued a 4-4 ruling in the immigration case of United States v. Texas, blocking two “deferred action” programs announced by President Obama on November...

"In 2013, the majority of people deported never saw a courtroom or immigration judge, and instead were quickly removed by the Department of Homeland Security. The policy goals of speed deportation are economic because government resources like a...

"To: Interested Parties From: Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia Date: July 29, 2013 Re: Internal Documents by USCIS on Deferred Action (non-DACA) Earlier this year, I filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request with USCIS seeking internal...

"This Article describes my adventures in FOIA litigation and analyzes deferred action data collected informally by 24 ICE field offices between October 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012. This Article also offers recommendations for the agency on data collection...

"In 2013, the majority of people deported never saw a courtroom or immigration judge. Instead, they were quickly removed by the Department of Homeland Security via one of several procedures collectively referred to as “speed deportation.”...

"When Beatles star John Lennon faced deportation from the U.S. in the 1970s, his lawyer Leon Wildes made a groundbreaking argument. He argued that Lennon should be granted “nonpriority” status pursuant to INS’s (now DHS’s...

"O n November 20, 2014, President Obama announced a series of executive actions on immigration aimed at reducing deportations for people who present positive equities such as a close family relationship or long term residence in the US. In announcing...

Prof. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia writes: " Word is out that deportations have peaked during the Obama Administration and the safety valve that remains is prosecutorial discretion. The New York Times has shed light on the human costs of deportation in...

"“To File or Not to File,” a report released today by the Center for Immigrants’ Rights at Penn State Law highlights the rate and circumstances surrounding Notice to Appear (NTA) filings at the immigration court. The report is available...

"We write as law professors with particular expertise in the interaction of executive action and immigration law to clarify that there is no legal requirement that the executive branch limit deferred action or any other exercise of prosecutorial...