David Chen

Chart shows Detention Population, Among Those Arrested by ICE in the Interior, by Criminal Record. The chart shows three lines; Prior conviction, pending criminal charges, and no criminal record. From 2019 through September 2025, the largest group is people with criminal convictions, with much further down people with pending charges. But starting in January, those without criminal records spikes dramatically. In July it crossed pending charges and in the latest data it jumps above criminal convictions.

🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record.

As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.

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I highly recommend reading James Stone's "The Prison Discovery Crisis." Terrifically insightful, beautifully written, and the product of a lot of important work. @yalelawjournal.bsky.social

www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/134.8.St...

24.08.2025 16:43 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Back-to-School Scholarship Roundup: State Courts, Constitutional Law, and Federalism Recent books and law review articles discuss voter disenfranchisement, separation of church and state, and much more.

My latest scholarship roundup up for @statecourtreport.org covers interesting new work on state constitutions, state courts, federalism, and more. (Sorry to report that it’s the back-to-school edition!)

statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

21.08.2025 18:34 — 👍 33    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 0

Federalism in the Adjudicative State <p><span>By many accounts, administrative adjudication is in crisis. Congressional design choices and the Supreme Court’s embrace of unitary executive theory ha

My job talk paper is up arguing that much of agency adjudication-the deciding of social security benefits, immigration status-is in fact, cooperative. Federal agencies and states often decide entitlements jointly. And that has implications for sop debates and what we think adjudications are!

24.07.2025 23:27 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks @dtdeacon.bsky.social, appreciate the shoutout!

31.12.2024 00:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years A federal judge is prohibiting the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years. U.S.

A long overdue commitment by the US. Enormous congratulations to the ACLU IRP team for tirelessly fighting for these families over the past 5 years. Proud to have been a small part of that fight. apnews.com/article/bord...

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