Margy O’Herron

Proud to have signed this with many of my former colleagues.

Foreign students and scholars offer new perspectives and experiences to our universities, our students, and ultimately our society. Attacking and shutting our doors to them ultimately makes our nation poorer.

State Challenges to Immigration Enforcement Practices Recent lawsuits in Wisconsin, New York, and California explore questions about the role of state law in federal immigration enforcement.

NEW: I wrote for @statecourtreport.org about the important role *state* law plays in immigration enforcement, and some ongoing litigation in WI, NY, and CA that will shape the relationship between ICE and the states and localities in which it operates. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

Hiring judges from this add will lead to unfair hearings for many immigrants, years of litigation arguing due process violations, and further loss of DOJ's credibility.

If the government gets away with deporting immigrants based on the orders of partial judges, what will stop the government from punishing Americans in similarly biased systems?

Everyone on U.S. soil has due process rights, and weakening due process for immigrants in immigration court weakens that Constitutional right for everyone.

For immigration courts to be fair tribunals that meet due process requirements, judges must be impartial. DOJ's hiring campaign throws a heavy weight on the side of deportations, skewing the scales of justice.

This rhetoric has no place in our nation of immigrants.

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DOJ's ad is in line with the Department of Homeland Security's recruitment campaign highlighting white culture with images that harken back to late 1800's and early 1900's campaigns to demonize Italians, Irish, Chinese, and Jewish immigrants.

The ad says the judges will "define America," rhetoric similar to that used by Trump immigration aid Stephen Miller: "America is for Americans and Americans only." www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...

Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov

It is very difficult for immigrants to "get in line" to come to the United States because the line often has been shut down or is years long. This broken system hurts American families and employers. I was happy to partner with Gabriella Sanchez for an immigration Q&A.

This is correct! Researchers find that a) most people underestimate the administrative burdens of immigration, and b) when informed about these burdens become more supportive of immigration.
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Military Lawyers Should Not Serve as Immigration Judges DOJ’s decision to appointment several military lawyers, or JAGs to serve as immigration judges is not only against the law, but a bad idea.

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Professor and former JAG Mark Nevitt and I explain why this isn't just a bad idea, it violates the Posse Comitatus Act's prohibition on military officers executing civilian laws.

After DOJ changed its regulation (arguably without sufficient notice and comment) to allow "any lawyer" to serve as an immigration judge, active duty military lawyers are now overseeing civilian immigration courts.

Cómo funciona el sistema de inmigración y qué cambió con Trump: una perspectiva desde adentro Margy O’Herron, investigadora fellow sénior del <i>Brennan Center for Justice</i>, revela cómo funciona el sistema de inmigración, qué ha cambiado bajo la actual administración y qué nuevos desafíos enfrenta el sistema. O’Herron fue asesora sénior de políticas de inmigración en la Casa Blanca durante la administración Biden y trabajó en el Departamento de Justicia, donde gestionó la cartera de inmigración de la oficina del vicefiscal general y formó parte de la Junta de Apelaciones de Inmigración.. | Noticias Univision Política | Univision

Margy O’Herron, investigadora fellow sénior del Brennan Center, revela cómo funciona el sistema de inmigración, qué cosas han cambiado con la actual administración y qué nuevos desafíos enfrenta el sistema. Vía @uninoticias.bsky.social #BrennanEnEspañol #[bit.ly/3XoxnQ2

FBI urges ICE to ID themselves as criminals impersonate officers The FBI is urging partner agencies to “adequately identify themselves” amid a string of cases in which those impersonating U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers committed cr…

The FBI now is pointing out the public safety risks of federal immigration agents' failure to identify themselves. fox56news.com/hill-politic...

ICE will arrest anyone—even a 16-year-old who just wants to get back to class.

Joel Camas may be the first unaccompanied minor detained by Trump this term.

Feds Tear Gas Northwest Side Street, Disrupting Halloween Parade For Kids Two neighbors, including a 70-year-old man, were arrested after allegedly interfering in the arrest of another man by immigration agents, neighbors said. Agents also threw a woman, 67, to the ground.

They have tear gassed a parade of trick or treating children. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/f...

It was quite an honor to be cited in @HC_Richardson's letter, although I wish it were under better circumstances.

Stripping Naturalized Americans of Citizenship Faces High Legal Hurdles The Trump administration may want to aggressively denaturalize citizens, but the Supreme Court has forbidden doing so when a person’s political beliefs are a focus.

Excellent Expert Brief on Denaturalization including the relevant legal precedent from @brennancenter.org by @faizapatel.bsky.social & @margyoh.bsky.social. 🗃️

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Thank you, Julia!

Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on Immigration Courts Judges describe a campaign of firings and interference which threatens the system’s independence.

In 2024, there were 735 immigration judges. Now there are fewer than 600. E. Tammy Kim reports on the attack on immigration courts.

Democrats are launching an ICE-tracker app

They are setting up a system to crowdsource information from the public and have it vetted and organized reliably.

How Acquisition Reform Could Make Military AI More Expensive and Less Safe Proposed changes to how the military acquires and tests weapons expose taxpayers to more wasteful spending while undermining the delivery of safe and effective capabilities.

The provisions in this year's NDAA changing how the military acquires and tests weapons would increase waste and undermine the Pentagon’s ability to discern the proper role of emerging technologies like AI in filling capability gaps, write @amostoh.bsky.social and Julia Gledhill.

The great majority of immigrants getting locked up have no criminal background, and many are in lawful status -- nowhere near the "worst of the worst." U.S. citizens are being swept up too. It's unAmerican and it wastes taxpayer money.

Using military lawyers in civil immigration proceedings further blurs the line between military personnel and civilian government. It’s another step in the wrong direction. 14/14

Even if lawful, this action is part of President Trump's pattern of misusing the military & eroding barriers between military personnel & civilian govt (eg, using military aircraft for deportations flights, deploying National Guard & active-duty troops to assist w/ immigration enforcement). 13/14