The Center for Immigration Law and Policy

🗣 CASE UPDATE: Fanfan v. Noem
⚖Attorneys File for Class Certification, Seek to Block ICE Re-Detention Practice at Check-In Appointments in the Southern District of California
👉Learn more: bit.ly/fanfanclassc...

Today, CILP and @migdepcolmex.bsky.social jointly released “Moving Beyond Externalization in the U.S.-Mexico Relationship” a paper that proposes ways to reimagine the U.S.-Mexico relationship with respect to migration.
👉Report: bit.ly/beyondextern...

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We are looking forward to this discussion with @migdepcolmex.bsky.social

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👉🏽Check out this @newyorker.com story quoting CILP’s Faculty Co-Director Ahilan Arulanantham:
"Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants." The piece is about how the Trump Admin. is overwhelming federal courts & getting away with third-country removals. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

How Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants Trump has been deporting people to so-called third countries, or countries that the deportee typically has no connection to. A legal expert spoke to Isaac Chotiner about how he’s getting away with it.

“The Administration has continued … deporting large numbers of noncitizens to so-called third countries, or countries to which the deportee … has no connection.” A law professor explains the “clearly illegal” practice. @ichotiner.bsky.social w/ @uclacilp.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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Yesterday, CILP’s Deputy Director Talia Inlender, Senior Staff Attorney Monika Langarica, & Staff Attorney Sofía López Franco joined moderator & UCLA Law student Gina Le & Prof. Nina Rabin to discuss the current moment.
The panel was co-hosted by UCLA Law Students for Immigrant Justice (LSIJ).

🗣️Ep.3 of Unsettled is out now
Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor Law at Columbia Law School, discusses her Dec. ‘25 op-ed in the NYT, “I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives” & broader context around immigration law in our current moment. 🔗link in bio

📢 Desde el #MIGDEP, junto con @uclacilp.bsky.social, invitamos a la presentación virtual del policy paper "Moving Beyond Externalization in the U.S.-Mexico Relationship".

📅 Jueves 26 de febrero 🕛 12:00 h. 📍 Registro: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

¡Acompáñanos y únete a la discusión!

Yesterday, CILP’s Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic gave public comment before the Lynwood City Council about the Lynwood Values Act—a local ordinance that prohibits local resources and data from being used for federal immigration enforcement.

👉🏽Check out this story by the @dailybruinan.bsky.social with insight from CILP Deputy Director Talia Inlender.
🔗full story: dailybruin.com/2026/01/29/m...

🚨🗣️🗣️Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks End of Protection for Haitians in U.S.

Via @nytimes “The ruling pauses the Trump administration’s plan to end a program that has allowed more than 350,000 people from Haiti to remain in the United States.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

🗣️ WE ARE HIRING A STAFF ATTORNEY

The Center for Immigration Law and Policy seeks a staff attorney to engage in creative, high-quality research, analysis, and litigation related to immigration law and policy. bit.ly/cilpstaffatt...
🗓️APPLICATION DEADLINE FEB. 20, 2026

👉🏽Check out this opinion piece written by CILP Senior Staff Attorney Monika Langarica, published by @truthout.org

🔗full piece: truthout.org/articles/ice...

A federal court of appeals on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration’s 2025 decision to abruptly strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from 600,000 Venezuelans was unlawful. See full details on our website:

law.ucla.edu/news/federal...

The Center for Immigration Law and Policy’s faculty and staff made statements in response to the recent DHS murders in Minnesota and other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tactics.

Full statement here: bit.ly/cilpresponse...

Check out this @nytimes.com piece by Sonia Rao and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, w/insight from CILP’s Faculty Co-Director Ahilan Arulanantham. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

🗣️ WE ARE HIRING

The Center for Immigration Law and Policy seeks a staff attorney to engage in creative, high-quality research, analysis, and litigation related to immigration law and policy.

🗓️DEADLINE FEB. 20, 2026

FULL DETAILS HERE: bit.ly/cilpstaffattorney

CILP Faculty Co-Director Hiroshi Motomura joins Prof. Claire Adida, Faculty Co-Director at the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford & Prof. Abel Valenzuela, dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences to discuss how countries manage new & existing forms of diversity community.ucla.edu/event/ab6600...

🎧Check out Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times co-hosted by CILP Faculty Co-Director Hiroshi Motomura. Episode 2 H-1B Visas, features David J. Bier, Director of Immigration Studies & The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy at the Cato Institute.
zolberginstitute.org/podcast/seas...

LSIJ and the CILP invite you to attend our in-person event, One Year of Trump II: Reflecting on the Current Moment in Immigration Law and Policy, The event will feature a discussion with panelists who are at the forefront of immigrant advocacy efforts. RSVP at bit.ly/OneYearOfTrump2 by Feb. 6

Sharing a bit of good news from our Opportunity 4 All coalition partners regarding California’s AB 713, authored by Asm. José Luis Solache.

Check out the @dailybruinan.bsky.social coverage about Opportunity for All campaign’s ongoing work to expand access and opportunity. dailybruin.com/2026/01/11/u...

Still celebrating last week’s good news: The Opportunity for All Coalition celebrates the passage of AB 713 by the Assembly Higher Education Committee. Check out our coalition partner’s full statement @immigrantjusticeca link in bio 🔗

This week the U.S.Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in a legal challenge to the cancellation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans and Haitians. Check out this report by @jazmineulloa.bsky.social for the NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

🗣️ BREAKING: Federal Court of Appeals Hears Challenge to Cancellation of TPS for One Million Haitians and Venezuelans
🔗click here full details law.ucla.edu/news/federal...

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The court case, NTPSA v Noem, is lead by the National TPS Alliance. The Haitian Bridge Alliance is proud to be co-counsel for this case with our partners: @aclu-norcal.bsky.social @aclusocal.bsky.social @uclacilp.bsky.social @ndlon.bsky.social
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Join us in Pasadena, CA to show your support 🇭🇹🇻🇪⁠

Amid fast-moving news cycles and misinformation, CILP’s Faculty Co-Director Ahilan Arulanantham sets the record straight about recent remarks made about Venezuelans, TPS, and filing options available.

CILP Faculty Co-Director and co-counsel for NTPSA v. Noem, Ahilan Arulanantham, contributed his expertise to this @nytimes.com piece by reporter @jazmineulloa.bsky.social full story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...