Matthew Boaz

Could the Abolish ICE movement succeed? Calls to abolish the ICE have escalated in the wake of Renee Nicole Good's death at the hands of an ICE officer in Minnesota.

Check out this article in Newsweek, where University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law Prof @mboaz.bsky.social is quoted on the "Abolish ICE" movement. www.newsweek.com/abolish-ice-... #UKLawProfResearch

Could the Abolish ICE movement succeed? Calls to abolish the ICE have escalated in the wake of Renee Nicole Good's death at the hands of an ICE officer in Minnesota.

Glad to have the opportunity to discuss real options for moving away from the violence and expense of our current immigration enforcement system, along with important contributions from César García Hernández, Sarah Sherman-Stokes, and Maureen Sweeney.

Cost of Operation Midway Blitz: $59M and counting A Tribune review of court filings, databases and other public records detailing the scope of the incursion and typical costs shows how much the federal government has spent since September.

The @chicagotribune.com did back of the envelope math and conservatively found that Operation Midway Blitz cost the taxpayer $59 million. Good reporting from @danvock.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...

ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.

New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.

A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j

Thank you @akalhan.bsky.social

Juries are great (laudatory)

They held a four day trial to try to convict this guy. The jury took three hours to deliberate before they returned a not guilty.

A reminder that immigration judges work for the Justice Department, meaning they are not actual judges, and the administration now calls them “deportation judges” after pushing a bunch of them out.

WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.

Thank you for flagging that! I've updated the PDF and the full version is available now: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Relatedly, I published this article, "Speculative Immigration Policy" a few years ago, which analyzes the use of Jean Raspail's The Camp of the Saints by the Trump administration as an ideological foundation for its harmful immigration policies. scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlufac/762/

'Remigration,' once a fringe idea, becomes a mantra for the Trump administration The recent shooting of two National Guardsmen in D.C. has revived calls from the Trump administration for "reverse migration," or "remigration." But those ideas trace back to European extremists.

Sharing this excellent article by @npr.org re: the concept of "remigration" and its white nationalist origins. www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...

Is this the nerdiest bit of causal inference ever to go viral on social media? It's almost certainly the most-read paragraph I've ever written, but folks you should read the whole piece.

alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/immigratio...

"Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees."

What a resource! I was trying to figure out how to do this. So glad you’ve taken the lead.

Due Process in Third Country Removals The administration’s use of ad hoc procedures to send migrants to countries with which they have no connection likely violates due process.

"These increasingly expensive, secretive, and outrageous efforts beg the question of whether such maneuvers are permissible under the law. In many cases, they are not."

@mboaz.bsky.social discusses the Trump administration's efforts to send migrants to countries with which they have no connection.

This.

Due Process in Third Country Removals The administration’s use of ad hoc procedures to send migrants to countries with which they have no connection likely violates due process.

Due Process in Third Country Removals www.lawfaremedia.org/article/due-...

Thank you, @mboaz.bsky.social, for the cite to my third-country removal tracker.

I updated it this morning with a new map and a new entry.

hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...

@krhawkins.bsky.social @gbrockell.bsky.social

Due Process in Third Country Removals The administration’s use of ad hoc procedures to send migrants to countries with which they have no connection likely violates due process.

New Lawfare post from @mboaz.bsky.social on third country removals and due process. Check it out! #UKLawProfResearch www.lawfaremedia.org/article/due-...

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

For those who read this excellent piece published in the New Yorker last week (www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...), I provide more details on the administration's legal maneuvering (or lack thereof) and when it falls outside of due process requirements in the U.S.

Due Process in Third Country Removals The administration’s use of ad hoc procedures to send migrants to countries with which they have no connection likely violates due process.

The Trump administration has been pursuing third country removals for noncitizens in the United States since coming into office, sending migrants to unknown countries. @mboaz.bsky.social explores how these removals likely violate due process for these individuals.

Sharing a new paper I authored for a symposium at UALR Law this April commenting on César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández's book, Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien” (2024). Here is the link: lnkd.in/ePDzZuAN

This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history

People in the U.S. need to be paying attention to what’s happening in the U.K., because it’s going hand in hand with what is happening in the U.S., the agitators at work on both sides of the pond are working hand in hand with each other, and both have similar goals of ethnic cleansing.

Due process and equal protection claims in every immigration court proceeding going forward

Maybe in 2027 but sure as hell not in 2026. And meanwhile, thanks to a stupid, ill-conceived law from 1996, challenging any of this crap on a systematic basis is nearly impossible. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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