Matthew Boaz

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

Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, has ended, sheriff's office says A federal immigration crackdown​ based in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city, is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.

We'll see if they actually mean it, but this announcement after one week confirms that Charlotte was impeccably well organized for this moment.

www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...

fwiw, when the district court judge in this same case blocked trump from deploying the guard in chicago, she based her reasoning in part on several instances in which a grand jury declined to indict protestors whom ice/cbp claimed attacked them

Bovino is building a record as a fabulist that has been noted by federal judges and at least one jury which acquitted a protester that Bovino testified against.

Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.

The 2025 Kentucky Law Journal Symposium was a fantastic success. So grateful for all of the speakers, students, and members of the community who came to discuss immigration law. www.kentuckylawjournal.org/symposium

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:

"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."

So glad you’ve put these ideas out there. Really helping us to grapple with this insidious “thing” that has been difficult to define. Brava!