Lessons from Arizona

In February, my colleague Christopher Lasch and I launched a year-long Crimmigration Law Lecture Series at the University of Denver. In that time, we’ve hosted eight outstanding scholars and José Padilla, the namesake of the landmark Supreme Court case Padilla v. Kentucky. Over many hours of critical conversations, we have explored the depth to which the criminal and immigration justice systems have become entwined in a single crimmigration regime. Next week we will host the fourth and final installment of this unique lecture series. On Friday, November 11, 2016, Professor Ingrid V. Eagly [...]

Crimmigration Law Lecture Series Resumes at Denver Law

The Crimmigration Law Lecture Series at the University of Denver is back. On Friday, October 14, three exceptional scholars will come to campus to discuss the political economy of crimmigration law. Professors Tanya Golash-Boza (University of California, Merced Department of Sociology), Amada Armenta (University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology), and Anita Sinha (American University Washington College of Law) will lead robust discussions about mass deportation in the age of global capitalism. Along with my co-organizer and colleague Professor Christopher Lasch, I invite you to join [...]

Judge Dana Marks on immigration court independence

The Honorable Dana Leigh Marks, President of the National Association of Immigration Judges, will speak at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law today at 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time. Judge Marks will discuss the merits of moving the immigration courts out of the Justice Department and into an independent entity. Her remarks will be streamed live online here at crimmigration.com. [...]

Immigration judge leader to discuss merits of independent immigration courts at Denver Law

Should Congress move the immigration courts out of the Justice Department and create independent courts under Article I of the U.S. Constitution? The National Association of Immigration Judges thinks so. As the union representing many of the nation’s approximately 250 immigration judges, the NAIJ is the sole official means through which the public and policymakers hear from the front-line adjudicators who decide hundreds of thousands of cases every year. Despite being critical components of the immigration law system, the immigration courts are notoriously understaffed. As anyone who has [...]

Jennifer Chacón on detention livestream today

The second installment of the Crimmigration Law Lecture Series at the University of Denver takes place today. The lecture series is dedicated to understanding the depth to which the criminal and immigration justice systems have become entwined in a single crimmigration regime. Professor Jennifer Chacón from the University of California, Irvine School of Law and Professor Mariela Olivares from Howard University School of Law will join us to discuss detention. You can watch Professor Chacón’s talk live at noon Mountain Time here (the video will begin playing automatically at [...]

Crimmigration Law Lecture Series Continues April 19

The Crimmigration Law Lecture Series continues at the University of Denver on Tuesday, April 19. Having covered race’s role in the development of crimmigration law when we launched the lecture series in March, this time around we will be focusing on detention. Joining us will be Jennifer Chacón from the University of California, Irvine School of Law and Mariela Olivares from Howard University School of Law. As readers of crImmigration.com know all too well, confinement has long been a core feature of United States immigration law enforcement. This iteration of the year-long Crimmigration [...]

Crimmigration and race conversations

The Crimmigration Law Lecture Series that began last week at the University of Denver took to heart the desire to engage with this emerging area of law in an innovative manner. Bringing together senior scholars, junior scholars, practitioners, and even the petitioner in a landmark Supreme Court case, the lecture series tackled history, politics, and the realities of law enforcement in three well-attended sessions. Given the presidential election cycle that we’re currently in the midst of, the series began by focusing on how race has altered the development of crimmigration law, as well as [...]

Crimmigration Law Lecture Series at University of Denver

Along with my colleague at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law Christopher Lasch, I am thrilled to announce the inaugural Crimmigration Law Lecture Series. The lecture series is dedicated to understanding how criminal and immigration norms affect one another and to creating a praxis that can potentially shape crimmigration’s development. As far as we know, this year-long crimmigration-focused project is unique. Just as crimmigration itself is not a traditional legal discipline, the Crimmigration Law Lecture Series is not a traditional university lecture series. Instead, we are [...]