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Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime authority, to summarily deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang. He also invoked a Cold War-era statute to deport a student activist at Columbia University. In this episode, Adam Cox of New York University and Ilya Somin of George Mason University join to discuss the scope of the president's deportation power and to evaluate whether the administration violated the due process or speech rights of the deportees. Resources Adam Cox and Cristina Rodríguez, The President and Immigration Law (2020) Ilya Somin, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom (2021) Adam Cox and Ahilan Arulanantham, “Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s),” Just Security (March 12, 2025) Ilya Somin, “The Case Against Deporting Immigrants for ‘Pro-Terrorist' Speech,” Volokh Conspiracy (March 10, 2025) Ilya Somin, “What Just Happened: The “Invasion” Executive Order and Its Dangerous Implications” Just Security (January 28, 2025) Adam Cox, “The Invention of Immigration Exceptionalism,” Yale Law Review (November 2024) Bridges v. Wixon (1945) Harisiades v. Shaughnessy (1952) Stay Connected and Learn More Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate. Follow, rate, and review wherever you listen. Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube. Support our important work. Donate
Trump has come out in favor of combining many of his biggest priorities into one big budget reconciliation bill – because the budget reconciliation impacts the economy, this bill is not subject to filibuster by the Democrats; so, it could pass the Senate with 50 Republican votes. But some Republicans are likely to resist – Harold Meyerson comments. Also: Trump's “dictatorship on day one” will feature executive orders to deport undocumented residents. Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the Center for Immigration Law & Policy at UCLA Law School, explains the legal strategy to be deployed by the sanctuary states and cities to challenge Trump's orders. Plus: Trump & Golf: The Saudi-backed LIV golf league will return to Trump's Doral Resort in April 2025 – the clearest sign yet that Trump family business deals using Saudi government financing will continue into the new presidency. The legendary sportswriter Robert Lipsyte comments on Trump and golf. (broadcast originally in August 2017)
On this episode of Start Making Sense: Trump's ‘dictatorship on day one' will feature executive orders to deport undocumented residents. Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the Center for Immigration Law & Policy at UCLA Law School, will explain the legal strategy to be deployed by the sanctuary states and cities,Also: Not everything is about Donald Trump. The Geneva Freeport, for example – where it doesn't matter who is president of the US. The Freeport is a place where the world's richest people hide art, jewelry, and other wealth from tax officials, creditors, and sometimes spouses. Atossa Araxia Abrahamian has our analysis--her new book is “The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World.”
President-elect Trump and his team want to end DACA and the Temporary Protected Status program – which could make nearly a million people vulnerable to deportation. They've said they'd use the military to carry out mass detentions and deportations. If enacted, these proposals are all but guaranteed to face legal challenges — as they did during the last Trump administration. But some advocates worry that federal courts could prove friendlier to Trump policies than last time. We'll talk with UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham about the likelihood Trump's latest proposals will become reality and the impact they'll have on immigrant communities. Guests: Ahilan Arulanantham, Faculty Co-Director, Center for Immigration Law and Policy, UCLA Law - former Legal Director ACLU of Southern California
0:08 — Louis Charbonneau is the United Nations director at Human Rights Watch. 0:33 — Ahlam Muhtaseb is a professor of media studies at California State University, San Bernardino. She is Co-chair of the California Faculty Association's Palestine, Arab and Muslim caucus. Anonymous speaker, who is a faculty member in San Luis Obispo. 0:45 — Karely Amaya Rios, is a graduate student of public policy at UCLA and lead organizer of the Opportunity for All campaign. Ahilan Arulanantham is Professor from Practice and Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law. The post The History of UNRWA and Impact of Aid Funding Cuts; Plus, Cal Poly SLO Pro-Palestinian Protestors Attacked by Police; UC Regents Employment for Undocumented Students appeared first on KPFA.
Ahilan Arulanantham is a human rights lawyer and Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law. He's also the faculty co-director of the school's Center for Immigration Law and Policy. Ahilan has dedicated his career to defending the rights of immigrants, and his work has earned him numerous awards and accolades. He was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and recently received the ACLU of Southern California's Bill of Rights Award for his tireless advocacy on behalf of marginalized communities. Ahilan joins host Carter Carroll to talk about the work he is doing, TPS challenges, and more.
Ahilan Arulanantham is a Lawyer, Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law (@uclalawschool). He has successfully litigated a number of cases involving immigrants' rights, particularly the rights of people facing deportation from the US. He has been Senior Counsel and Director of Advocacy/Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU, @aclu_nationwide) of Southern California and was the recipient of a 2016 MacArthur Fellow (a "Genius Grant").He joins Ara on this week's episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss winning a MacArthur Fellow Grant (@macfound) for $625,000 for a five-year period, the importance of immigrants in Canada and the US, working on the FBI vs. Fazaga case at the Supreme Court, defending the rights of immigrants including unrepresented children, dealing with Tamil food cravings while growing up in California, and much more.Follow Ahilan:- Twitter (https://twitter.com/ahilan_toolong) Timestamps00:19 - Ara introduces this week's guest, Ahilan Arulanantham01:34 - His upbringing; what spared his passion for law and human rights03:57 - Dealing with Tamil food cravings while growing up in USA; Hopper Hut07:50 - Winning and donating 25-30% of his $625,00 MacArthur Fellow Grant13:59 - What is Temporary Protected Status and why Trump tried to end it20:19 - Ahilan explains and why Obama introduced it during his administration24:02 - What ICE is, why it was created, and how it affects immigrant rights28:30 - The importance of immigrants in Canada and the US30:18 - Dysfunctional prison systems; Ahilan's secondary inspection story35:49 - Arguing at the Supreme Court for the FBI vs. Fazaga case40:00 - Working in the field and as a professor; being recruited by UCLA41:58 - Mentorship and how Ahilan built his network45:16 - A learning lesson he's experienced; defending unrepresented children49:12 - Where he sees himself in the next 3-5 years49:19 - Advice he would give his 16-year-old self50:38 - The personal legacy he wants to leave behind51:37 - Creator Confessions54:32 - The Wrap UpIntro MusicProduced And Mixed By:- The Tamil Creator- YanchanWritten By:- Aravinthan Ehamparam- Yanchan Rajmohan Support the show
Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought here by their undocumented parents since 2007 are not eligible for DACA. But now they are eligible for jobs–at the University of California. UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham explains.Also: The left has hated J. Edgar Hoover for a hundred years ever since the Palmer Raids of 1919, the attacks on radicals that began his career. Now there's a terrific new biography of Hoover, called “G-Man” - the author is Beverly Gage.Also: the fight against air pollution in the port communities of Los Angeles, where 300,000 people, mostly Latino, live next door to oil refineries, chemical facilities, and one of the largest oilfields in the nation. For decades they've been fighting for basic rights and a cleaner environment. Eliza Moreno has that story.
Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought here by their undocumented parents since 2007 are not eligible for DACA. But now they may be eligible for jobs--at the University of California. UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham explains.Also: the fight against pollution in LA's port communities, where 300,000 people, mostly Latino, live next door to oil refineries, chemical facilities, and one of the largest oilfields in the nation. For decades they've been fighting for basic rights and a cleaner environment. Eliza Moreno has that story.Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This week, The Lobby Shop team is joined by the highly acclaimed Ahilan Arulanatham, who is a Professor from Practice and Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law. This episode's discussion covers everything from competitive debate and populism to the ongoing debate surrounding Title 42, a health order which has significant immigration implications. Tune in to gain in-depth insight into the complex world of immigration.
When Biden took office, progressives looked forward to a dramatic transformation of Trump's anti-immigrant policies—and Biden's initial moves were promising. But since then, many people have been disappointed. Ahilan Arulanantham, a professor at UCLA Law School and co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy comments on the topic. Before working at UCLA, Arulanantham litigated a number of cases involving immigrants' rights at the ACLU of Southern California.Also this week, Amy Wilentz discusses Haiti: a country that should be inaugurating a new president. It has done so every five years on February 7—except for glitches, coups, and postponements—ever since Baby Doc Duvalier fled the island 37 years ago. But not this year. Wilentz explains why it's struggling to get the new beginning in needs, and how it might make it there. Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Supreme Court justices grappling with the religious rights of death-row inmates in the execution chamber. Ahilan Arulanantham, Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments where he represented three Muslim men who sued the FBI for spying on them. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Supreme Court justices grappling with the religious rights of death-row inmates in the execution chamber. Ahilan Arulanantham, Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments where he represented three Muslim men who sued the FBI for spying on them. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Leah talks to Ahilan Arulanantham about the argument in FBI v. Fazaga, the case challenging the government's surveillance of the Muslim community in Southern California.
Nearly 100 years ago, Congress passed a law making it a felony to reenter the US after being deported. Known as Section 1326, this obscure line of immigration code is the most prosecuted federal crime in America. Now, a federal judge has declared it unconstitutional and racist. In this week's episode, we look at the far-reaching effects of a single deportation after the 2019 ICE raid of a chicken processing plant in Mississippi. Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Emily Green tells us the story of Edgar Lopez, a grandfather of four who was killed trying to make his way back home to the US. Then, we talk with historian Kelly Lytle-Hernandez and legal scholar Ahilan Arulanantham about the origins of this law and why it might be unconstitutional. Guests: Emily Green, Pulitzer prize winning reporter for VICE News based in Mexico City; Kelly Lytle-Hernandez, UCLA professor and leading expert on race, immigration, and incarceration; Ahilan Arulanantham, Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law Hosts: Ray Suarez, Co-host, WorldAffairs; Teresa Cotsirilos, Co-host & Senior Producer, WorldAffairs If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to WorldAffairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.
We're still thinking about the 20th anniversary of 9/11. After the attacks that day, Muslim Americans endured years of racism and discrimination, oftentimes at the hands of the state itself.The fight against government surveillance of Muslim Americans continues today, as the Supreme Court takes up a challenge to government efforts to conceal FBI abuse of power—in a case dating from 2006, when the FBI in LA hired an informer to infiltrate several mosques in Orange County, California. Ahilan Arulanantham explains—he will be arguing the case at the Supreme Court. He's a Professor at UCLA Law School and Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy there. Also: there's a new comedy on TV about college teachers and campus politics—The Chair, on Netflix, starring Sandra Oh as the first Asian American woman chair of an English department. Amy Wilentz comments—she's a professor in the English Department at UC Irvine, which has some surprising connections to the show. Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.
Immigration policy and its human consequences. Our guests are Ahilan Arulanantham (attorney w/ the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project), Paola Mendoza (activist, artist & author), and Todd Schulte (President of FWD.US). Listen to Peace of Mind the album: https://lnk.to/peaceofmindalbum Vinyl, tour dates & more: https://peaceofmindpod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“In Trump’s madness, he brings innocent eyes” to the Korean conflict, says University of Chicago historian Bruce Cumings—which frees Trump from Washington establishment thinking, and create a real possibility of peace in Korea. Plus: The Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents seeking asylum at the border is unusually cruel—and also unconstitutional. Ahilan Arulanantham, legal director of the ACLU of Southern California, explains the organization’s recent legal victory—and the need for citizen activism on the issue. Also: Now that some of the key primaries are over, the Democrats’ chances of retaking the House, and maybe the Senate, have come into sharper focus. Harold Meyerson of The American Prospect is optimistic.
In January 2017, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, Clockshop launched Counter-Inaugural, a series of talks addressing local and national politics through a cultural lens. A year after the election, we are presenting our last talk in this series. ACLU Southern California legal director Ahilan Arulanantham, writer and PhD candidate Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, and award-winning filmmaker Alex Rivera joined us for a discussion about immigration and deportation.
The House GOP postponed its vote to repeal Obamacare and replace it with TrumpCare, I mean RyanCare. On ”Trump Watch” we have comment from John Nichols of The Nation. Also: Why do many white workers who voted for Trump still support him? The Nation sent D.D. Guttenplan to the rust belt to find out— he's returned now with his report. Plus: The City of LA has expanded its sanctuary policy – but the County sheriff is pulling back from the crucial question of the jails. We'll speak about it with Ahilan Arulanantham, legal director of the ACLU of southern California.
The House GOP postponed its vote to repeal Obamacare and replace it with TrumpCare, I mean RyanCare. On ”Trump Watch” we have comment from John Nichols of The Nation. Also: Why do many white workers who voted for Trump still support him? The Nation sent D.D. Guttenplan to the rust belt to find out— he’s returned now with his report. Plus: The City of LA has expanded its sanctuary policy – but the County sheriff is pulling back from the crucial question of the jails. We’ll speak about it with Ahilan Arulanantham, legal director of the ACLU of southern California.
Code Switch listeners join Shereen and Gene in talking about their concerns and frustrations during the first hundred days of President Trump's administration. Our guest is MacArthur "genius grant" recipient Ahilan Arulanantham of the ACLU of Southern California.