Expertise
Rachel Rosenbloom in the Press
Supreme Court to Weigh Birthright Citizenship Challenge—and Power of Lower Courts to Stop It
“This order is blatantly unconstitutional,” says Rachel Rosenbloom, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston who is writing a book about the history of efforts to restrict constitutional birthright citizenship.
Birthright Citizenship Has Been Challenged Before
Op-ed by Rachel E. Rosenbloom, a Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law. She is writing a book about the history of efforts to restrict constitutional birthright citizenship.
DACA court ruling forces ‘Dreamers’ to live in fear, experts say. Here’s what else you need to know.
But, Rachel Rosenbloom, a Northeastern University professor of law, said DHS has since gone through the notice and comment process for DACA, undermining a judge’s initial ruling that it failed to follow the required procedure.
Supreme Court hears case involving Brazilian immigrant who lives on Martha’s Vineyard
“This is an important issue that will affect quite a few people,” said Rachel Rosenbloom, co-director of the Northeastern University School of Law Immigrant Justice Clinic. “The question here is, does he get to have his day in court or not? The question [also] is: Is he eligible to apply” for special consideration?
ICE arrests at courthouses are disrupting justice, two lawsuits claim
“It’s basically saying to immigrants: ‘Stay away from the courthouse,’ ” said Rachel Rosenbloom, co-director of the Northeastern University School of Law Immigrant Justice Clinic.
Arrests of undocumented immigrants in Boston are up 50 percent
In November 2014, Obama announced a package of executive actions that prioritized arresting and deporting criminals, people considered threats to national security, and recent border-crossers. Those steps resulted in a decline in arrests during the final two years of his presidency, Rachel Rosenbloom, a Northeastern University law professor who specializes in immigration policy, said in […]
Rights groups fight to keep protections for immigrants
The reason these “are easy things for the administration to do,” said Rachel Rosenbloom, a Northeastern University law professor who specializes in immigration policy, is “they don’t require Congress.”
WGBH
Lawrence and Chelsea fight Trump: A blueprint for other sanctuary cities?
Lawrence and the city of Chelsea are trying to block President Trump’s executive order and have filed a lawsuit that argues they are not violating any federal immigration laws with their policing policies. It also calls the executive order unconstitutional. Rachel Rosenbloom, an immigration law professor at Northeastern University agrees. “So the question is, does […]
Mass. joins fight against Trump’s new travel ban
Rachel Rosenbloom, a Northeastern University law professor who specializes in immigration policy, said it makes sense for attorneys general to concentrate their efforts on the lawsuit in Seattle, because the restraining order Robart issued applied nationwide. She added that “there’s nothing unusual with states joining together to challenge a federal policy,” noting several states joined […]
Metro
How can an undocumented immigrant become legal in the US?
Even before President Donald Trump promised to ramp up deportations of undocumented immigrants, U.S. immigration law has offered undocumented immigrants very few options to gaining a green card. “The tough thing for many people is there is no obvious path to gaining legal status, and no obvious path to having gotten that status before they came,” […]
