ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Looking forward to this! And for the Angelenos out there, please come support @westerncenter.bsky.social and my co-honorees the legendary Father Gregory Boyle, S.J., and Lisa Newstrom from Bay Area Legal Aid. 040
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialThe Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy @uclaminana.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Check out the LA Progressive Interview with Professor Ahilan Arulanantham, Faculty Co-Director of the Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law. bit.ly/4xGvCh0 011
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialThe Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy @uclaminana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Check out the LA Times story on the faculty response to UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk’s statement seeking to distance the university from a law school symposium marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 (which we sponsored). www.latimes.com/california/s... 002
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@orinkerr.bsky.social, I saw your quote here archive.ph/A8KLzz Don’t you think the Chancellor has an obligation to say _why_ he thinks an academic symposium has endorsed antisemitism or terrorism? I still don’t know what he thinks we did wrong. Perhaps you said this but the reporter didn’t quote it?archive.ph 001
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Another great post from Prof. Fishkin dismantling the Chancellor’s statements re the 9/11 symposium. Yet again the Chancellor avoids answering a simple question: was anything anyone said or did in our conference endorsing antisemitism or terrorism? The only answer is “no.” But he won’t admit it. 010
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Deeply disappointed (again) by UCLA’s Chancellor, but never more proud of my colleagues. More than 50 signed a letter demanding a retraction. Chancellor Frenk’s double speak would make Donald Trump proud. He _still_ refuses to say what part of our conference was antisemitic. Because it wasn’t. 010
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I join over 50 my of UCLA Law colleagues in expressing our dismay at Chancellor Frenk’s public response to a disinformation campaign against a Law School symposium on the legacy of 9/11. We call for a retraction and the opportunity to meet with the Chancellor. sites.google.com/view/ucla-la...sites.google.comHomeWe write to express our grave disappointment at Chancellor Frenk’s September 11, 2026 statement, which he has reaffirmed, that appears to condemn a symposium hosted by several law school centers on th... 311832
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I didn't say they were the same, I said they were two sides of the same coin--can't have one without the other. Also, you don't seem to want to address what the Chancellor actually said—you have done that twice now. I'm not sure why that is, but I'm guessing it's not productive to keep asking you. 100
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026As for whether his statements violate the neutrality rule, just read the statement itself. No one could seriously think this is neutral on the issues we discussed at the conference, and that's certainly not how any of the newspapers understood it: newsroom.ucla.edu/chancellor-j...newsroom.ucla.eduChancellor Julio Frenk comment regarding media coverage on Sept. 10UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk issued a statement today. 100
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Here's a snip: "The neutrality of the university as an institution arises then not from a lack of courage ... It arises out of respect for free inquiry and the obligation to cherish a diversity of viewpoints... [It] has its complement in the fullest freedom for its faculty and students"provost.uchicago.edu 100
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Actually institutional neutrality and academic freedom are two sides of the same coin. That's how they were explained in the Kalven Report from Chicago, which was the basis for UCLA policy. provost.uchicago.edu/sites/defaul...provost.uchicago.edu 100
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It is a very clear violation of UCLA's policy, which says the “chancellor … should not make public statements on societal, public and political matters, unless those matters directly affect the university’s ability to support a research and educational environment where free expression thrives.” 110
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Have you read Frenk's statement? It does FAR more than that. It strongly suggests our conference was antisemitic and pro-terrorism--based on nothing whatsoever. It also suggests we did something wrong in inviting a defense attorney (who is a DOD employee). dailybruin.com/2026/09/12/j...dailybruin.comJulio Frenk condemns UCLA Law symposium featuring attorney of alleged 9/11 conspirator - Daily BruinThis post was updated Sept. 13 at 11:24 p.m. Chancellor Julio Frenk on Friday condemned a School of Law symposium that included a defense attorney who represented an alleged organizer of the 9/11 terr... 120
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This ignores the elephant in the room—that he’s the Chancellor. Under University policies adopted at UCLA (and most famously also adopted at U Chicago), the institutional leadership has to remain neutral on matters of public concern to preserve academic freedom for students, faculty, and staff. 110
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026See here for a slightly more fulsome response from the co-chairs of the UCLA 9/11 25th Anniversary symposium that the school's Chancellor recently criticized. @jameeljaffer.bsky.social @omarjadwat.bsky.social @austinkocher.com 180
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialThe Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy @uclaminana.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Post-Symposium Statement from the Co-Chairs. UCLA School of Law, 25 Years After 9/11: Reimagining Freedom, Justice, and Security. @ahilantoolong.bsky.social uclaminana.substack.com/p/post-sympo... 24311
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026These are the memorial remarks I made at the 9/11 25th anniversary conference at UCLA Law School. substack.com/@uclaminana/...substack.comAhilan Arulanantham’s Sept. 11 remarksListen to Ahilan Arulananatham’s remarks at the Sept. 11 symposium. He is the co-director of the Miñana Family Center at the UCLA School of Law. 032
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Wondering who to invite for your college or law school panel on immigration? Check out my piece offering some thoughts from UCLA Law's experience last semester. 044
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 27/02/2026He forgot to ask me about my buddy Henry 020
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 11/01/2026This is truly disturbing in light of recent events. 020
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialChris Newman @cnewman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Cecilia directed immigrant rights giving among philanthropy for over a decade. She ran Obama's immigration policy/political strategy for a full eight years, and she was the lead on Biden's domestic policy transition team. But, sure, anti-deportation activists are to blame for how we got here. Right. 043
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialChris Newman @cnewman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025This retelling of recent history by Cecilia Muñoz is at best wrong and at worst dishonest, but what stood out is not what she says but rather what she doesn't say: no critical self-reflection, no mistakes, no self accountability. Just deflective, blame-shifting.... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | ‘We Have a Border for a Reason’ 143
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 08/09/2025There is far more wrong with the Noem v Perdomo shadow docket order than one can say in a single post. But one particularly hypocritical and disingenuous piece is Justice Kavanaugh's citations Biden v Tx (twice), and US v Tx. The Supreme Court DECLINED TO STAY the lower court orders in both cases. 031
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialThe Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy @uclaminana.bsky.social · 28/05/2025DHS is carrying out immigration courthouse arrests targeting individuals who are trying to play by the rules. CILP's Talia Inlender spoke to the @latimes.com about how this is an effort to stir fear and strip away due process. #dueprocess www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comFather ripped from family as agents target immigration courts, arresting people after cases dismissedThe Department of Homeland Security is asking to dismiss its own deportation cases, after which agents arrest immigrants as they leave the courtroom and pursue expedited removals, which require no hea... 001
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 09/05/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w... Does anyone else find it strange that no one commenting on this mentions racism?nytimes.comTrump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week 040
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Check out my post re a new argument we made in our habeas petition in SD Tx challenging the government's use of the Alien Enemies Act. To state the obvious: sending people to CECOT is punishment! That requires convxn by jury trial. @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/110679/depor...justsecurity.orgDeportation to CECOT: Punishment Without Charge or TrialSending migrants to El Salvador’s CECOT prison raises grave constitutional concerns under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. 1035476
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I waited to post until DHS actually complied (which is a sign of how bad things have gotten), but now they have. TPS for Venezuela is in fact back in place!! Through October 2026 or until further order of a court. Govt has appealed; we are in stay briefing. www.uscis.gov/humanitarian...uscis.govTemporary Protected Status Designated Country: Venezuela | USCIS 0103
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This from my co-counsel Jaime Diez in El Valle Tx. He went to confirm our client was still here (he is). We (also Jennifer Babaie, Paige Austin, Javier Maldonado) got a TRO in this and another case to stop imminent unlawful “deportations.” But lots of other people being expelled. @justsecurity.org 325771
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 14/03/2025In case it soon becomes relevant... here is my post from last summer analyzing several of Trump's immigration proposals, including the proposal to invoke the Alien Enemy Act. TPS analysis also holding up so far... www.justsecurity.org/97146/trumps... @justsecurity.orgjustsecurity.orgTrump's Immigration Agenda: A Closer LookAn in-depth analysis of Donald Trump's immigration plan and potential impacts and repercussions of a second Trump administration. 051
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 14/03/2025There are almost no cases about this provision, but the few imm court cases suggest the IJ would treat the Secretary's determination as almost immune from review. That makes it very very hard to challenge in immigration court, but strengthens the constitutional args against the statute itself. 110
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 14/03/2025It has never been applied to cases involving people already admitted to the United States, so applying it here would involve a fairly radical change to the constitutional law in this area. 120
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialJust Security @justsecurity.org · 12/03/2025Explainer on First Amendment and Other Legal Issues in Deportation of Palestinian Student Activist(s) By @ahilantoolong.bsky.social and @adambcox.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/109012/legal...justsecurity.orgExplainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s)"Khalil’s case involves an assertion of government power over lawful permanent residents far beyond what we have seen in decades, if ever." 26123
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 12/03/2025An important piece by two leading experts. Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s) By Ahilan Arulanantham (@ahilantoolong.bsky.social) and Adam Cox (@adambcox.bsky.social)justsecurity.orgExplainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s)"Khalil’s case involves an assertion of government power over lawful permanent residents far beyond what we have seen in decades, if ever." 321698
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Can Sec. Rubio "revoke" green cards? No, he can't. Though from there it does get somewhat trickier... @adamcox.bsky.social and I analyze some of the legal issues in the Khalil case. 080
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Yes exactly. Why haven’t I heard anyone say this in the press yet? You can’t remove people before they have a removal order. Also can’t remove them to Cuba without Cuba’s consent. This is not complicated. 010
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 24/01/2025But there are cases that construe that particular regulation to say that it codifies a probable cause requirement. People cannot be arrested by immigration agents on less than probable cause. 060
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Actually courts read "reason to believe" to mean probable cause. Sorry I can't give you a cite rn... It's implicit in the constitutional rule from Brignoni Ponce, which says "detention or search must be based on consent or probable cause," except for brief inquiries during car stops (like Terry). 180
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Check out my piece @justsecurity.org about yesterday's DOJ memo threatening to prosecute state officials for following sanctuary policies. TLDR: the Trump admin can't do that!! It's not a crime to follow sanctuary policies, and more generally not a crime to simply ignore ICE's demands for help. 36825
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025This lawsuit is about the June 2024 asylum restriction that Biden put into effect, which was justified in part by the existence of alternate legal pathways like CBP One. Eliminating that pathway now makes this regulation less defensible. Trump will aim to replace it, exact method still unclear. 522151
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialMatthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 21/01/2025The just-filed complaint challenging Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship. Filed in the D.N.H. by the national ACLU, ACLU-NH, ACLU-MA, ACLU-ME, NAACP LDF, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the Asian Law Caucus. www.aclu-nh.org/en/press-rel... 6416120
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialJon Wiener @jonwiener.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Challenging Trump’s Deportation Orders: Ahilan Arulanantham @ahilantoolong.bsky.social explains the legal strategies to be deployed by sanctuary states and cities – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4gNSNhC 064
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialJon Wiener @jonwiener.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Stephen Miller claimed in a letter that 249 elected officials could face legal consequences for protecting immigrants with sanctuary laws; but "the legal argument in that letter is borderline frivolous"– @ahilantoolong.bsky.social on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4gNSNhC 022
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialJon Wiener @jonwiener.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Immigration activists say CA law is good, but there are better laws protecting undocumented residents, especially in OR, and in IL. What do those states do that CA doesn’t? Ahilan Arulanantham @ahilantoolong.bsky.social explains on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4gNSNhC 011
Reposted by @ahilantoolong.bsky.socialJon Wiener @jonwiener.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Defending the Undocumented: "Crime happens for a variety of reasons... but the idea that you can make people safer by deporting the “bad apples” – it turns out not to be true" – Ahilan Arulanantham @ahilantoolong.bsky.social on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4gNSNhC 011
ahilantoolong.bsky.social @ahilantoolong.bsky.social · 16/01/2025For my first bluesky post... Check out these potential confirmation hearing questions to ask AG nominee Noem, from me and others: www.justsecurity.org/106479/quest... @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social @justsecurity.org @haleaziz.bsky.social @daralind.bsky.socialjustsecurity.orgQuestions for Senators (and Journalists) to Ask Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi NoemWe asked experts what members of the committee should focus on in Noem’s confirmation hearing before the Senate. 0147
