Shalini Bhargava Ray is Associate Professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. She writes primarily in the areas of immigration law and administrative law. At UA Law, she has taught courses including Legislation and Regulation, Immigration Law and a seminar on citizenship.
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The executive branch has not just the authority to draw lines that set immigration enforcement priorities in order to advance homeland security objectives—it has the duty to do so.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently ruled in a challenge to a policy of expelling asylum-seekers at the border during the coronavirus pandemic, offering partial victories both to the government and to those challenging the measure.
Although the INA strictly imposes deportation for all immigration offenses, immigration law does not, in practice, have only one penalty—but these sanctions are imposed arbitrarily and in the shadows of the formal immigration system.