FEBRUARY 2025

Why is the U.S. Importing People Who Literally Set Our Country on Fire?

As Southern California rebuilds after devastating wildfires, IRLI’s “No Border, No Country” podcast discussed the case of an illegal alien arrested for setting fires during the crisis, and found other cases of aliens setting fires around the country.

IRLI ACTION

Victory! Duplicate DACA Goes Down Again

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the federal government’s bid to reinstate in full its recent duplication of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). IRLI had filed a brief in the Fifth Circuit showing that the program is substantively unlawful.

Should Illegal Aliens be Represented in Congress?

IRLI is representing Kansas in an important case filed on behalf of four states, challenging the counting of illegal aliens in the census for purposes of apportionment.

Does the Constitution Protect American Citizens?

Representing DC politician Stacia Hall, Second Amendment activist Dick A. Heller, and five other U.S. citizens registered to vote in the District of Columbia, IRLI has filed its response/reply brief in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering plaintiffs’ case against DC’s law allowing noncitizens—including illegal aliens—to vote in local DC elections.

Report: Sanctuary Cities, States Have Few Options to Stop Trump Deportations

Despite sensational rhetoric by sanctuary politicians about opposing Trump Administration deportation efforts, a new investigative report from IRLI says there is very little these jurisdictions can actually do to thwart federal immigration enforcement.

COMMENTARY

Deportations are Mass Enforcement, Not Mass Deprivation of ‘Rights’

Counting Illegal Immigration in the Census is a Real Threat to Democracy

Deportation Raids Are Necessary and Righteous

Reality Finally Defeats Sanctuary Utopianism

Biden’s Last-Minute Amnesty Aims to Hamstring Trump Administration

The Deportation Revolution Will Be Televised

IN THE NEWS

Bloomberg Law: Red States Tee Up Trump to Exclude Migrants From Census Tallies

A group of GOP-run states are suing the US Department of Commerce and asking a federal court to force the next Census to exclude migrants who are in the country unlawfully. The states are represented by their attorney general offices, as well as the Immigration Reform Law Institute

The Washington Times: Biden moves to block Trump by renewing ‘temporary’ migrant amnesty

An earthquake struck El Salvador in 2001, and the U.S. government offered a reprieve to Salvadorans who were living in the U.S. at the time, saying they could stay for 18 months to give their home country a chance to recover. Twenty-four years later, more than 234,000 of them are still living here under that same “temporary” reprieve.

Daily Caller: Liberals Sue Trump Over His Immigration Agenda Hours Into Presidency

A group of immigrant organizations led by the ACLU sued the Trump administration over an executive order that seeks to withhold birthright citizenship against individuals born on American soil to parents living unlawfully in the country or on certain temporary visas.

The Lars Larson Show – Matt O’Brien: Sanctuary Cities Have Limited Options Against Trump’s Deportations

IRLI Director of Investigations Matt O’Brien was a guest on the nationally syndicated Lars Larson Show. He discussed a new IRLI investigative report on the supremacy of federal law when it comes to the arrest and deportation of illegal aliens.

The Washington Times: DHS renews deportation amnesty for nearly 1 million migrants

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas renewed temporary protected status — an amnesty from deportation — for hundreds of thousands of migrants on Friday, rushing to lock in protection before the next Trump administration takes office.

The Blaze - NYC spent $50M on lawyers for illegal aliens — including criminals — while city agencies faced budget cuts: Report

The immigration crisis in New York City has not stopped officials from spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on lawyers for illegal aliens, including criminals, according to data reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Townhall: Why Trump’s Deportation Flights Are the Steal of the Century for American Taxpayers

The liberal media are complaining about the price tag attached to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operations, claiming that the use of U.S. military planes to airlift illegal aliens out of here is an expensive burden on American taxpayers.

The Washington Times: Sanctuary Cities See Increased Defiance for Trump’s Second Term

Democratic-led sanctuary cities that refused to help with deportations during President Trump’s first term are now pondering more active resistance.

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