T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Author at Public Seminar

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Tempest Tossed

Separated Children, Zero tolerance and the Border, with Denise Gilman

July 27, 2018 • by T. Alexander Aleinikoff

Alex Aleinikoff, speaks with Professor Denise Gilman, Director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, about separated children, zero tolerance, and the border.

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What Does the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Trump Executive Order Mean for Refugees?

A Hopeful View

June 27, 2017 • by T. Alexander Aleinikoff

The commentary on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Trump Executive Orders has largely focused on the part of the Orders that imposed the travel ban on six predominantly Muslim countries. Less noticed have been the paragraphs at the end of the decision that discuss the Orders’ suspension of the ...

What Does the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Trump Executive Order Mean for Refugees?

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Trump’s Executive Order

Banning Immigration and Refugee Admissions

January 29, 2017 • by T. Alexander Aleinikoff

Now Mr. Trump declares that no more Syrian refugees will be brought to the United States. And he has, by the stroke of a pen, cut President Obama’s commitment of 110,000 refugee admissions this year to just 50,000 -- the lowest number in a decade. All this at a time ...

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The Trump Executive Orders on Immigration Enforcement

How a wilfull disregard for facts has produced disastrous policy

January 28, 2017 • by T. Alexander Aleinikoff

The problem, of course, is how to move from premises to policies, and the particular problem for Mr. Trump is a fundamental misunderstanding of the current facts on the ground. Let’s start with the facts. Since the beginning of his campaign for President, Mr. Trump has painted a picture of a ...