Ahilan Arulanantham
Ahilan Arulanantham is a law professor at UCLA and a noted expert in immigration law. He gained recognition for leading legal challenges against attempts to terminate temporary protected status for various immigrant groups during the Trump administration. His recent comments reflect concerns about the humanitarian and economic impacts of stripping TPS from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans now facing uncertainty in the U.S., underlining the dangers of returning to their home country amidst ongoing crises.
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Ahilan Arulanantham stated that state and local law enforcement is key to engaging in mass deportation.
Analysis: Cooperation with ICE is the latest red vs. blue state divide
United States· 2026-02-08
Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of a UCLA immigration law center, commented on the Supreme Court’s emergency power.
US Supreme Court lets Trump strip temporary status from Venezuelan migrants
Guyana· 2025-10-05
Ahilan Arulanantham criticized the Supreme Court's ruling as a political abandonment of the law.
Tribunal Supremo de EEUU pone en riesgo inmediato de deportación a más de 300,000 venezolanos
Dominican Republic· 2025-10-04
Ahilan Arulanantham criticized the Supreme Court's ruling as an extreme signal that it has abandoned the law for politics.
Supremo de EE.UU. pone en riesgo inmediato de deportación a 300,000 venezolanos
Honduras· 2025-10-04Ahilan Arulanantham is the co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA and discusses the impact of systemic racism on immigration policies.
Lanzan Mapping Deportations, plataforma que rastrea deportaciones en EE. UU. desde 1895
Guatemala· 2025-09-18Ahilan Arulanantham criticized the panel's decision and warned that the plaintiffs deserve better than what the judges determined.
Tribunal permite a Trump ponga fin al TPS de Honduras, Nicaragua y NepalDominican Republic· 2025-08-21
Ahilan Arulanantham criticized the court's decision for authorizing government abuse of power.
Trump avanza en eliminación del TPS, dictamina corteHonduras· 2025-08-20
Ahilan Arulanantham, a professor at UCLA, states that there is a strong discrepancy between rhetoric and reality regarding immigration enforcement.
Trump lover å kaste ut de verste av de verste – men ferske tall viser noe annet
Norway· 2025-08-03
Ahilan Arulanantham, an attorney for plaintiffs, said it’s awful that they were given only two months to leave the country.
Judge extends temporary protected status for 60,000 people from Honduras, Nicaragua and NepalUnited States· 2025-08-01
Ahilan Arulanantham noted a deep disconnect between rhetoric and reality regarding immigration enforcement.
¿EEUU realmente deporta a “lo peor de lo peor”?Dominican Republic· 2025-07-14
Ahilan Arulanantham warned about the human consequences of the decision affecting TPS holders.
Beneficiarios de TPS de Honduras, Nepal y Nicaragua demandan al gobierno de TrumpHonduras· 2025-07-08
Ahilan Arulanantham described the measure as the largest revocation of immigration status for a single group in modern U.S. history.
Fin del TPS: las opciones de los venezolanos para evitar la deportación en EE UU
Venezuela· 2025-05-21
Ahilan Arulanantham called the court's decision 'truly shocking'.
Suprema Corte dos EUA permite que governo Trump remova status de proteção de 350 mil venezuelanos
Liechtenstein· 2025-05-20
Ahilan Arulanantham described the Supreme Court's ruling as devastating.
¿Qué dijeron las organizaciones no gubernamentales acerca del fallo de la Corte Suprema sobre el TPS para venezolanos?Venezuela· 2025-05-19
Ahilan Arulanantham, who represents TPS holders in the case, told the BBC he believes this to be 'the largest single action stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status in modern US history'.
Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for Venezuelans
United Kingdom· 2025-05-19Ahilan Arulanantham, a lawyer for National TPS Alliance, said in a statement that the Court’s decision provides a crucial protection against mass deportations.
Judge blocks Trump administration from stripping deportation protections for VenezuelansGuyana· 2025-04-01
Ahilan Arulanantham is a co-director of the center for immigration law and policy at UCLA.
Mahmoud Khalil’s case is setting up an epic first amendment battle with Trump | Trump administrationUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-16
Ahilan Arulanantham is one of the lawyers who filed a lawsuit against the government regarding the deportation of Venezuelans.
Trump invoca lei do século 18 para deportar venezuelanos, mas é bloqueado pela JustiçaLiechtenstein· 2025-03-15
Ahilan Arulanantham is a UCLA law professor who led the lawsuit that blocked Trump from terminating TPS protections during his first term.
‘We no longer go out alone’: what happens after Trump revokes temporary protected status? | US immigrationUnited Kingdom· 2025-02-14
