Research
The CIJ engages in legal and policy research to examine ways that immigration and citizenship laws define rights and privileges of immigrants and their families. It also highlights the scholarships of CIJ faculty that explore questions of immigration and citizenship laws and policies.
Recent News
Civil Rights Groups File Amicus Brief in 8th Circuit to Challenge Arkansas’s Discriminatory Land Laws
A coalition of leading civil rights scholars, legal advocates, and nonprofit organizations filed an amicus curiae brief on August 12, 2025 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in support of a constitutional challenge to Arkansas’s alien land laws—Act 636 and Act 174. These laws, which restrict land ownership by so-called “foreign parties” or “foreign-party businesses,” have been criticized for discriminating on the basis of race and national origin and conflicting with federal immigration law. Read full statement here.