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IRS decision to give immigrant tax information to ICE contradicts ‘years of best practice’

April 9, 2025

Shannon Gleeson is a professor of labor relations, law and history and studies the politics of immigrant worker rights. While the agreement focuses on those immigrants with final orders of removal, or who are under criminal investigation, she says this distinction obscures the impact this shift in policy will have. 

Law, Government & Public Policy

Labor expert: Extending immigration policy into hospitals is a bad idea

September 16, 2024

Shannon Gleeson is a professor in Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She says the push to extend immigration enforcement powers to state and local officials is increasingly targeting “safe spaces” such as schools, churches, and hospitals.

Law, Government & Public Policy
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Industrial and Labor Relations

Texas border militarization will only exacerbate problems

March 19, 2024

Shannon Gleeson is a professor in Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and says the court’s decision hinges not only on the question of who holds authority over immigration regulation, but also how far states should be allowed to go in encroaching on the fundamental rights of migrants.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Law, Government & Public Policy

TPS extension alone will not fix the migrant crisis, but a ‘whole of government’ approach could

September 21, 2023

Stephen Yale-Loehr says the TPS redesignation for Venezuelans is a good first step to address the recent surge in migrant arrivals, but more needs to be done. Shannon Gleeson says the Venezuela migrant population is not unique, and TPS benefits should be reconsidered for the nearly 8-million undocumented workers in the U.S.

Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy
Law School

DACA remains on life support after Fifth Circuit decision

October 7, 2022

Stephen Yale-Loehr, says the decision keeps the DACA program alive but on life support.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Supreme Court decision against TPS holders means Congress should act

June 8, 2021

Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School, and Shannon Gleeson, associate professor of labor relations law and history at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comment on the Supreme Court's decision this week regarding certain immigrants granted temporary protected status. 


Cornell immigration experts available on farmworkers, DACA

March 18, 2021

Cornell University experts available to weigh in on immigration legislation up for a vote in the House of Representatives.

Law and Policy
Agriculture and Life Sciences

Migration treaty violations, trade central to U.S.-Mexico-Canada summit

November 18, 2021

Gustavo Flores-Macías, Ian Kysel and Shannon Gleeson comment on the first U.S.-Canada-Mexico summit held in five years at the White House this week, which will focus on migration, trade and labor. 

Law and Policy
International
Industrial and Labor Relations

Granting TPS not a silver bullet for Venezuelans in the U.S.

March 9, 2021

Shannon Gleeson, professor of labor relations, law and history at Cornell University, says the Biden administrations granting of Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelans in the U.S., while providing much needed work authorization, will present challenges in its implementation.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Industrial and Labor Relations
Law and Policy

Experts list: U.S. Congress to consider immigration

February 18, 2021

Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on Congress taking up either Biden's immigration wide-ranging bill or smaller pieces of legislation, offering historical, legal and labor perspectives.

Law and Policy
Industrial and Labor Relations
Arts and Sciences
Law School

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