Donald Trump Re-Elected President, Human Rights Watch Expresses Concerns

Official White House Photo from First Term

After an extraordinary campaign, Donald Trump prevailed in the 2024 presidential election.   The inauguration is in January. 

Immigration was a central dividing issue in the campaign.  The nation can expect the Trump administration to make many changes (and here) in immigration policy — probably in short order.  It will be a whirlwind and immigration law professors will need to work hard to keep up.  Many already are discussing how to discuss the election outcome with current immigration law students. 

Upon Trump’s reelection, Human Rights Watch released a news advisory.  It began:

“Donald Trump’s second term as United States president poses a grave threat to human rights in the United States and the world, Human Rights Watch said today. These concerns reflect Trump’s rights-abusing record during his first term, his embrace of white supremacist supporters and ideology, the extreme antidemocratic and anti-rights policies proposed by think tanks led by former aides, and campaign promises, including to round up and deport millions of immigrants and retaliate against political opponents.” (bold added).

Click the link above for details about Human Rights Watch’s concerns..

KJ