In recent months, President Trump has stepped up his anti-immigration campaign. The President declared his intention to end the DACA “Dreamers” program, which has until now kept hundreds of thousands of young people safe from deportation. The Supreme Court is set to review Trump’s “Muslim ban” in a matter of weeks, while the Trump administration makes it increasingly difficult for Muslims to enter the United States using tools other than the blanket Muslim ban. Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested thousands of undocumented persons across America, breaking apart families and sparking nationwide demonstrations and lawsuits. Will courts defer to the President on these policies or challenge him? Will street protests and popular mobilization have any effect on either the Trump administration or the Courts?

To answer these crucial questions, the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the Islam and Global Affairs Initiative and the Global Justice Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, is pleased to host a dynamic discussion panel with leading experts on national and international security and the US courts system.

Join Shirin Sinnar, a John A. Wilson Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, and other leading scholars as they dive into pressing issues on rights, liberty and democracy, immigration, national security, and the role of institutions and mass resistance.