Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

Penn State Law

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia is the Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and Clinical Professor of Law at Penn State Law in University Park. She is the author of Beyond Deportation: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases (NYU Press, 2015).

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia's Articles

Due Process, Executive Power, Human Rights, Immigration

Immigration Enforcement Under Trump: A Loose Cannon

February 21, 2018

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policy is a loose cannon, targeting noncitizens who have long been protected under prosecutorial discretion. The President has unleashed a policy that routinely targets anyone who is undocumented, not just “bad hombres.” This post examines the discretion used after a person has received a deportation (“removal”) order and how the…