In Newsweek, Professor Sarkar Writes of Legal Protections Against Mass Deportations

In a  Dec. 13 in Newsweek opinion piece, Professor Shayak Sarkar and civil and workers’ rights lawyer Josh Rosenthal wrote about President Donald Trump’s and border czar Tom Homan’s plans for mass deportations.

“Mass deportation plans rely on others’ cooperation,” Sarkar and Rosenthal wrote. “And the Constitution provides guidance and protections to meet this moment.”

A wave of unconstitutional raids “could offer an opportunity to reverse declining public confidence in the judiciary—and the belief that Trump-appointed judges merely kowtow to his whims,” Sarkar and Rosenthal continued. “Courts across the country should recognize Homan and Trump's scorn for the law—and protect unconstitutionally arrested workers.”

Shayak Sarkar's scholarship addresses the structure and legal regulation of inequality. His substantive interests lie in financial regulation, employment law, immigration, and taxation.