Written by: Gloria Kosir

Idaho Law Review published an article written by Professor Stella Burch Elias, the Bouma Family Fellow in Law, in Volume 61, Issue 3 of the journal. The article explores changes in immigration-related rulemaking at state and local levels during the second Trump Administration, as well as the dynamics between federal executive actions and state responses.

The article is based on the keynote speech Elias gave at the Spring 2025 Idaho Law Review Symposium, “Immigration Law and the Shifting Borders of American Federalism.” The article also discusses legal scholars’ prior work and analyzes the implications for individual immigrants' fundamental rights and freedoms and the structural guarantees of our federal system.

Elias is a celebrated legal scholar, author, and educator. Her research centers on public international and comparative law, with a focus on the United States and foreign immigration and nationality laws.