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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Cascades Wanted: Searching for Consistency in Asylum’s Protected Grounds by Isaac T. R. Smith
Cascades Wanted: Searching for Consistency in Asylum's Protected Grounds by Isaac T. R. Smith, University of Iowa, College of Law, Iowa Law Review, ForthcomingAbstract: Currently, international and domestic immigration law…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Fammigration
By Tracy Thomas
You can come, but you can't leave.Domestic Violence Survivor Found Guilty of Abduction for Fleeing with Daughter, May be DeportedA unanimous jury found Korean immigrant detainee and domestic violence survivor…
ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: Refuge: Caring for Survivors of Torture
Refuge: Caring for Survivors of Torture Refugees, asylees and caregivers share their stories to help professionals and volunteers understand the needs of the more than a million survivors of torture…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NYT Magazine: The Shame of America’s Family Detention Camps
Check out immprof Barbara Hines, right Photo by Dan Winters for The New York TimesThe New York Times magazine's new story - The Shame of America's Family Detention Camps -…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Problems Faced by Mexican Asylum Seekers in the United States by J. Anna Cabot
Problems Faced by Mexican Asylum Seekers in the United States by J. Anna CabotExecutive Summary: Violence in Mexico rose sharply in response to President Felipe Calderón’s military campaign against drug…
ImmigrationProf Blog
ACLU Files Class Action Suit Challenging Detention of Asylum-Seekers
The ACLU filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's policy of locking up asylum-seeking mothers and children to intimidate others from coming to the United States.The case was…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Multiple Nationality and Refugees by Jon Bauer
Multiple Nationality and Refugees by Jon Bauer, University of Connecticut - School of Law November 27, 2014 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2014Abstract: Persons with more…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Prosecuting a Refugee for ‘Smuggling’ Himself by James C. Hathaway
Prosecuting a Refugee for 'Smuggling' Himself by James C. Hathaway University of Michigan Law SchoolUniversity of Amsterdam December 2014 U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 429Abstract: During the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status The Role of Witness, Expertise, and Testimony Editors: Benjamin N. Lawrance and Galya Ruffer
Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status The Role of Witness, Expertise, and Testimony Editors: Benjamin N. Lawrance, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York Galya Ruffer, Northwestern University, IllinoisIn this book, an…
Media Law Prof Blog
Are Requests For Asylum Funny?
The Guardian notes that Julian Assange's legal troubles are now fodder for a new BBC4 comedy called (of course) Asylum. Kayvan Novak will play the Assange character (it's not clear to me…