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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Believable Victims: Asylum Credibility and the Struggle for Objectivity by Michael Kagan
Believable Victims: Asylum Credibility and the Struggle for Objectivity by Michael Kagan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law 2015 Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Vol.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Report on Family Detention
Today the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) released a new report — Locking Up Family Values, Again — which exposes the inhumane conditions and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: International Aspects of Asylum Law in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom by Emily MacKenzie
International Aspects of Asylum Law in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom by Emily MacKenzie Date: October 29, 2014The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (Supreme Court) recently decided…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Human Rights Watch Report: You Don’t Have Rights Here’: US Border Screening and Returns of Central Americans to Risk of Serious Harm
The U.S, government’s rapid-fire screening of unauthorized migrants at the border is sending Central Americans back to the risk of serious harm, Human Rights Watch said in a report released…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A life-and-death struggle for asylum in America
This story by Susan Ferriss and Amy Isackson was reported in collaboration with The California Report, a production of KQED Public Radio. It sheds light on the horrors faced by…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Kudos to the George Washington University Law School Immigration Clinic: 16 Years for Asylum
Read this post about an asylum victory for the George Washington University Law School Immigration Clinic.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
Refugee plan set up for Central American minors?
The Associated Press reports that the Obama administration is initiating a program to give refugee status to some young people from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador in response to the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Victory for Asylum Seekers in Ecuador
Asylum Access Ecuador won a landmark victory last week when Ecuador’s Constitutional Court struck down key provisions of a restrictive refugee law.Since 2012, Decree 1182 has imposed serious barriers for…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Victims of Domestic Abuse Now Eligible for Asylum
By Tracy Thomas
NY Times, In First for Court, Woman is Ruled Eligible for Asylum in US on Basis of Domestic AbuseThe nation’s highest immigration court has found for the first time that women…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
BREAKING NEWS Highest U.S. Immigration Tribunal Recognizes Domestic Violence as a Basis for Asylum
By Sara Rankin
The Legislation Law Prof Blog continues to reflect on Women's Equality Day by sharing a breaking news announcement from our friends at the UC Hasting's Center for Gender & Refugee…