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U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTINUES UNNECESSARY DETENTION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS; REFUSES TO IMPLEMENT REGULATIONS TO PROTECT BASIC RIGHTS Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rejected a petition submitted by Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center and 30 other immigrant and human rights organizations, think tanks, and academics…
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Elon University School of Law (North Carolina) establishes Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic
Elon University School of Law has established the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, allowing students under the supervision of law faculty to provide free legal services to low-income refugees and asylum…
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ProBar: Serving Asylum-Seekers in South Texas
The American Bar Association created ProBAR more than two decades ago to assist asylum-seekers detained in South Texas. UC Davis law school alum Meredith Linsky, director of the ABA’s South Texas…
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From the Bookshelves: European Immigration and Asylum Law: A Commentary
European Immigration and Asylum Law A Commentary Edited by Kay Hailbronner The EU has usurped essential parts of the national laws of immigration and asylum. Hence, European Directives and Regulations…
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Australia refugee law case trumps government policy
The high court of Australia has issued a decision in favor of refugees in a much-watched case involving a legal distinction made between asylum-seekers who arrive by plane and those who…
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One-Year Asylum Application Requirement Strikes Again
From guest blogger, Professor Evelyn Cruz, Arizona State University:Le Bin Zhu v. Holder No. 10-1042First Circuit Court of AppealsOct 14, 2010Summary: Mr. Zhu entered the U.S. on June 21, 2001…
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THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES DENIED PROTECTION DUE TO ASYLUM FILING DEADLINE U.S. Implementation of One-Year Deadline Violates Human Rights, Report Says
The National Immigrant Justice Center, Human Rights First and Penn State Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights has released a report on the one-year filing deadline for filing an asylum application. The report…
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Third Circuit: Woman Forced to Have IUD Inserted Eligible for Asylum
In an opinion by Judge Julio Fuentes (joined by Judges Aldisert and Roth), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that an asylum applicant from China who "was…
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Study Says Deadline Hinders Asylum Seekers
Julia Preston of the N.Y. Times demonstrates that law professors can do research that is relevant to pressing public policy issues. Since the one year filing deadline went into effect in…
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Mexican Journalists Flee Drug War, Seek U.S. Asylum
NPR has a report on how a journalist from Mexico fled violence and threats because of his reporting on the drug violence in Mexico and successfully sought asylum in the United States. More…