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ImmigrationProf Blog
ILRC Asylum Manual by Silverman, Jobe, and Katzman
From the Immigrant Legal Resource Center:Asylum and Related Immigration Protections8th EditionBy Mark Silverman, Robert Jobe, and Larry KatzmanCLICK HERE TO ORDER Written by some of the most renowned asylum experts…
ImmigrationProf Blog
HLS Does Good!
The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic landed a major immigration court victory in early September when it obtained asylum status for a parent and his two children whose family members were…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Plea from Asylum Access
Asylum Access is a start-up non-profit that helps refugees assert their rights to live safely, work, put kids in school and access healthcare and social services within their first countries…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Immigration Articles
Cahan, Miriam R. Note. An impossible choice: denial of parent's derivative asylum claims based on their citizen daughter's risk of female genital mutilation. 8 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev.…
International Law Prof Blog
Honduras Denies Entry to OAS Delegation
The de facto government of Honduras yesterday denied entry to a delegation from the Organization of American States. The delegation was turned back at Tegucigalpa Airport.The Financial Times notes that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A child’s life, a lawyer’s humanity: Asylum helps boy escape wrath of Salvadoran gang
To start the week on an upbeat note, here is a "feel good" immigration story from the Baltimore Sun ("A child's life, a lawyer's humanity: Asylum helps boy escape wrath…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Recent Court of Appeals Decisions of Interest
Serna-Garcia v. Attorney General, (3d Cir. Sept. 24, 2009)"Serna-Garcia argues that the IJ erred in failing to address whether she qualifies for asylum or withholding as a member of a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Maria Odom to Head Catholic Immigration Network
From CLINIC:CLINIC APPOINTS GEORGIA IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Washington, D.C. – The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) has appointed Maria M. Odom, a renowned immigration attorney, as…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Third Annual Asylum and Refugee Law National Moot Court Competition
UC Davis School of Law will host the Third Annual Asylum and Refugee Law National Moot Court Competition on February 6, 2010. This is the only immigration moot court competition…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Conference on Gender Based Violence: Immigration and Asylum
On September 12, 2009 at UC Hastings in San Francisco, Survivors International (www.survivorsintl.org) will be hosting a conference on gender based violence, specifically addressing immigration and asylum. Please circulate the…