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ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum Seekers charged with Document Fraud have their Cases Tossed
Two African women who sought asylum in the United States only to be arrested at the Canadian border lost federal appeals Monday to have their cases tossed Linda Malenge, a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Tough to get Asylum in York County
Asylum outcomes vary across the country. Daniel Paik reports for the Daily Record:From fiscal years 2002 to 2007, immigration judges in York County denied asylum to three out of every…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum Victory for Gay Men From Jamaica
Bromfield v. Mukasey: This 9th Circuit case essentially finds a pattern and practice of persecution against gay men in Jamaica! http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/D29B2BBB66830B20882574C500577096/$file/0575844.pdf?openelementHats off to Northwest Immigrants Rights Project!bh
EvidenceProf Blog
WikiJudge?: 8th Circuit Finds That Immigration Judge Improperly Relied Upon Wikipedia In Asylum Case
By Colin Miller
In Budasa v. Mukasey, 2008 WL 3981817 (8th Cir. 2008), the Eighth Circuit granted a petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration (BIA) based upon improper…
ImmigrationProf Blog
No More Mandatory Detention for Asylum Seekers in Australia
Australia is ending its policy of automatic detention for asylum seekers who arrive in the country without visas, the government said Tuesday. Children and adults who are not considered a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Increase in Mexican Asylum Claims Based on Drug War
There has been much reported on drug crime in Mexico. AP has an interesting story about the increase in asylum claims filed by Mexican nationals seeking refuge from violence.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
Posner Strikes Again!
It is fair to say -- as we have -- that Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit has been critical of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Here is his…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Walker on Sex Workers and Refugee Status in Australia
Kristen Walker (Melbourne) has posted on SSRN her recent article in the Melbourne University Law Review: Damned Whores and the Border Police: Sex Workers and Refugee Status in Australia.Here is…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Negusie v. Mukasey: Asylum Case in Supreme Court
Daniel Negusie, an Eritrean Christian who was forced to stand guard at an Ethiopian prison camp, should be granted asylum and allowed to stay in the United States, according to…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Supreme Court Declines to Review Asylum Claim of Chinese Man Whose Wife Had Forced Abortion
Associated Press: Court turns down Chinese man's asylum claim:WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from aChinese man who sought asylum in the United States because his…