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ImmigrationProf Blog
Gutatemalan Asylum Fact Sheet
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued a fact sheet (here) on Guatemalan asylum applicants in the context of the ABC settlement agreement and Section 203 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Immigration Articles
Lasker, Alida Yvonne. Note. Solomon's choice: the case for granting derivative asylum to parents. 32 Brook. J. Int'l L. 231-267 (2006).Molina, Sarah Keefe. Comment. Rejecting the collateral consequences doctrine: silence…
ImmigrationProf Blog
IJ Criticized by Second Circuit
The N.Y. Times reported today thatIn a move that immigration lawyers say is highly unusual, a federal appeals court has recommended that a Justice Department appeals board review all immigration…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum for Victims of Domestic Violence
In the February 11, 2007 NY Times Magazine, Alex Kotlowitz has an exxcellent article on the evolving law of asylum for battered noncitizen women. It is entitled "Asylum for the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Documentary on the Golden Venture
A powerful documentary chronicling the passage of Chinese immigrants to the United States:A Journey into the American Immigration Nightmare 300 Chinese refugees seeking asylum were aboard the freighter Golden Venture…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Victorious Sexual Orientation Asylum Claim
The S.F. Chronicle (here) reports that an immigration judge who previously denied a gay man's asylum bid on the grounds that he could conceal his sexual orientation if he returned…
The Right Coast
(In)securityMike Rappaport
I hadn't heard about this. Not very encouraging: Mustaf Jama, a Somali ''asylum seeker'' in Britain wanted for themurder of a policewoman, fled the country by taking his sister'spassport, wearing…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum a Hot Topic in Europe for 2006
European integration as well as Switzerland's laws on asylum and immigration were among the top political issues in nationwide ballots over the past year.The votes on tightening Swiss laws on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Immigration Data and Reports
TRAC's on-line library of government oversight reports on immigration topics have been updated with a wide range of new reports. This growing library is one part of TRAC's expanding public…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
Advocacy Group Helping Haitian Mother
By Tom Bolt
A partial happy ending may be salvaged for a 24-year-old Haitian immigrant whose 18-month-old daughter drowned on her secret journey to St. Thomas in January, 2006. Nadine Charles left the…