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ImmigrationProf Blog
ProBAR – Legal Orientation Project Attorney
The South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) seeks an attorney to join the ProBAR Legal Orientation Project in Harlingen, Texas. ProBAR is a national volunteer effort based in…
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New Immigration Articles
Fletcher, Aubra. The REAL ID Act: furthering gender bias in U.S. asylum law. 21 Berkeley J. Gender L. & Just. 111-131 (2006).Harrold, Marc M. Asylum-seekers in outer space, a perspective…
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New Forced Migration: Law and Policy Casebook
Dear Friends and Colleagues:We are very pleased to let you know about our new casebook, which will be published by Thomson West in February or March 2007. Its title is…
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Asylum Seekers and HIV
An untold number of immigrants seeking asylum arrive in the United States only to learn they are HIV positive, a devastating discovery that many trace back to torture that drove…
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Second Circuit En Banc Review of Forced Sterilization Asylum Case
In Shi Liang Lin v. United States Department of Justice and Attorney General Gonzales, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 28465 (Nov. 13,…
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Asylum Roulette
In "New York Immigration Court, Asylum Roulette," NINA BERNSTEIN writes about the game of chanmce asylum applicants play in the immmigration court. The article starts like this:Tears streaked Meizi Liu’s…
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“Material support” provisions bar valid asylum seekers from relief
On Wednesday, State Department officials announced that the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. fell 23% in the past year. The reason for the decrease lies in the recently…
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New Immigration Articles
Farrone, Marissa. Comment. Opening the doors to women? An examination of recent developments in asylum and refugee law. 50 St. Louis U. L.J. 661-690 (2006).Flamme, Alexandra Blake. Comment. A construction…
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Congrats to the Cornell Clinic and Steve Yale-Loehr!
The Cornell asylum/CAT appeals clinic recently assisted in two unpublished victories at the BIA. One case involved a child soldier from Uganda who pplied for asylum. That case involved issues…
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Video on UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT, ASYLUM SEEKING CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children (www.womenscommission.org )have released a video to help UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT, ASYLUM SEEKING CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES. The video features Senator Dianne Feinstein (invited);…