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New Immigration Articles
20 GEORGETOWN IMMIGRATION LAW JOURNAL, NO. 2, WINTER, 2006.Pistone, Michele R. and John J. Hoeffner. Rules are made to be broken: how the process of expedited removal fails asylum seekers.…
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Cubans Find Path Through Puerto Rico
Taking the back door into the United States, droves of Cubans arecrossing some of the world's stormiest seas and clambering onto thisrugged speck of an island belonging to Puerto Rico.…
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New Report on “Seeking Asylum Alone: Unaccompanied and Separated Children and Refugee Protection”
FROM Jacqueline BhabhaAs you know, every year thousands of children fleeing persecution arrive in the United States alone in search of protection. I am writing to share with you the…
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Important Asylum Ruling
The Board of Immigration Appeals issued an important ruling today (June 15) on the meaning of "particular social group" for purposes of asylum. The case (Matter of C-A-0 is likely…
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Immigration Judge Suspended After Criticism
One U.S. immigrationjudge is off the bench and others could follow in the wake ofblistering federal court rebukes about the treatment of asylum seekers.Donald V. Ferlise has been replaced on…
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Penn State Asylum Clinic wins first case
During the Penn State Dickinson School of Law Asylum Clinic's first semester of operation, second-year law students Alison Babich and Ryan Navarra worked closely with Won Kidane, professor of law…
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Cinco de Mayo Asylum Decision
From Charles Kuck, immigration attorney in Atlanta: For all of you who do asylum work in the Immigration Courts in the 11th Circuit, it is ESSENTIAL, that you read this…
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Asylum on the Basis of Being Rich
Miriam Cherry forwarded this news story on a Second Circuit opinion remanding a case to the BIA to consider whether the Guatemalan applicants could qualify for asylum for fear of…
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New Article on Proving Asylum Claims
"Maybe You Should, Yes You Must, No You Can't: Shifting Standards and Practices for Assuring Document Reliability in Asylum Cases" by VIRGIL WIEBE, University of St. Thomas School of Law…
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Book Plug
A tale as riveting as fiction, Storming the Court by Brandt Goldstein is the true story of idealistic law students who challenged the United States government in a battle for…