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ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum Project of Austin
Friday's Austin American-Statesman carried a complimentary story on the work of the Asylum Project of Austin. The story documents the mission of the Project, which has expanded to fit the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
CRS Report On Asylum Seekers
The Congressional Research Service issued an updated report on US immigration policy on asylum seekers.http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/news/2006,0223-crs.pdfKJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Immigration Articles
Arnett, Amy K. Comment. One step forward, two steps back: women asylum- seekers in the United States and Canada stand to lose human rights under the Safe Third Country Agreement.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Piling on the IJs
Immigration judges come under fire, Pamela A. MacLean, Staff reporter, National Law Journal 02-06-2006An immigration judge in Newark, N.J., snores through a Colombian woman's testimony of fears for her life…
ImmigrationProf Blog
And the Worm Turns: Pinochet Daughter Seeks Asylum in US
Pinochet's Daughter Seeks Asylum in U.S.The Associated Press, January 26, 2006Washington (AP) -- U.S. officials are trying to decide whether to grant asylum to former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet's…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Go Get ‘Em, Attorney General Gonzales!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/j20immig.html January 20, 2006 IMMIGRATION COURT REVIEW ORDEREDAttorney General Questions Quality of Work, Lack of Respect BY RICHARD ACELLO The Byzantine process of applying for asylum in the U.S. has…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Supreme Court Oppostion to Cert Petition in Immigration Case
Care of Debbie AnkerThe Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic and the Law Offices of Errol Horwitz have filed a Brief in Opposition to the Solicitor General's Certiorari Petition in Thomas…
ImmigrationProf Blog
UNHCR Report on Asylum Trends
The UNHCR issued a new report today. The report is entitled Aslum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, Third Quarter 2005.See: www.unhcr.org/statisticsbh
ImmigrationProf Blog
Houston Immigration Clinic Rocks!
Thanks To Cappy White for this update from Texas. No Longer Adrift: UH Immigration Clinic Helps Answer Asylum-Seekers' PrayersErica Lehrer Goldman, Texas LawyerMonday, January 16, 2006A 26-year-old man from Eritrea,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Somali Refugee and National Security
A federal judge took theunusual step last week of tripling the suggested sentence for a Somalicommunity leader convicted of immigration crimes, saying the harsher sentencewas justified because of national security…