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ImmigrationProf Blog
University of Houston Asylum Law Conference
January 29, 2021 University of Houston Joseph A. Vail Asylum Law Workshop Immigration Law in the Time of COVID9-1pm, keynote featuring Ira Kurzban at 12pm 2021-0129Schedule.pdf (uh.edu)Webinar Registration - ZoomFor questions…
Clinical Law Prof Blog
JOBS: Brooklyn’s Immigration Clinic
By Jeff Baker
Via Prof. Stacy Caplow:Tenured or Tenure Track PositionImmigration ClinicBrooklyn Law SchoolBrooklyn Law School invites applications for the Director of our immigration clinic (now known as the Safe Harbor Project). The…
ImmigrationProf Blog
University of Houston Law Center: Immigration in the Time of COVID 19: Asylum and Beyond
Immigration in the Time of COVID 19:Asylum and BeyondKEYNOTE SPEAKER:IRA KURZBANAmerican Civil Rights and Immigration Lawyer Click Here to RSVP Friday, January 29, 20219 AM – 1 PM (CDT)Complimentary due to COVID…
The Faculty Lounge
It’s good to be back….Can President Biden End Indelible Debates Over Immigration?
President-elect Biden promised to roll back the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies, but shortly thereafter he backtracked over asylum rates in order to avoid winding up with “2 million people…
Bartlesville Law Blog
When Can an Asylee or Refugee Apply for U.S. Citizenship?
By Kyle Persaud
If you are as asylee or refugee You must wait one year before applying for Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) status. After you become an LPR, you must wait a certain…
ImmigrationProf Blog
FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S “DEATH TO ASYLUM” RULE
Courtesy of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaIn its last days, the Trump administration has sought through a rule to dramatically restrict asylum. This press release summarizes…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Deconstructing Invisible Walls: Sotomayor’s Dissents in Era of Immigration Exceptionalism by Karla Mari McKanders
Deconstructing Invisible Walls: Sotomayor’s Dissents in Era of Immigration Exceptionalism by Karla Mari McKanders, William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2020AbstractSince 2017, the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The Convention Against Torture an Nonrefoulement in U.S. Courts by Trent Buatte
Trent BuatteThe Convention Against Torture and Nonrefoulement in U.S. Courts by Trent Buatte, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, ForthcomingAbstractIn 1999—nine years after Senate ratification and five years after submitting its instrument of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Celebrating Immprof Books & Book Chapters of 2020
Vincent Le Moign, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsImmigration law professors published up a storm in 2020.Here are some of the book chapters that immprofs published this year:Sabrineh Ardalan, EU…
ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: And Breathe Normally (2018)
IMDB describes the film And Breathe Normally, streaming on Netflix, as follows: "Two women's lives will intersect while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum…