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Refugee Status
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ImmigrationProf Blog
The Beat Goes On: Trump has finalized an agreement to deport asylum seekers to El Salvador
Nicole Narea, who is writing some great immigration stuff on Vox, reports that the Trump administration is continuing the full court press on immigration into the final days of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Sidewalk School for Asylum Seekers
The Sidewalk School for Asylum Seekers is a U.S. nonprofit that aims to "provide quality education to those who would go without as they experience displacement in the Matamoros Tent…
The Asylumist
Fixing Asylum Part 1: Politics
By Jason Dzubow
The President and his allies are doing everything in their power to subvert the result of last month’s election. So far, their efforts have not changed the outcome, but we…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The US has “dirty immigration lawyers”; The UK has “specialist immigration law firms”
The original uploader was Skipper Michael at Palatine German Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsIt was 2017 when then-AG Jeff Sessions caught immprofs' attention with his diatribe against "dirty…
Knowledge Centre
Settlement as a Refugee or person with Humanitarian Protection
By Elana Kaymer
In this post we explore the requirements for obtaining settlement once you have completed 5 years in the UK as a refugee or person with humanitarian protection. Does it matter…
ImmigrationProf Blog
This is Family Separation and What It Means to People and Lives
Catherine Rampell for the Washington Post tells the story of Leticia and her son, who crossed the Rio Grande seeking asylum from danger in Guatemala. Instead, they were torn apart…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum Ruling Halts Restrictions in New Rule
Peter Margulies writes on Lawfare writes about a recent district court decision:"On Nov. 19, Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Asylum Under Attack by Lindsay Harris
Asylum Under Attack by Lindsay Harris, Loyola Law Review, New Orleans, Vol. 67, 2020AbstractAsylum is under attack. After almost four years of the Trump Administration exercising political control over case law,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Nov 11 Cornell talk on asylum and refugee system in US and Canada
An Asylum and Refugee System in Tatters: Where Do We Go from Here?Wed. Nov. 11, 2020 12:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Speaker: Bill FrelickSince 2005, Bill Frelick has served…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Comprehensive List of AG-Certified Opinions in Trump Administration To Date
Yesterday, as I was mulling over Biden's future AG, I found myself searching for a catalogue of every AG-certified opinion during the Trump administration. I couldn't find such a list.…