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ImmigrationProf Blog
Complaint Against U.S. and Mexico Filed with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over Human Rights Violations at the Border
PRESS RELEASEHUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CHARGE THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO WITH SYSTEMIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER UNDER THE GUISE OF COVID-19, REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICIES, AND THE…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Elliott Young: SCOTUS’s Thuraissigiam Decision is a Threat to all Undocumented Immigrants
Elliott Young on the History News Network sounds the alarm on the Supreme Court's decision in Thuraissigiam, which in an opinion by Justice Alito included some expansively restrictive language about…
The Mobile Workforce
Ori Lev Asks Ninth Circuit to Uphold Injunction of Asylum “Metering” Rule
This past Friday, Mayer Brown partner Ori Lev and co-counsel from the Southern Poverty Law Center argued before the Ninth Circuit in support of affirmance of a preliminary injunction that…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Never Forget Child Separation, Trump’s Most Abominable Act (by Prof. Ediberto Roman and Joshua Killingsworth)
By SpearIt
On June 26, a federal court demanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) free children from custody in response to health concerns at their facilities. Judge Dolly M. Gee found ICE…
The Asylumist
Let’s Deny Asylum to Sick People!
By Jason Dzubow
Horace Walpole famously observed that the world is a comedy to those who think, and a tragedy to those who feel. That about sums up my view of the Trump…
The Asylumist
Let’s Deny Asylum to Sick People!
By Jason Dzubow
Horace Walpole famously observed that the world is a comedy to those who think, and a tragedy to those who feel. That about sums up my view of the Trump…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Would African-Americans be granted refugee status in Ireland?
Would African-Americans be granted refugee status in Ireland?In light of the police violence against African Americans in the United States, Alan Desmond considers the fascinating question of would African Americans…
The Asylumist
New (and Awful) Restrictions on Work Permits for Asylum Seekers
By Jason Dzubow
Let’s say I give you a million dollars (which I can easily do, given my lucrative earnings as an asylum lawyer). Let’s also say I put that money on the…
The Asylumist
New (and Awful) Restrictions on Work Permits for Asylum Seekers
By Jason Dzubow
Let’s say I give you a million dollars (which I can easily do, given my lucrative earnings as an asylum lawyer). Let’s also say I put that money on the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Judge rejects Trump third-country asylum rule
Late yesterday, a federal court upheld a challenge to the Trump administration's 2019 rule that requires asylum seekers to ask for asylum closer to home.U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly…