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ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies in the Time of Coronavirus: Blues Brothers (1980)
Immigrationprof has ran a series of upbeat movies to watch as the nation looks for diversions. Blues Brothers (1980) is a great classic film to catch up on in the…
Coronavirus Immigration Blog
EOIR Postponing MPP Border Asylum Court Dates
By Greg Siskind
Posted on AILA’s public COVID-19 page – Attributable to an EOIR spokesperson: Due to circumstances resulting from COVID-19, all Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) master calendar and merit hearings presently scheduled…
ImmigrationProf Blog
40 years of the Refugee Act of 1980 — The Refugee Act of 1980: A Forlorn Anniversary
At the time of its passage, the Refugee Act of 1980 was a major achievement, among other things, incorporating the concept of asylum in the U.S. immigration laws. David A,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Non-immigration lawyers helping asylum seekers in Mexico
https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/non-immigration-lawyers-help-asylum-seekers-mexico/
Family Law Prof Blog
Non-Immigration Lawyers Are Helping Asylum Seekers Stuck in Mexico
By Family Law
From Texas Monthly Last October, Susanna Meringola, a family law attorney, joined a group of Christian volunteers on a visit to a migrant shelter in Ciudad Juárez, across the border from…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Darkside Discretion in Immigration Cases by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
Darkside Discretion in Immigration Cases by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, 72 Admin. L. Rev. (2020 Forthcoming)Abstract"Darkside Discretion" refers to a situation where the noncitizen satisfies the statutory criteria set by Congress…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Lawyers for the Undocumented: Addressing a Split Circuit Dilemma for Asylum-Seekers by Jay K. Krishnan
Lawyers for the Undocumented: Addressing a Split Circuit Dilemma for Asylum-Seekers by Jay K. Krishnan, Ohio State Law Journal, (forthcoming 2020)AbstractThe immigration crisis at the border, since 2016, has seen…
ImmigrationProf Blog
An Asylum-Seeker Who Was Kidnapped And Tortured With Acid Begged US Border Officers Not To Send Her Back. They Did Anyway.
Adolfo Flores on BuzzFeed tells a deeply disturbing story of the U.S. government's treatment of an asylum seeker who had suffered horrendous torture with acid. What has the U.S. asylum…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Stay Injunction of Trump “Metering” Rule for Asylum Seekers
In Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued the latest in a series of rulings on Trump administration asylum policies. Judge Marsha…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Federal Court Stops Policy Forcing Migrant Returns to Mexico
On Friday the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals entered a nationwide ban on the Trump Administration's practice of forcibly returning migrants to Mexico to await their asylum hearings under the…