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Refugee Status
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The Right Coast
Confusion on the Border as Appeals Court Blocks Trump s Remain in Mexico Policy – The New York Times
A federal appeals court on Friday upended a central pillar of the Trump administration s immigration agenda, ruling that asylum seekers must once again be allowed into the United States…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Upcoming Conference: Immigration, Equal Protection, and the Promise of Racial Justice
Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami, February 7, 1986. Photo copyright Gary Monroe. The Legacy of Jean v. NelsonApril 3, 2020NYU School of LawThe year 2020 marks the 35th Anniversary of Justice…
The Asylumist
On Luck
By Jason Dzubow
For years, practitioners and academics have complained about inconsistent decisions at the Asylum Offices and the Immigration Courts, and there’s plenty of data to back up this concern. Recently, two…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: The Readmission of Asylum Seekers under International Law by Mariagiulia Giuffré
The Readmission of Asylum Seekers under International Law by Mariagiulia Giuffré, Hart Publishing, February 2020).This monograph could not be more timely, as discourses relating to refugees' access to territory, rescue…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Pres. Candidates’ Forum Addressed Immigration and Asylum
On Thursday, February 20, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), alongside several partner organizations, hosted a presidential candidate forum in Las Vegas on asylum and immigration to ask candidates tough questions on issues…
For Good
Grannies Respond: Grassroots Activism for Immigrant Justice
By Erin Meyer, Na Hye Kim
This week we had the privilege of speaking with Catherine Cole, the Executive Director of Grannies Respond, about the impact the “Grannies” have made through their efforts to advance immigrants’…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylee Sues Border Patrol for Unlawful Detention
Mohanad Elshieky, a professional comedian and refugee from Libya, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington today against the United States after Border Patrol…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Human Rights Watch: “Remain in Mexico” Program Harming Children
US: ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Harming ChildrenFamilies Seeking Asylum Exposed to Violence, Illness, TraumaA U.S. government program exposes children, as well as their parents, seeking asylum to serious risk of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Recipients, Asylum Seeker Attend State of the Union
President Trump began the week with the State of the Union address, in which, among other things, he highlighted his immigration enforcement policies. There were some interesting guests at the…
The Asylumist
New Data Shows that Most (But Not All) Asylum Offices Are Getting Tougher
By Jason Dzubow
Last fall, the Asylum Division cancelled its quarterly stakeholder engagement meeting and postponed the release of data about the various Asylum Offices. Now, finally, that information has been released. The…