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ImmigrationProf Blog
Must Watch TV: 60 Minutes Interview with El Salvador’s President
You really have to see this 60 Minutes interview with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele. Youtube has this small clip, in which President Bukele admits that his country does not…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
How the Founding Values of Two Great Nations – United States and India – Can Get Hollowed Out Through Tweaks in their Immigration Laws
By Cyrus Mehta
Until President Trump of the United States and Prime Minister Modi of India came to power, it was unimaginable that democratically elected leaders could cynically tweak immigration laws to undermine…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Joe Biden Announces His Immigration Program
Former Vice President Joe Biden has unveiled a program for immigration ("The Biden Plan for Securing Our Values as a Nation of Immigrants")Among other things, the plan states that "As president,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Becoming Unconventional: Constricting the ‘Particular Social Group’ Ground for Asylum by Fatma E. Marouf
Becoming Unconventional: Constricting the 'Particular Social Group' Ground for Asylum by Fatma E. Marouf, North Carolina Journal of International Law, Vol. 44, pp. 487-517, 2019AbstractPart I of this Article provides…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NPR: ‘I Want To Be Sure My Son Is Safe’: Asylum-Seekers Send Children Across Border Alone
John Burnett for NPR reports on the impacts of the Trump administration "Remain in Mexico" policy, which requires asylum seekers to wait months in Mexico while their asylum claims are…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Enter at Your Own Risk: Criminalizing Asylum-Seekers by Thomas M. McDonnell and Vanessa H. Merton
Enter at Your Own Risk: Criminalizing Asylum-Seekers by Thomas M. McDonnell and Vanessa H. Merton, 51 Columbia Human Rights Law Review (2019)AbstractIn nearly three years in office, President Donald J.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
President Trump’s Latest Efforts to Stop the Flow of Central American Asylum Seekers to the United States
President Trump does not believe in a quiet day on the immigration front. Today, the Trump administration proposed a new rule designed to address the numbers of Central American asylum…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Guest Post: Lindsay M. Harris, Silence is Not an Option: We Cannot Sign On to New Asylum Policies
Silence is Not an Option: We Cannot Sign On to New Asylum Policies by Lindsay M. Harris As I write, it is a Friday night. It’s been a busy week…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Leticia Casillas Luquin: A Student’s Experience Helping Immigrants in Need at ProBAR
The South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) is a project under the umbrella of the American Bar Association. ProBAR is the only organization in the Rio Grande Valley…
California Immigration Lawyer Blog
When our own government tortures
By Geri Kahn
More often that not, I feel like I live in a dystopian novel. Unfortunately the events of today are real. Over the past year I have been hearing about the…