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ImmigrationProf Blog
Your Playlist: Christina Aguilera
I'm wrapping up asylum today in my podium immigration course. I'm going to share the Jeff Sessions quote about dirty immigration lawyers and play the Trump quote about asylum being…
ImmigrationProf Blog
For 30 years, ProBAR has served immigrants and refugees at the southern border
ProBAR directors, past and present, in chronological order, left to right: Robert Lang, Anne Marie Gibbons, Meredith Linsky and Kimi Jackson.The South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) empowers…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Death of the Particular Social Group by Natalie Nanasi
Death of the Particular Social Group by Natalie NanasiAbstractAn applicant seeking asylum in the United States must demonstrate that she fears persecution on account of one of five protected grounds—race, religion,…
Clinical Law Prof Blog
Scholarship Round-up!
Once again, so many of our incredible clinical colleagues have produced a number of important and timely articles. The full list along with ssrn or other links are below. ASYLUM AND…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Data and Report on “Remain in Mexico”
Thread: NEW data and research out on the Remain in Mexico policy. We show asylum seekers are being sent to Mexico despite telling U.S. immigration officials their persecutor(s) can find…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Human Rights Watch: Mexico: Risks at Border for Those With Disabilities
Asylum seekers with disabilities waiting in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico for their United States asylum applications to be processed face obstacles to getting basic services, Human Rights Watch said today. Mexico’s…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Extraterritorial Rights in Border Enforcement by Fatma E. Marouf
Extraterritorial Rights in Border Enforcement by Fatma E. Marouf, Washington and Lee Law Review, Forthcoming AbstractRecent shifts in border enforcement policies raise pressing new questions about the extraterritorial reach of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The Law Against Family Separation by Carrie Cordero, Heidi Li Feldman, & Chimène Keitner
Carrie Cordero Heidi Li Feldman Chimène KeitnerThe Law Against Family Separation by Carrie Cordero, Heidi Li Feldman, & Chimène KeitnerAbstractThis Article offers the first comprehensive assessment of how domestic and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Big Brother Gets Bigger? U.S. immigration officials plans to collect DNA samples from asylum-seekers
The Associated Press reports that the Trump administration is planning to collect DNA samples from asylum-seekers and other migrants detained by immigration authorities. The information will be added to a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The immigration system is designed to fail
Working with the group Lawyers for Good Government, Kim Hunter, Katharine Gordon and John Bruning on The Hill write about the human impacts of "[t]he Trump administration’s latest efforts to block…