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Refugee Status
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Halts Trump’s Restrictions on Asylum
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolJudge Jon S. Tigar (N.D. Cal.) issued a temporary restraining order today against President Trump's move to prevent aliens along the Mexico border from…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Gender Persecution as a Ground for Refugee Status
Guest blogger: Nima Rostami, LL.M. student, University of San Francisco:Today, Europe is witnessing a human tragedy in Syria. According to Amnesty International (2005), millions of Syrian refugees are desperately in…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Age of Consent Disregarded at the Border
There are some fundamental requirements in United States jurisprudence. There are some things we just do not do as a matter of fundamental due process. One of those things we…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Lindsay Harris & Dree Collopy in WaPo: “Trump’s Attack on Asylum is Based Entirely on False Claims”
"As immigration lawyers, we know he's just trying to scare you," write Lindsay Harris and Dree Collopy in an op-ed in today's Washington Post, in reference to Trump's asylum policies and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
There is No “Invasion” at the Border: The U.S. Government’s 2018 Border Data Clearly Shows Why the Trump Administration is on the Wrong Track
In seeking to limit access to asylum for Central Americans, President Trump has claimed that the United States is being invaded and that the nation's security and sovereignty is at…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Asylum Regulation! Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker Statement on DHS-DOJ Asylum Regulation
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen and Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker released the following statement on the joint Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice…
The Right Coast
Trump to Sign Immigration Directive Revamping Asylum System
WASHINGTON President Trump is expected to sign a directive this week that will make official his plans to revamp the U.S. asylum system, part of his broader push to crack…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Doris Meissner: Asylum Reform — Not National Guard — Needed at Border
The deployment of thousands of active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border seeks to provide a shock-and-awe solution to a situation that will not be solved by bombast. The migrant…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrant of the Day: Mo Amer
Mohammad "Mo" Amer is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, Amer sought asylum in the U.S. during the first Gulf War. He was granted asylum, though…
ImmigrationProf Blog
U.S. Trans Activist Seeks Asylum in Sweden
Photo via http://www.danniaskini.comDanni Askini is a trans activist from the United States. She currently lives in Sweeden and is seeking asylum there, The Local reports.Askini states that it is "too…