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Refugee Status
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Will Sessions use indefinite mandatory detention to reduce the demand for asylum hearings?
Nolan Rappaport on The Hill looks at the possibilities that the Trump administration will use new detention techniques to deter asylum-seekers.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
How Family Separations at the Border May be Continuing
[Video: Amnesty International]Amnesty International has posted a detailed critique and series of recommendations related to the Trump Administration's treatment of asylum seekers at the border. It includes the unlawful practice…
The Right Coast
Abrupt release of hundreds of migrants in Phoenix is ‘start of dam breaking’
WASHINGTON Hundreds of migrant families seeking asylum in the U.S. were released from detention in Arizona this week without warning and without instructions on where to go, how to find…
Clinical Law Prof Blog
UDC Law’s Immigration & Human Rights Clinic’s Pro Se Asylum Filing Workshop with Human Rights First
I write to share with my experiential educator colleagues a fairly recent addition to our work in the Immigration & Human Rights Clinic work at the University of the District…
Family Law Prof Blog
Over 1,000 Rejected Asylum Seekers May Get Second Chance In Family Separation Cases
By Family Law
From The Washington Post:As many as 1,000 asylum seekers whose claims were heard and rejected by the government under traumatic circumstances of family separation will get a second chance under…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Weaponizing Misery: The 20-Year Attack on Asylum by Kari E. Hong
Weaponizing Misery: The 20-Year Attack on Asylum by Kari E. Hong, Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 541, 2018AbstractThe Trump Administration is attacking asylum seekers—both in words and in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Secretary Pompeo Delivers Remarks on Refugee Policy
Here are the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's remarks on the latest refugee admissions numbers:"The United States anticipates processing up to 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers in Fiscal Year 2019.…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Canaries in the Coal Mine: How the Government is Treating Immigrants and Their Advocates
By Guest Blogger Prof. Dina F. Haynes of New England Law School During the summer of 2018, I, like hundreds of other immigrant rights activists, volunteered to work with children and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrant Toddler Dies Shortly After Release from Detention
In yet another tragic and avoidable development in the asylum and detention context, a young toddler who was being detained in Dilley, TX died after contracting a respiratory infection in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Judge Allows Lawsuit Challenging Border Patrol Practice of Turning Away Asylum Seekers to Proceed
On Friday, August 24, a federal judge allowed the lawsuit Al Otro Lado v. Kelly -- which challenges Customs and Border Protection (CBP)'s practice of routinely failing to permit asylum…