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Texas Bar Blog
Pro bono assistance requested for asylum seekers in the El Paso area
By Amy Starnes
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center is looking for pro bono attorneys to travel to El Paso for at least a week to provide much needed direct legal services on the ground.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
FROM THE BOOKSHELVES: Protecting Migrant Children: In Search of Best Practice. Edited by Mary Crock and Lenni Benson
Protecting Migrant Children: In Search of Best Practice. Edited by Mary Crock, Professor of Public Law, Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney, Australia and Lenni Benson, Professor of Law,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Findings of Credible Fear Plummet Amid Widely Disparate Outcomes by Location and Judge
Breaking News from TRAC! Immigration Court outcomes in credible fear reviews (CFR) have recently undergone a dramatic change. Starting in January 2018, court findings of credible fear began to plummet. By…
The Faculty Lounge
Zero Tolerance and the Fourteenth Amendment
Guest blogger Rob Baker and I had an oped on the Daily Beast last Saturday, which was the 150th anniversary of the certification of the Fourteenth Amendment. The piece compares…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Law Profs Speak Out on Attorney General Decision to Deny Asylum for Domestic Violence
By Tracy Thomas
Nermeen Arastu, Janet Calvo, and Julie Goldscheid, What Jeff Sessions' Efforts to Deny Asylum to Domestic Violence Victims Look Like, SlateLast week, the Department of Homeland Security released a policy memorandum providing guidance…
Human Rights at Home Blog
What Denying Asylum On Grounds Of Domestic Violence Means For Survivors
In the Matter of A-B- the government disqualified domestic violence claims as a basis of asylum except on narrow grounds. Those grounds will be near impossible for most asylum applicants…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers
Here is news from the ACLU:A federal court has blocked the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin. It also ordered a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Center for Migration Studies on Blockades of Asylum Seekers at Ports of Entry
The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) has released the following article, which is extremely timely given the government's current management of ports of entry and zero tolerance criminal prosecution policies…
For Good
Pro Bono for Immigrant Families: Report from the Texas Border
The South Texas Family Residential Center here in Dilley, Texas is surrounded by metal fencing, video cameras, and tall light poles that you can see from miles away at night.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
States Sue to Challenge Federal Child-Parent Separation Policy
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a lengthy complaint in Washington v. United States, seventeen states (as well as the District of Columbia) have…