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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Complaint Challenges Child-Parent Separation Policy and Implementation
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn the complaint in M.G.U. v. Kirstjen Nielsen, three adult plaintiffs challenge the parent-child separation policy implemented by Homeland Security…
The Right Coast
America the Horrible? | City Journal
The U.S. southern border is currently beset by a flow of Central American migrants who have been coached to tell border guards the magic words: that they have a well-founded…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Attorney General Announces Domestic Violence No Longer Legal Basis for Asylum
By Tracy Thomas
NYT, Sessions Says Domestic and Gang Violence are not Grounds for AsylumAttorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday made it all but impossible for asylum seekers to gain entry into the United…
Business Immigration Insights
Sessions Nullifies BIA Decision in Case with Far-Reaching Impact for Victims of Gang-Based and Domestic Violence
By Suzan Kern
In a closely watched asylum appeal, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued a decision that will adversely affect the ability of victims of domestic and gang violence to find protection…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Trump administration moves to block victims of domestic abuse from claiming asylum
Los Angeles Times (Jun. 11, 2018): Trump administration moves to block victims of gang violence and domestic abuse from claiming asylum, by Evan Halper:Attorney General Jeff Sessions has overturned precedent that…
The Right Coast
14-year-old girl murdered by rejected asylum seeker has Germans re-thinking immigration policy
The suspect in the case, 20-year-old Ali Bashar, is an asylum seeker whose claim had been rejected in 2016 but who was still living in Germany while he appealed the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Forced Labor Can Result in “Material Support” Bar to Asylum and Withholding of Removal
Don't expect many victories for the noncitizen in the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). In Matter of A-C-M-, 27 I&N Dec. 303 (BIA 2018), the Board ruled that an alien provides…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Hold Accountable DHS Officers and Authorities Denying Protection to Asylum Seekers
Guest blogger: Valeria Vera, Masters in Migration Studies student, University of San FranciscoOn May 5 - 6, 2018, six unknown armed assailants attacked a Tijuana shelter, Centro Comunitario Caritas, on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Morocco at the Crossroads the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Refugee Status by Karla Mari McKanders
Morocco at the Crossroads the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Refugee Status by Karla Mari McKanders. Chapter in Women and Social Change in North Africa: What Counts as Revolutionary? (pp.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Alejandra Pablos, Asylum Seeker and Reproductive Justice Advocate, Speaks Out
May 15, 2018 (Rewire.News): Alejandra Pablos, Asylum Seeker and Reproductive Justice Advocate, Speaks Out, by Tina Vasquez:In a recent interview with Rewire.News, reproductive justice and immigrant justice advocate Alejandra Pablos spoke…