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Refugee Status

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ImmigrationProf Blog April 30, 2017
Immigration Article of the Day: Language as a Canary: The Role of Language in the Refugee Regime by Jin Sol Lee
By immigrationprof
Language as a Canary: The Role of Language in the Refugee RegimeJin Sol Lee , Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Date Written: April 19, 2017AbstractThis Note will explore the role…
ImmigrationProf Blog April 28, 2017
Lesbian Asylum Claim and Queer Theory
By immigrationprof
Human Rights at Home Blog April 27, 2017
SCOTUS: Denial of Immigrants’ Due Process
By humanrightsathome
The latest maneuver to deny immigrants access to the courts is to call their deportation process "expedited". SCOTUS denied a petition to hear the case of Castro v US Department…
ImmigrationProf Blog April 22, 2017
Immigration Article of the Day: The Impact of Externalization of Migration Controls on the Rights of Asylum Seekers and Other Migrants by Bill Frelick, Ian M. Kysel, Jennifer Podkul
By immigrationprof
The Impact of Externalization of Migration Controls on the Rights of Asylum Seekers and Other Migrants by Bill Frelick (Human Rights Watch), Ian M. Kysel (ACLU of Southern California), Jennifer Podkul…
ImmigrationProf Blog April 20, 2017
Flores v. Sessions: UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic goes to the Ninth Circuit, Defending the Rights of Detained Children. April 19, 2017 By Fabián Sánchez Coronado ‘18
By immigrationprof
Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Flores v. Sesssions in which the U.S. government seeks an emergency stay in an action involving…
ImmigrationProf Blog March 22, 2017
Immigration Article of the Day: The Human Cost of IIRIRA — Stories from Individuals Impacted by the Immigration Detention System by Saba Ahmed, Adina Appelbaum, and Rachel Jordan
By immigrationprof
The Human Cost of IIRIRA — Stories from Individuals Impacted by the Immigration Detention Systemby Saba Ahmed, Adina Appelbaum, and Rachel Jordan (Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition)AbstractThe 1996 passage of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 27, 2017
Trauma Sensitive Interventions: Helping Asylum Applicants Receive Protection
By immigrationprof
Guest blogger: Marshal Arnwine, University of San Francisco Law Student:In order to qualify for asylum, an applicant must prove that he or she is a refugee, a person unable or…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 24, 2017
The Trump Administration’s Inhumane Immigration Policies
By immigrationprof
Guest blogger: Nicole Martinez, University of San Francisco Law Student:A 26-year-old woman was detained by ICE agents in a Texas hospital where she was awaiting treatment for a brain tumor.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog February 21, 2017
The Burden of Asylum for Gender-Related Persecution
By Tracy Thomas
Joanna Kallinosis, Refugee Roulette: A Comparative Analysis of Gender-Related Persecution, 6 DePaul J. Women, Gender & L. (2017)This essay examines the existing law regarding gender related persecution and the burden imposed on…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog February 20, 2017
The Absence of Binding Norms for Gender-Based Asylum
By Tracy Thomas
Blaine Bookey, Gender-Based Asylum Post-Matter of A-R-C-G: Evolving Standards and Fair Application of the Law, 22 Southwestern J. Int'l Law 1 (2016)Abstract: When I last studied this issue — the…