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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Credibility. Trauma, and the Adversarial Adjudication of Claims for Asylum by Stephen Paskey
Credibility. Trauma, and the Adversarial Adjudication of Claims for Asylum by Stephen Paskey, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Law School, October 21, 2015 Santa Clara Law Review,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The Right Not to Hold a Political Opinion: Implications for Asylum in the United States and the United Kingdom by Stephen Meili
The Right Not to Hold a Political Opinion: Implications for Asylum in the United States and the United Kingdom by Stephen Meili University of Minnesota Law SchoolAbstract: This article analyzes…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The refugee tragedy in our own backyard
In this op/ed in the Los Angeles Times, Holly Cooper and Jayashri Srikantiah observe that, while Americans are shocked by the surge of refugees in Europe, we are ignoring the refugee…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Resources on Central American Asylum-Seekers
With recent news around an increase in the number of unaccompanied minors arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Center for American Progress has packaged together previous resources on the topic.…
International Law Prof Blog
Bold New Thinking and Action Needed in Refugee Crises
This past week, much of the international community expressed outrage over the drowning of a Syrian child, whose death was captured in this picture by The Guardian. The sad truth…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Limiting Deterrence: Judicial Resistance to Detention of Asylum-Seekers in Israel and the United States by Michael Kagan
Limiting Deterrence: Judicial Resistance to Detention of Asylum-Seekers in Israel and the United States by Michael Kagan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law 2015 Texas…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Germany condemns neo-Nazi violence outside asylum shelter
Ferment over immigration in Europe continues. Al Jezeera reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke out yesterday against violent protests against asylum seekers in the eastern German town of Heidenau…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The Cuban Rafter Crisis Revisited by Christina M. Frohock
The Cuban Rafter Crisis Revisited by Christina M. Frohock,University of Miami - School of Law, April 20, 2015 CABA Briefs Magazine, pp. 16-21, Spring-Summer 2015 University of Miami Legal Studies…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Could black people in the U.S. qualify as refugees?
In this provocative Washington Post op/ed, Raha Jorjani, an immigration defense lawyer with the Office of the Alameda County Public Defender in California, contends that, under the immigrations laws, "Black people…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Obama Administration Continues Mistakes on Immigration
Guest writer Irene Scharf writes on the Obama Administration's response to release of women and children from the immigrant detention centers:The recent decision by U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee condemning…