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Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program
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Staff Spotlight: Mariam Liberles
January 21, 2021
via HIRC blog Mariam Liberles is a staff attorney at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, working with the Harvard Representation Initiative (HRI) team. For…
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Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program blocks another Trump administration asylum rule
January 21, 2021
via Harvard Law Today
by HLT News Staff Tijuana, Mexico, Jan 25 – Two women talk to family members through the iron and steel wall… -
Judge blocks wide-ranging asylum limits, finding DHS chief did not have authority to issue them
January 21, 2021
via CBS News
by Camila Montoya-Galvez Another federal judge on Friday ruled that Chad Wolf was likely unlawfully appointed to his position at the helm… -
Harvard Law School Clinic Sues Trump Administration Over Proposed Asylum Rule Changes
January 21, 2021
via Harvard Crimson
by Emmy M. Cho Credit: iStock/Eva Almqvist The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program filed a lawsuit in federal court in December… -
Court Blocks Illegal “Death to Asylum” Trump Rule
January 14, 2021
via HIRC blog
Credit: iStock/Chansom Pantip San Francisco, California (January 8, 2021) – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a … -
Bacow letter urges Biden to reverse Trump immigration curbs
December 18, 2020
via Harvard Law Today
by Colleen Walsh
A quiet campus. Due to the international Coronavirus Disease (COVID-2019) Harvard University President, Lawrence Bacow asked that students… -
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program scores a victory for asylum seekers
November 21, 2020
by Jeff Neal
via Harvard Law Today CREDIT: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS When the Trump administration recently issued a new rule that would make it more difficult… -
UN Special Rapporteur cites Program’s submission
November 18, 2020
via HIRC blog On November 10th, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance presented…
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Public comments submitted on proposed biometrics regulation
October 17, 2020
via HIRC On October 13, our Program submitted a comment on the proposed rule regarding the collection and use of biometrics by the U.S.
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via Harvard Law Today By Carolyn E. Schmitt For years, border patrol agents have claimed the power to conduct forensic searches of travelers’ electronic devices…
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via Cyberlaw Clinic blog Last week, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (.pdf) in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit…
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Defending those yearning to breathe free
August 26, 2020
via Harvard Law Today by Liz Mineo Essential worker, Mario Arevalo was represented by the Harvard Law School Immigration and Refugee Clinic Program which…
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HIRC, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and Justice Action Center file FOIA lawsuit on DACA
August 11, 2020
via HIRC blog On August 3rd, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program joined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and the …
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via Crimmigration Blog Today, the Crimmigration Clinic filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in a case that seeks to clarify…
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by Colleen Walsh via The Harvard Gazette Dreamers and DACA supporters rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 5-4 vote, the court…
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Supreme Court blocks Trump’s DACA shutdown
June 23, 2020
by Sarah Betancourt via CommonWealth Magazine Estefany Pineda, DACA recipient and University of Massachusetts-Boston student, during a protest with the Student Immigrant Movement. IN…
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HIRC at GBLS has Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals victory
April 29, 2020
via HIRC blog by Mary Hewey Recently, our HIRC at GBLS team, including Co-Managing Directors Nancy Kelly and John Willshire-Carrera and former Albert…
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HIRC students win deportation relief for East African man
March 31, 2020
via HIRC blog Though Massachusetts is far from the Southern border, many immigrants are still detained across the state. Until recently, one of those…
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Sabrineh Ardalan named clinical professor of law and faculty director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program
January 29, 2020
via Harvard Law Today credit: Martha Stewart Sabrineh Ardalan ’02, who teaches in the fields of immigration and refugee law and…
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In recent years, four Mass. jails got $164 million in federal money to house ICE detainees
January 28, 2020
Credit: FRANCISCO KJOLSETH/THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE VIA AP via The Boston Globe by Danny McDonald The state has received more than $160 million in…
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Prepared for the Challenge
January 9, 2020
via Harvard Law Bulletin Winter 2020 by Cara Solomon It was just the seed of an idea 35 years ago: a clinic…