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Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program
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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…
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DHS Bid To Collect Social Media Info Sparks Privacy Concerns
November 8, 2019
Via Law360 By Suzanne Monyak The U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s proposal to collect social media handles from foreign citizens has been met with backlash…
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A Cuban Escape: A Daughter’s Admiration
October 11, 2019
Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program I wanted to intern at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) so much that it…
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Intern Spotlight: Kayla
September 19, 2019
Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program What does the day-to-day look like for a social work intern at HIRC? Well, it could look…
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Guatemalan Woman’s Asylum Bid Revived Over New Dangers
September 10, 2019
Via Law360 By: Kaitlyn Burton A Guatemalan woman has another shot at asylum after the First Circuit said Friday that the Board of Immigration…
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Beyond education and litigation: the social work program at HIRC
August 28, 2019
Via HIRC By: Mariana Ferreira Before interning at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC) my understanding of social work was limited to the…
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Putting Clinical Education into Action at HIRC
August 22, 2019
Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Students who work at HIRC come to the Clinic with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. For…