Phil Torrey

via Stories from the Border Credit: Brooks Kraft This week, Stories from the Border Summer Fellow, Julia Huesa, interviews Phil Torrey.

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via Harvard Law Today CREDIT: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS When the Trump administration recently issued a new rule that would make it more difficult…

Kendra Albert (Top row, far left), Laura Johnston (Top row, third from right), Liz Solar (middle row, second from right), Phil Torrey (middle row, far…

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…

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…

via Harvard Law Bulletin Winter 2020 by Cara Solomon It was just the seed of an idea 35 years ago: a clinic…

By: Alexis Farmer Source: Pixabay Raymond* lived as a legal permanent resident in Arizona for nearly 30 years before being apprehended by local law…

Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program  We are proud to announce that our Managing Attorney, Phil Torrey, won a 2019 HLS Student…

Via the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Source: Pexels By: Philliip Torrey The “conviction” definition is one of the most misunderstood and odious…

Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program HIRC’s Crimmigration Clinic, directed by Philip Torrey, recently co-authored an amicus curiae brief with Professor Kari E. Hong of Boston…

Via Harvard Law Today The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program’s Crimmigration Clinic and the Immigrant Defense Project issued two new resources for advocates…

Via the Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinical Program On March 30th, HIRC filed an amicus brief challenging President Trump’s latest immigration order. The brief…

From Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program—In Jennings, the Court will consider both statutory and constitutional challenges to the government’s ability to detain certain individuals without providing them the opportunity to be released on bond.

From Harvard Law Today—The court ruled in the case of Lunn v. Commonwealth that the Commonwealth’s law enforcement officers do not have the authority to arrest and detain an individual solely pursuant to a Detainer–a request from federal immigration authorities that a person placed under arrest by local authorities be further detained if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) believes the person may be deportable.

Via The Harvard Crimson Staffers from Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinic clarified definitions of “sanctuary” spaces in an online seminar Wednesday, offering…

Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program This past April, Phil Torrey, HIRC Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law,  traveled to Ohio to…

Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Students enrolled in the Crimmigration Clinic at Harvard Law School engaged in cutting-edge research and immersed themselves…

Via HLS News A deadlocked Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Obama’s executive actions to grant relief from deportation to nearly 5…