Phil Torrey on Crimmigration
Clinical instructor with HIRC and lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, Phil Torrey, gives a brief introduction to Crimmigration in a recent video at the Clinic.
Clinical instructor with HIRC and lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, Phil Torrey, gives a brief introduction to Crimmigration in a recent video at the Clinic.
This past April, Phil Torrey, HIRC Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law, traveled to Ohio to speak to the Immigration and Nationality Law Review at Cincinnati Law. In his presentation, Phil discussed how the Immigration and Nationality Act’s definition of conviction seemingly violates the core principles of federalism upon which our nation is built. You…
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Students enrolled in the Crimmigration Clinic at Harvard Law School engaged in cutting-edge research and immersed themselves in legal proceedings at the intersection of criminal and immigration law. The four students enrolled in this Clinic were constantly occupied in this evolving field, partaking in mock arguments of appellate court cases and going to immigration court to…
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Harvard analysts react to Supreme Court tie that leaves intact lower court injunction against relaxed immigration policy Article by Liz Mineo, Harvard Staff Writer, Harvard Gazette A deadlocked Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Obama’s executive actions to grant relief from deportation to nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.…
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“Refugees are people like anyone else, like you and me. They led ordinary lives before becoming displaced, and their biggest dream is to be able to live normally again. On this World Refugee Day, let us recall our common humanity, celebrate tolerance and diversity and open our hearts to refugees everywhere.” – Ban Ki-Moon On…
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Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Harvard Law School Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC), was honored for exceptional achievement for a new member of the Federal Bar Association. The Honorable Dorothy A. Harbeck presented the award last month, citing in her speech the relationship she’s formed with Anker over the…
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Deborah Anker, author of Law of Asylum, talks about the 2016 edition of the treatise in the video below. [wpvideo 5VXth2tL] Special Features of the 2016 Edition: Gangs and Increasing Warfare in Central America; Emphasis on Political Opinion Ground Expanded sections on asylum and withholding status based on former gang membership Further developed section…
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via HLS News The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program has received a generous grant from the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation to launch the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Project. The Obama Administration has committed to resettling at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the current fiscal year. Due to bottlenecks in processing, the United States has…
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Last Friday, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program staff and interns, along with individuals from various Harvard Law Clinics, attended the Statewide Implicit Bias Conference put on by the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation. Dr. Mahzarin Banaji, Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University, gave a thought-provoking presentation titled “Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People”. In her lecture, Dr.…
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Deborah Anker’s Law of Asylum in the United States, an authoritative guide to U.S. asylum law, was recently released as its updated 2016 edition. Lauded as a “must-have publication for practitioners, students, and teachers”, Law of Asylum provides a comprehensive description and interpretation of the current state of national and international asylum law. Law of…
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