Abraham* began his journey at the Harvard Immigration Clinic (HIRC) in 2011, when he first met Managing Attorney Phil Torrey. Abraham had suffered severe persecution at the hands of the government in his home country in East Africa and came to HIRC to help him build his case for asylum. Though Abraham had strong evidence…
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HIRC Assistant Director Sabi Ardalan breaks down the harmful impacts the “Remain in Mexico” policy has on asylum seekers.
On May 9th, Temporary Clinical Instructor Nate MacKenzie and clinical students Nora Picasso Uvalle LLM ’19 and Carolina Perez Feuerstein arrived at the Boston Immigration Court with their client and her family. They had submitted a massive, 650 page file that detailed how Isabel* and her children had faced severe persecution at the hands of…
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HIRC Assistant Director Sabi Ardalan partnered with Dr. Rose Molina and Dr. Jennifer Scott from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on this important paper that outlines the negative impacts the reversal of Matter of A-R-C-G- has on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights.
HIRC student Krista Oehlke ’20 reflects on her experience volunteering at the border during spring break.
“International law says that a signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention/Protocol (Article 33) cannot return a refugee to a country where he or she faces persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion, said Deborah Anker, a clinical professor of law, founder and director of the Harvard Immigration…
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HIRC at GBLS attorneys John Willshire Carrera and Nancy Kelly are working on an asylum case for a Honduran family.
Deborah Anker speaks about the safe third country agreement between the U.S. and Canada.
Since the beginning, HIRC has partnered with Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), the largest provider of free legal services in Massachusetts. GBLS is also the site of the HIRC at GBLS side of the Clinic. Here are just a few of the many victories won by HIRC at GBLS over the past year: HIRC at…
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The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) applauds today’s decision by a San Francisco federal judge to put a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration’s ban on asylum-seekers. In his decision, Judge Tigar stated that “…the application of the Rule will result in the denial of meritorious claims for asylum that would otherwise…
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