Category: Philip Torrey

Trump order punishing ‘sanctuary cities’ faces hurdles in Baltimore

“Philip L. Torrey, the supervising attorney at the Harvard Immigration Project, looked at the city’s policies at the request of The Baltimore Sun. ‘I don’t see anything in the Baltimore policy that would violate statute and give the president grounds to pull funding,’ he said.”

2016 Press Roundup

Check out HIRC’s press coverage from 2016: “Sanctuary cities stand strong against Trump” (Politico, 12/12/16) “Santa Fe mayor defends sanctuary cities, says studies don’t show increase in crime” (Politifact, 11/28/16) “Support for the undocumented” (Harvard Gazette, 11/28/16) “Harvard Law professors and scholars: state governors have no legal authority to block refugees” (Huffington Post, 11/18/16) “Sanctuary…
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HIRC Press Roundup 2013-2015

Check out press coverage for HIRC from 2013-2015: “The myth of the ‘anchor baby’ defense” (The Washington Post, 8/20/15) “Classroom to courtroom: Law school immigration counseling program helps the powerless while educating students” (Harvard Law Today, 10/14/14) “Harvard Uni, Charles Darwin collaboration aims to help asylum seekers get legal representation” (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/19/14) “On…
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