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HIRC releases report on effect of Executive Orders on refugees; Urges Canada to reconsider Safe Third Country Agreement

February 8, 2017

The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic released a report today on the effects of President Trump’s Executive Orders on people seeking asylum protection in the United States under long-standing provisions of U.S. and international law, including refugee law and the Convention Against Torture. In the wake of the Executive Orders, media attention has focused largely on…
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“Protecting Central American Families”: HIRC Featured in Harvard Review of Latin America

February 6, 2017

All Maribel had wanted was to work in a beauty salon in her home country of Honduras, maybe one day doing well enough to open a salon of her own. Hair and nails, or maybe just nails since manicures are her specialty. Maribel (not her real name; all names in this article have been changed to protect confidentiality) dreamt of using the money to put her five-year-old daughter in a good school, and finally move into a two-bedroom apartment of their own, far from the cramped room they shared in the two-room shack in the slums of Tegucigalpa.

In the wake of executive orders restricting immigration, HLS clinic provides legal support and advocacy

February 1, 2017

“Days after the presidential election, over 300 Harvard Law School students, under the guidance of the clinic, quickly organized a coalition to work on projects ranging from support of undocumented members of the Harvard community to local community outreach and legal research, litigation support, and legislative advocacy.”

Blind Spot: Implicit Bias and the Law

June 7, 2016

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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Connecting back to my own humanity

May 4, 2016

By Michelle Ha, J.D. ’16 via Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs Through my experience in the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC) this semester, I had the privilege of representing an incredible woman named Juana* in her application for asylum in the United States. Juana fled gang violence in Central America with her young daughter…
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Student Spotlight: Lisette Candia Diaz, Senior at Harvard College

September 30, 2015

I spent this summer with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic. My entire undergraduate career at Harvard College has revolved around grand philosophical questions of citizenship. I have grappled with questions like what makes a citizen a citizen? What is a citizen? How does one acquire citizenship status? Is there even a single citizenship status? While…
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HIRC Press Roundup 2013-2015

September 2, 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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HIRC Clients Granted Asylum

November 14, 2014

HIRC students recently landed two exciting victories for asylum clients seeking refuge in the United States following traumatic experiences in their home countries. Escaping LGBT Persecution in West Africa Over the course of a year, Sophie Glickstein ’15 and Sussan Lee ’15 worked extensively on the asylum case of a gay West African man, ostracized…
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Post Grad Profiles: Sarah Wheaton

July 7, 2014

Sarah Wheaton is a recent Harvard Law School grad who spent time at HIRC. Next year, she will be traveling to Egypt to work at a refugee resettlement legal aid center! We asked her about her time at the Clinic and how that influenced her plans after law school. Here is what she told us:…
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