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Shackled: Book talk with Rebecca Sharpless

Please join the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program for an event with Rebecca Sharpless ’94, author of the new book, Shackled: 92 Refugees Imprisoned on ICE Air. Shackled offers a rare look at the brute-force mechanics of deportation in the United States. In December 2017, U.S. immigration authorities shackled and abused 92 African refugees…
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Endless Nightmare: ICE Used Solitary Confinement More Than 14,000 Times Since 2018

  The report, “Endless Nightmare”: Torture and Inhuman Treatment in Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Detention, is a joint effort by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRCP), Arevik Avedian, Lecturer on Law and Director of Empirical Research Services at Harvard Law School, and researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS).…
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Summer Internship 2024

HIRCP is hiring undergraduate and law school interns for summer 2024. For more information and instructions for applying, please view our internship call here.

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Denial of Justice: The Biden Administration’s Dedicated Docket in the Boston Immigration Court

In 2021, the Biden administration established fast-tracked removal proceedings, known as the Dedicated Docket, targeting asylum-seeking families who recently arrived in the United States. This report analyzes the impact of the Dedicated Docket on asylum-seeking families in the Boston Immigration Court. The Boston Dedicated Docket is the largest in the country, with over 20,000 asylum…
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HIRCP Urges Reversal of Biden Administration Asylum Ban

The Biden administration’s new rule, which took effect yesterday and has already been challenged in court, will unjustly prevent refugees from accessing protection at the southern border in violation of domestic and international law. The inhumane and unlawful rule will lead to the return of vulnerable refugees, including women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other survivors of…
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BREAKING: Advocates File Civil Rights Complaint on Behalf of Detained Immigrants Against Plymouth County Correctional Facility

  Advocates from the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN), Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLSMA), Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, MIRA Coalition, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, and other organizations have filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, asking Attorney General Andrea Campbell to open an investigation…
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25 Million Sparks

Join us in welcoming back Andrew Leon Hanna (HLS alum, Forbes 30 Under 30 social entrepreneur, Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholar) for a special lunchtime book talk. A Financial Times Best Book of the Year, 25 Million Sparks: The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs (Cambridge University Press) tells the story of three Syrian women entrepreneurs in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, and of the broader global…
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Join the #WelcomeWithDignity campaign in a rally outside of the White House to protest President Biden's asylum ban and protect asylum rights. Thursday, February 23rd 12pm EST Lafayette Square Park

Biden Asylum Updates

The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRCP) strongly opposes the Biden administration’s proposed rule announced February 21, 2023, which will impose a sweeping new ban on asylum for many people seeking protection at the U.S. southern border. This rule violates U.S. laws and treaty obligations by returning asylum seekers to persecution or torture. Furthermore,…
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Summer Internship 2023

2023 Summer HIRCP Internship Program   The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program at Harvard Law School (“HIRCP”) is now accepting applications for its 2023 Summer Internship Program. HIRCP, in partnership with Greater Boston Legal Services, is one of the oldest immigrants’ rights clinical programs in the country. HIRCP represents clients seeking immigration protection in…
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Call for Submissions: Volume 64 Special Online Issue

  Call for Submissions: Volume 64 Special Online Issue The Harvard International Law Journal invites submissions on international law and standards impacting refugees and migration, with a focus on those excluded from existing pathways to protection. Submissions will be published in Volume 64’s Special Issue of our Online Journal. The deadline for submissions is December…
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