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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Matter of C-A-S-D-, 27 I&N Dec. 692 (BIA 2019)
Matter of C-A-S-D-, 27 I&N Dec. 692 (BIA 2019) (1) To qualify for a waiver of inadmissibility under section 209(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1159(c) (2012), an alien who is found to be a violent or dangerous individual...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Are the Canadian and U.S. Refugee/Asylum Processes Really “Similar Enough”? How the New Refugee Bar in Bill C-97 Is Based on a Misunderstanding of U.S. Asylum Law
David Isaacson, Apr. 17, 2019 "In a development decried by several refugee-serving and civil rights organizations , the Canadian government’s proposed budget bill, Bill C-97 , contains within it an amendment to the Immigration and Refugee...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
New USCIS Memo Threatens Asylum Seekers at Border (July 11, 2018)
USCIS, July 11, 2018 - "Guidance for Processing Reasonable Fear, Credible Fear, Asylum, and Refugee Claims in Accordance with Matter of A-B-"
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
New USCIS Memo Threatens Asylum Seekers at Border (July 11, 2018)
USCIS, July 11, 2018 - "Guidance for Processing Reasonable Fear, Credible Fear, Asylum, and Refugee Claims in Accordance with Matter of A-B-"
Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
over 7 years ago
Climate Change
Climate Change Blog
Designing a Climate Change Displacement Coordination Facility: Key Issues for COP 21
Since the first draft negotiating text was released last spring, the inclusion of a “climate change displacement coordination facility” in the anticipated Paris agreement has been on the table. Recently, in the wake of the migrant crisis in...
Ted Zwayer
over 7 years ago
Climate Change
Climate Change - Media Gallery
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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
Refugee Kids Find Mixed Results in Texas
Dianne Solís, Dallas Morning News, Jan. 4, 2015 - "The handwritten paper sign inside the temporary shelter elevated the hope of the freshly arrived migrant boys: “United we are invincible.” But by the end of the day, other Central...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
Refugee Kids Face Uneven Justice
"After fleeing Central America, child migrants now face a very uneven brand of justice in U.S. immigration courts, where access to a lawyer and the location of the court itself are often the deciding variables in who stays and who doesn’t....
LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
News Excerpts From the March 1, 2015, Bender’s Immigration Bulletin
Preliminary Injunction Issued in Texas v. United States | Late on February 16, a United States District Court judge for the Southern District of Texas (Brownsville) issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the President’s November...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Fourth Circuit on evidence: Tassi v. Holder
"[O]ur analysis of Tassi’s petition for review exposes several categories of error. For example, the IJ contravened the principle that corroborative evidence supporting an asylum application cannot be rejected solely because it does not strictly...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Gang and Cartel Violence: A Reason To Grant Political Asylum from Mexico and Central America
"People fleeing gang violence in Mexico and Central America have been, for the most part, denied asylum in the U.S. Nonetheless, modern interpretations of refugee and international law suggest that there is more merit to these claims for asylum than...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
In-Country Refugee / Parole Processing for CAM (Central American Minors); ORR Benefits, Services
In-Country Refugee/Parole Processing for Minors in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala (Central American Minors – CAM) "The Department of State is pleased to announce a new in-country refugee and parole program for certain qualified minors...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA5 on AOS, 209(b): Siwe v. Holder
"We therefore grant Siwe’s petition on this issue and hold that an alien, like Siwe, whose asylum has been terminated, is not prohibited from applying for adjustment of status under Section 209(b). ... We therefore grant Siwe’s petition...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Unpub. BIA Bond Victory for Salvadoran Refugee Family at Karnes; Matter of D-J- Distinguished
"The Department of Homeland Security appeals from the Immigration Judge's orders, dated October 2 and 3, 2014, granting the respondents' requests for a change in custody status. The Immigration Judge issued a bond memorandum on November 5...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
U.C. Hastings Refugee and Human Rights Clinic Teaching Fellowship
The Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC), in collaboration with the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), at U.C. Hastings is seeking applications for a two-year teaching fellowship (July 2012-June 2014). The fellowship provides the...
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