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Daniel M. Kowalski
8 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
BIA Grants Asylum to Mexican Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto
It took only fifteen years, but on Sept. 5, 2023 the BIA granted asylum to Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto. Reporting by Uriel J. García here . Media release by the National Press Club here . Hats off to attorney Eduardo Beckett...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Russian Asylum Seekers Admitted to US Via Secret Deal With Mexico
David Noriega, David Mora, Gabriela Martínez, VICE, Mar. 28, 2022 "A group of Russian citizens who fled their country after the invasion of Ukraine and spent a week camped out at the U.S.-Mexico border was quietly admitted to the U.S. in a secret...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
A Q&A with Carlos Spector, El Paso Immigration Attorney and Human Rights Defender
Melissa del Bosque, The Border Chronicle, Nov. 9, 2021 "For more than 30 years, Carlos Spector has worked as a human rights defender and immigration attorney in El Paso, Texas, where he specializes in Mexican asylum cases. For years, Mexicans fleeing...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
The BIA's Mansplaining of Gender-Based Asylum
Jeffrey S. Chase, Apr. 6, 2021 "“Every woman knows what I’m talking about. It’s the presumption that makes it hard, at times, for any woman in any field; that keeps women from speaking up and from being heard when they dare; that crushes young...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Asylum Officers Mere Pawns in Trump's Deadly Border Game - Vox Exclusive
Dara Lind, Vox, May 2, 2019 "The first time that one immigration officer interviewed an asylum seeker under new Trump administration protocols, the officer went back to their hotel room, turned up the shower as hot as it would go, and tried to...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
The Asylum Saga of Mexican Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto
Andrew Lapin, Michigan Alumnus Magazine, Spring 2019 "For nearly a year, U-M’s Knight-Wallace Fellowship has provided a home and a lifeline for journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto. He is thousands of miles and several years removed from the threats...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
The Trump Administration’s Lawlessness at the Border: Stories from Tijuana - Sophia Genovese
Sophia Genovese, Feb. 3, 2019 "Following the law should not be a radical idea. Yet the governments of the United States and Mexico somehow find advocacy for the codified rights of asylum seekers reprehensible. I travelled to Tijuana in mid-January...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigrant Rights Attorneys and Journalists Denied Entry into Mexico
KATE LINTHICUM, CINDY CARCAMO and MOLLY O'TOOLE, Los Angeles Times, FEB 01, 2019 "Two U.S. immigrant rights attorneys and two journalists who have worked closely with members of a migrant caravan in Tijuana said they had been denied entry into...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Against the Odds, Members of a Refugee Caravan Are Let Into the US
Bryan Schatz, Mother Jones, May 12, 2017 - "Last weekend, dozens of refugees who participated in a caravan that traversed Mexico to seek asylum in the United States, presented themselves at the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana and were admitted...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
New Movie, 'El Paso,' Spotlights Asylum for Mexican Journalists
Center for Migration Studies, Jan. 12, 2015 - "The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) invites you to a special screening of ‘El Paso,’ – a new film from executive producer Roberto Garza and director Everardo Gonzalez. The movie follows...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Deaf Mexican Asylum Applicants Are Winning Cases
"Aranda, 58, is an undocumented immigrant living in San Diego. She’s one of hundreds of deaf immigrants from Mexico and other countries who have applied for asylum in the U.S. in the past few years. They argue that the treatment they received in...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
9th Circuit Decision an 'Important Step' for Mexican Torture Victims
"A federal appeals court on Friday overturned decisions that put the burden of proof on foreigners who claim they were tortured in their home countries to show they cannot safely return to another part of the country they fled. The 9th U.S. Circuit...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Mexican Asylum Applications Reflect 'Systematic Takeover' - Spector
"The emptying of Guadalupe comes at a time when officials in Ciudad Juárez, about 30 miles away, are promoting tourism and celebrating a decrease in bloodshed after years of carnage that claimed thousands of lives. Many Guadalupe residents have...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
A Letter from Mexico Roils Asylum Debate
"Jittery families cram into his tiny office here, daily. Hundreds more have appeared at the San Diego border 1,500 miles away, clutching an official-looking letter bearing his name, gambling that its description of the violence in this blistering...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Exiles Speak Out Against Claims They're Gaming System
"Carlos Gutierrez, a native of Chihuahua, Mexico, never envisioned coming to the U.S. to seek a better life, the way millions of his countrymen have done for decades. The successful businessman was doing quite well for himself until just a few years...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Juárez Man Granted Asylum; Family Killed by Cartels
"A U.S. immigration court in a rare action granted asylum to a citizen of Mexico who fled Juárez after 11 of his relatives were killed by suspected drug cartel-sponsored extortionists, El Paso lawyer Carlos Spector said Monday. The court found that...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Asylum Requests From Mexico Triple, But Chances Aren't Good
"Bety, who asked for anonymity, is one of thousands of Mexicans displaced by Mexico’s drug-related violence. Enough Mexicans are now fleeing that they’ve become the second-largest nationality, after the Chinese, to seek U.S. asylum, according to...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
More Mexicans Seek Asylum in U.S.; El Paso's Carlos Spector is the 'Go-To' Lawyer
"One of his clients, a Mexican waitress and widowed mother of three, says she played dead under a pile of bodies to survive a massacre in Ciudad Juarez led by men she recognized as federal police. Another client says Chihuahua state police hacked...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Veracruz Journalist Asks for Asylum, Gives Urgent Plea for Help for Colleagues in Mexico
"In the battle for territory by organized crime in Mexico, the state of Veracruz has become one of the most violent and contested conflict zones. Local journalists, bearing witness to the brutal battle, are being systematically tortured and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Mexicans in Exile
The drug wars in Mexico have created a different kind of migratory exodus: asylum seekers fleeing persecution by the cartels and/or the Mexican government itself. One brave soul working the front lines of this catastrophe is Carlos Spector , a native...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Mexican journalist, granted asylum in U.S., establishes new life in El Paso
Alejandro Hernández Pacheco, a cameraman exiled from Torreón, México. (Victoria A. Perez/Borderzine.com) "Sitting on the cold hard cement the man was able to remove part of his blindfold and focusing his sight, the dim light revealed a small...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Mexico's "Narco-Refugees": The Looming Challenge for U.S. National Security
"Given the ever-increasing brutality of the cartels, the question is whether and how the United States Government should begin to prepare for what could be a new wave of migrants coming from Mexico. ... This monograph focuses on the asylum claims...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Murders In Mexico Spur U.S. Asylum Pleas
"“We are unveiling a mask of horror,” said Spector, who has recently secured a string of political asylum victories for Mexican journalists and activists escaping murder and mayhem in their mother country." Terry Greene Sterling, The...
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