Jordan Vonderhaar, Texas Observer, Nov. 21, 2023 "Forty miles south of Ciudad Juárez, protected from the glaring desert sun by a blanket tied to a ladder, a mother nurses her nine-month-old...
Miriam Jordan, New York Times, Nov. 28, 2023 "The story of the Miskito who have left their ancestral home to come 2,500 miles to the U.S.-Mexico border is in many ways familiar. Like others coming...
ABA "Four national immigration experts will discuss the changing landscape of border law and policies at a free Dec. 6 webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration...
Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, Nov. 25, 2023 "The Northern Virginia doctor was born in D.C. and given a U.S. birth certificate. At 61, he learned his citizenship was granted by mistake."
Cyrus Mehta and Jessica Paszko, Nov. 24, 2023 " This is the story of our client Nadia Habib who was in immigration proceedings from 18 months till 31 years until an Immigration Judge granted her...
"Several Elon University School of Law students are traveling to the San Antonio area to Karnes Detention Center, which houses women and children fleeing violence in their home countries. They have come seeking asylum in the United States, and have limited access to legal representation, which mostly comes from a visiting teams of pro bono attorneys. We are passionate about their cause and are using our spring break to assist these attorneys with administrative tasks and Spanish language interpretation. Funds will be used for travel and lodging expenses. For more information, please read this article about a past trip taken by Elon Law alumnae to a similar immigration detention center [i.e., Artesia]: http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/103667?s=/law/news/enet_navigation" - Women & Children Fleeing Violence, Jan. 30, 2015.
[See also: The Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, Heather Scavone, Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic; Hoang Lam, Clinical Practitioner in Residence.]
- Prof. Heather Scavone