Clinic News The Class of 2022: A Class of Superlatives 16 May 202216 May 2022 Immigration Clinic II, Spring 2022 The William & Mary Class of 2022 was superlative in almost every measure. This year, more students than ever before enrolled in Immigration Clinic I…
Student Perspectives “Bad Immigrants”: Disability, Addiction, Eugenics, and Immigration Exclusions 9 May 202221 Apr 2022 By Elena Pruett-Fiederlein, J.D. Class of 2022 Many of us have heard variations of the “good immigrant” myth, or the popular notion that some immigrants to the United States––whether through…
Student Perspectives H.R. 6577: It’s Time for an Independent Immigration Court 15 Apr 2022 By Dylan Abrokwa-Jassor, B.A. Class of 2024 The rights that most Americans expect when entering a courthouse are not protected in immigration court. Rights to due process and fair trials,…
Student Perspectives Biden Administration Extends Temporary Protected Status to Afghanistan, Answering Mounting Calls by Immigration Advocates 28 Mar 202224 Mar 2022 By Fiona Carroll, J.D. Class of 2022 On March 16th, the Biden Administration responded to mounting calls from immigration advocates by designating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Afghan nationals living…
Student Perspectives The “Forever War” Without a “Forever Solution”: The Failed Promise to our Afghan Allies 28 Feb 202225 Feb 2022 By Emi Houghton, J.D. Class of 2022 In April of 2021, President Biden announced from the steps of the White House that it was “time to end the forever war,”…
Student Perspectives How Recent Changes to Virginia Health Care Law Impact Immigrants 17 Jan 202210 Jan 2022 By Majesta-Doré Legnini, J.D. Class of 2022 Access to health care is always a hot topic in the news. This topic became an even bigger focus earlier this year here…
Clinic Events Registration Begins for the Inaugural Fourth Circuit Asylum Law Conference 10 Jan 20227 Jan 2022 The William & Mary Law School Immigration Clinic, along with Immigrant Justice Corps and the William & Mary Center for Racial and Social Justice, are cosponsoring the Inaugural Fourth Circuit Asylum Law Conference.…
Student Perspectives Communism is Just a Red Herring: Inadmissibility and Freedom of Speech 15 Nov 2021 By Laura Love Feild, J.D. Class of 2022 “We as a nation lose part of our greatness whenever we deport or punish those who merely exercise their freedoms in an…
Student Perspectives Global Responses to the Venezuelan Refugee Crisis: Two Case Studies in Immigration 16 Aug 202120 Jul 2021 By Zee Huff, J.D. Class of 2022 The twentieth century saw an unprecedented era of globalization, complicated by multiple transcontinental wars and the measures taken in the wake of each…
Student Perspectives Deconstructing the “Good” Immigrant 26 Jul 202115 Jul 2021 By Gabby DeBelen, Class of 2022 This past June marked the ninth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era program that protects around 700,000 individuals…
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