Student Perspectives The Most Important Lawyering Skill That No One Ever Taught You 3 May 202320 Apr 2023 By Nicole Pasho, J.D. Class of 2023 Any immigration lawyer needs to understand the Immigration and Nationality Act, relevant policy memoranda, and case law in the lawyer’s jurisdiction to be…
Student Perspectives Does the H-2 Visa Program Need an Overhaul? 20 Apr 2023 By Maheen Nadeem, J.D. Class of 2023 In 2021, the Supreme Court held in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid that for union organizers to temporarily access farmland in order to…
Student Perspectives Raising the U Visa Cap: The Safest and Best Option for Survivors of Crime and the Public 3 Apr 202330 Mar 2023 By Jayde Morgan, J.D. Class of 2023 It is no surprise that many aspects of the United States’ immigration system are ineffective. However, after being assigned my first case in…
Student Perspectives Temporary Protected Status, with an Emphasis on “Temporary” 9 Jan 20239 Jan 2023 By Mitchell Harrison, J.D. Class of 2023 One of my cases from this semester involved a fairly novel issue for the Clinic: my clients’ Temporary Protected Status (TPS) expired soon…
Student Perspectives The Afghan Adjustment Act: Why Should You Care? 7 Dec 20227 Dec 2022 By Melissa Box, J.D. Class of 2023 In August 2021, you may have been shocked by the images of Afghans fleeing the Taliban. The media was flooded with chaotic images…
Student Perspectives DHS Formally Reverses Trump-era “Public Charge” Inadmissibility Policy 28 Nov 202212 Nov 2022 By Allison Lofgren, J.D. Class of 2023 In December, as the result of a new Department of Homeland Security rule, non-citizens who apply for a visa, arrive at a port…
Student Perspectives How Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Should Leave Room for Reunification 21 Nov 2022 By Kelsey Anliker, J.D. Class of 2023 One thing that I found interesting so far in the Immigration Clinic was our discussion of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS). SIJS was…
Student Perspectives Naturalization & the Good Moral Charter Requirement for Veterans: Making the Ultimate Sacrifice and Yet Still Barred from Citizenship 7 Nov 20223 Nov 2022 By Victoria Nauman, J.D. Class of 2023 Approximately three percent of veterans today are foreign born, a total of roughly 530,000 people of 18.6 million veterans nationwide.1 More than 148,000…
Student Perspectives Revisiting Immigration Policy as a Win-Win for Noncitizens and the Economy 1 Nov 2022 By Harlin Oh, J.D. Class of 2023 In October, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court that the implementation of Deferred…
Student Perspectives What is Harmful About the U.S. Detention Policy? 24 Oct 2022 By Nancy Rosen, J.D. Class of 2023 Asylum seekers leave their country to journey to the U.S. for a myriad of reasons; they are escaping repression by the government, sexual…
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