eCornell "Immigration will be a key issue in 2025. Everyone agrees that we have a broken immigration system, but people disagree on the solutions. Congress is paralyzed. Presidents try executive...
Prof. Kevin Shih, Sept. 17, 2024 "This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Trade NAFTA (TN) classification program, which was established in 1994 under the North American Free Trade Agreement...
Fritznel D. Octave, Haitian Times, Oct. 10, 2024 "Ermite Obtenu was delighted to return to the United States on Sept. 30, two months after being unjustly deported to Haiti. The young Haitian woman’s...
Mike Murrell, Michigan Public, Oct. 10, 2024 "Ibrahim Parlak will remain in the United States after two decades of legal battles. The Harbert, Michigan, restaurant owner no longer faces the threat...
Cyrus Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Oct. 11, 2024 "On September 25, 2024, USCIS announced that it had updated guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) age for noncitizens who...
Immigration, Equal Protection, and the Promise of Racial Justice: The Legacy of Jean v. Nelson
"The year 2020 marks the 35th anniversary of Justice Thurgood Marshall's groundbreaking dissent in Jean v. Nelson, wherein Justice Marshall called for equal protection to apply to Haitian immigrants, and to prohibit the government from discriminating on the basis of race or national origin. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law are pleased to present a virtual conference exploring the intersection of immigration and racial justice. Immigration, Equal Protection, and the Promise of Racial Justice [will] be held online Thursday October 22, and Friday October 23, 2020. This two-day virtual conference will be accessible through Zoom and details will be circulated to registered participants in the days prior to the conference. Register Now"