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Temporarily Protected, Permanently in Limbo
As the Russian invasion rages on in Ukraine, countries from around the world have come together to support refugees fleeing the country....
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Jan 15, 20235 min read
From Caracas to Edgartown: How Did We Get Here?
“Massachusetts: Beneficios para Refugiados” was the title of a brochure that Carlos Muñoz received while applying for asylum in South...
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Jan 5, 20235 min read
In the Courts and in the Streets: The Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice and the Right to Asylum
In January 2020, I took the 30 minute drive from San Diego to the Otay Mesa Detention Center. From the winding road, I could see three...
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Dec 14, 20216 min read
The Wretched Refused: How US asylum policy has failed Venezuelan economic refugees
“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” Today, US...
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Apr 6, 20215 min read
Protection Paradox
Laden with bundles of belongings, a mass of Venezuelan migrants cautiously pick their way across a frothing river. Grandmothers, pregnant...
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Dec 31, 20194 min read
Stranger On Our Shores
According to the Migrants’ Files, over 23,000 migrants died trying to reach Europe between 2000 and 2013 — a number so staggering that...
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Oct 22, 20147 min read
Victory for Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Asylum
In 2005, a woman identified in court documents only as “A-R-C-G-” fled from her abusive husband to the United States. She had endured...
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Sep 25, 20145 min read
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