Category: Immigration

CDC Ends Use of Public Health Law to Deny Rights of Asylum Seekers

  On April 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered the termination of the “Title 42” procedure,…

Court Issues Ruling Aligned with Amicus Brief Submitted by HLS Professors Protecting the Rights of Asylum Seekers During the Global Pandemic

On September 16, a U.S. District Judge granted a preliminary injunction aligned with an amicus brief submitted by HLS professors protecting the rights of asylum seekers during the global pandemic….

The Supreme Court’s Attack on Habeas Corpus in DHS v. Thuraissigiam

Gerald L. Neuman, Human Rights Program Co-Director and J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, contributed a…

Amicus brief challenges public health asylum limits

Gerald L. Neuman, Co-Director of the Human Rights Program, joined immigration and refugee scholars during June in an amicus brief…

Gerald Neuman files amicus curiae brief to US Supreme Court on deportation cases

Professor Gerald Neuman, Co-Director of the Human Rights Program andJ. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at…

Press Statement: Constitutional Law Scholars Respond to Trump’s Threats Against Birthright Citizenship

On Tuesday, Oct. 30, leading constitutional scholars stated that there is no serious scholarly debate about whether a president can,…

Gerald Neuman intervenes as amicus in Sixth Circuit appeal to prevent deportation of Iraqi immigrants from the U.S.

Professor Gerald Neuman, Co-Director of the Human Rights Program, recently filed an amicus curiae brief to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals…

Tomorrow, Jan. 30: Turkey and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 “Turkey and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Responses and Perspectives” A talk by Zulfukar Aytac Kisman, of Firat…

Neither Facially Legitimate Nor Bona Fide–Why the Very Text of the Travel Ban Shows It’s Unconstitutional

This article was first published on Just Security. As the litigation over the travel ban moves to the Supreme Court,…