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Course# CLIN7154, CLIN7155
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Students in the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic represent indigent clients
who have fled human rights abuses in their native countries and seek political
asylum in the United States. Students develop and present cases at all levels
ranging from affirmative applications before immigration officers to court
hearings in front of immigration judges to appeals before the Board of Immigration
Appeals or the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to political asylum
cases, clinic students have filed habeas corpus petitions in federal district
court in cases involving constitutional challenges to the INS' detention policies.
Recent cases include:
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Winning asylum (and release from 18 months of INS detention) for a
Moroccan man who had been severely tortured by governmental forces because of
his imputed political and religious beliefs;
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Winning relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (and
release after 2 1/2 years of INS detention) for a Congolese woman who had fled
severe domestic violence in a country that offers no protection;
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Winning withholding of removal for a Ghanian woman who feared that her
U.S. citizen daughter would be subject to female genital mutilation if they
were sent back to Ghana.
In addition to litigation before the Agency and Courts, students also help clients to
obtain lawful permanent residence and work to reunite families. |
