The unprecedented pace of deportations in recent years has led to increased investment, at the local level, in the provision of high volume legal services to immigrants facing deportation. Each investment in greater legal representation of noncitizens offers unique opportunities to raise the bar in a practice area that has been plagued by low quality representation and to experiment with institutional design as the immigration system slowly but surely moves toward a civil Gideon system. This paper takes a look at questions of institutional design and attorney practice norms within the context of the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (“NYIFUP”), the nation’s first public defender program for detained indigent immigrants. Drawing from t...
A new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guideline issued with the intent of reducing case backlo...
Immigration advocates have long objected to both the constitutionality and conditions of immigration...
Persons deprived of their liberties as a result of administrative detention for immigration reasons ...
The unprecedented pace of deportations in recent years has led to increased investment, at the local...
There is an evolving crisis in the immigration courts and federal courts of appeals caused by the la...
Should pro-immigrant advocates pursue federally funded counsel for all immigrants facing deportation...
Immigrants are part of the fabric of New York--one in three children in the state has an immigrant p...
This dissertation explores the development and effects of the “aggravated felony”—an expansive legal...
The New York Immigrant Representation Study (“NYIR Study”) is a two-year project of the Study Group ...
This study evaluates the impact of the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP). NYIFUP is t...
All of us here have a common goal: ensuring adequate legal representation of the immigrant poor. A c...
Recidivism rates for individuals who are convicted of illegal entry and re-entry (U.S.C. §§ 1325 and...
One of the most positive responses to heightened federal enforcement of immigration laws has been in...
Immigration advocates have long objected to both the constitutionality and conditions of immigration...
This symposium essay explores two contending visions of immigration justice: one focused on expandin...
A new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guideline issued with the intent of reducing case backlo...
Immigration advocates have long objected to both the constitutionality and conditions of immigration...
Persons deprived of their liberties as a result of administrative detention for immigration reasons ...
The unprecedented pace of deportations in recent years has led to increased investment, at the local...
There is an evolving crisis in the immigration courts and federal courts of appeals caused by the la...
Should pro-immigrant advocates pursue federally funded counsel for all immigrants facing deportation...
Immigrants are part of the fabric of New York--one in three children in the state has an immigrant p...
This dissertation explores the development and effects of the “aggravated felony”—an expansive legal...
The New York Immigrant Representation Study (“NYIR Study”) is a two-year project of the Study Group ...
This study evaluates the impact of the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP). NYIFUP is t...
All of us here have a common goal: ensuring adequate legal representation of the immigrant poor. A c...
Recidivism rates for individuals who are convicted of illegal entry and re-entry (U.S.C. §§ 1325 and...
One of the most positive responses to heightened federal enforcement of immigration laws has been in...
Immigration advocates have long objected to both the constitutionality and conditions of immigration...
This symposium essay explores two contending visions of immigration justice: one focused on expandin...
A new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guideline issued with the intent of reducing case backlo...
Immigration advocates have long objected to both the constitutionality and conditions of immigration...
Persons deprived of their liberties as a result of administrative detention for immigration reasons ...