James H. Binger Center for New Americans 2023-24 Annual Report by University of Minnesota Law School

On the cover: Law Students from the Binger Center for New Americans provided legal consultations for clients appearing before the immigration court.

From left: Thaameran Sarveswaran ’25, Sean Asselin ’25, Mallorie Sckerl ’24, Alex Lloyd ’25, Chloe Chambers ’25, Elissa Bowling ’25, Meg Keiser ’25, Hans Frank-Holzner ’25, Anna Schendl ’24, Patrick Walsh ’24, Asha Opal (MSW Intern)

Mission Statement: “The Binger Center for New Americans protects and advances the rights of noncitizens in the United States through advocacy, litigation, and community education. In collaboration with clients, partners, faculty, and students, we use the institutions of law and higher education to help foster an inclusive community that respects the dignity and promotes the agency of everyone.” CHECK

James H. Binger Center for New Americans

The James H. Binger Center for New Americans is a comprehensive immigration program at the University of Minnesota Law School that brings together students, faculty, and community partners to advocate with immigrants at the local and national level. Founded in 2013, the Binger Center’s four immigration law clinics and education and outreach program provide urgently needed legal services to immigrants, pursue impact litigation that will improve our nation’s immigration laws, and educate the community about immigrants’ rights. This unique and collaborative model allows students to directly represent immigrants in court, participate in community advocacy and policy development, and litigate appeals in federal court to break down systemic barriers facing immigrants.

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Reflections from Executive Director Sarah Brenes

Sometimes the breadth of our work can compromise its depth. The Binger Center and its partners have grown exponentially over the last 10 years. The Center and its clinics are now 250 alumni strong, with over 20% developing careers in immigration law. Our sustained financial contributions to our non-profit partners are a critical, but a thankfully smaller drop in their budget buckets as they expand their work with growing funding for immigration legal services.

During the 2023-24 fiscal year, The Binger Center worked with Megan Powers of Consulting Powers to conduct a strategic planning process. Partners, students, alumni and law school staff helped shape the plan through interviews and focus groups discussions. These discussions informed our focus for the future, and the key principles and strategies that will guide our work. Some of these goals have been central to our work from the beginning. Others are new aspirations for the coming years. All are ones we have collectively decided are important to strive for as we continue our work into the next decade.

One principle that continues to be central to our work is our commitment to collaborative partnerships.

The Center will continue to support existing partners by amplifying their work, encouraging law students to apply for internships and positions, and most critically, by providing quality preparation for students to be prepared to launch their legal careers when they graduate. We will also explore and develop new partnerships, including deepening connections within the university, leveraging our connections so that academic work of our colleagues becomes an accessible legal advocacy tool. The 2023 Fall Immigration Forum was an example of this, where we featured experts in the university’s schools of social work and public policy.

We will continue to engage in impactful and transformative advocacy work. We will tackle the hard cases…and win. The Immigration and Human Rights Clinic has faced the changing winds of administrative prosecutorial discretion, seeking and preserving the best outcomes for clients. Students in the Federal

Immigration Litigation Clinic argued two circuit court cases and briefed a case at the U.S. Supreme Court on a critical procedural issue that could have transformed options for individuals with an absentia order of removal. We know that cases are life changing for clients, and incredible learning opportunities for students. They can also take a toll on lawyers and law students. Modeling and supporting the creation of tools to sustain the work will have greater importance in our curriculum and education programming.

Other newer challenges include how we approach work with immigrants and the community. We will intentionally center immigrants’ experience in our work. The Detainee Rights Clinic’s initiative to change the culture and use of segregation in detention is an example of this. Working with experts across the university, the clinic is centering the experience of many clients by working alongside individuals with lived experience to identify and craft language for legislative solutions.

We acknowledge that the U.S. immigration system is inherently racist. We accept the challenge to work within a system that does not effectively serve immigrants right now. We simultaneously strive to dismantle xenophobic structures and help to create a country that provides an equitable, just and dignifying experience for noncitizens. We will continue to seek out examples of success in other disciplines and integrate them in our immigration work.

Finally, we will amplify and align ourselves in our work. Our center staff has many talents and individual research interests, but it is important for us to gather our collective energy. We will identify an annual focus issue that will be prioritized in our clinic work, through our partnerships, and in our education and outreach efforts. We will consult with our partners and the community to identify topics that are complementary and not redundant to their work. In this way, we will leverage the skills, expertise and interest among our staff and invest in the student learning experience and collective community knowledge.

Because of, or in spite of, our access to resources and privilege, the lawyers among us have chosen to use our intellect as an access path for immigrants seeking, or needing, to find a home in the U.S. We hold a ring of keys to legal status in the United States. We work with hope that our collective effort alongside clients will unlock a door for them. Immigrants have been hard hit by legal and political challenges this past year, and we brace ourselves for more to come. We find strength in the partnerships that make our advocacy community advance despite the odds, and find hope in the future lawyers who contribute through our legal clinics and field placements. We are grateful to be in partnership with you in this work, and for those who continue to lead a well trudged path and inspire a wave of brilliant new legal lights illuminating the vision for the future.

Sarah Brenes Executive Director, James H. Binger Center for New Americans

Executive Director Sarah Brenes and Minnesota Law Dean William McGeveran at the Binger Center 10th Anniversary Dinner in November 2023.

Convening Communities in Legal Learning

The Binger Center helped host several conferences, training and educational events that convened local, regional and national immigration practitioners, scholars and activists.

Local

The 2023 Fall Immigration Forum centered on the theme “Deconstructing Our Past & Building Our Narrative for the Future.” Sessions explored the historical migration trends and administrative responses, the critical role of local governments in building resilient immigration systems, and the interconnectedness of the immigrant rights movement with other social justice efforts, such as labor rights, criminal justice reform, and gender equality.

The Binger Center quickly responded to the government’s announcement of new discretionary relief for victims of labor violation by partnering with five non-profit and government agencies for a virtual Labor-Based Deferred Action Training for Lawyers, Investigators, and Community Advocates. This training equipped legal professionals, investigators, and community advocates with practical skills and knowledge on securing deferred action for immigrants based on labor violations. The training also emphasized the importance of collaboration between lawyers, investigators, and community advocates to ensure comprehensive support for affected individuals. Attendees gained insights into building strong cases for deferred action, using labor violations as a powerful tool to secure immigration relief, and protecting the rights of immigrant workers.

The Binger Center co-hosted the 2024 Upper Midwest Immigration Conference

It provided a comprehensive exploration of Minnesota’s new investments in refugee and immigrant communities, aimed at fostering a welcoming state environment. Designed for legal professionals, the event included both in-person and webinar options, though it was the first time the conference had an in-person option since 2019. The conference successfully brought together experts and practitioners, fostering an environment of learning and collaboration in support of immigrant and refugee communities.

Regional

Nearly 100 clinical law professors from across the midwest came to Minnesota Law to attend the Midwest Clinical Law Conference. Binger Center staff and faculty provided logistical support and participated in sessions. Professor Linus Chan participated in a session on law school clinics’ participation in recent legislative changes in Minnesota that support immigrant rights, including unmarked driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants and expanded healthcare access.

The Binger Center co-hosted the 2023 NIPNLG Membership Convening for the Midwest Region in October. Organized by the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG), this event brought together immigration legal practitioners and advocates for a day of intensive learning and collaboration. The convening addressed pressing challenges in immigration law, including efforts to end immigration detention and deportation, secure immigrant workers’ rights, and protect asylum seekers and vulnerable populations. The convening underscored the importance of collective action, resource sharing, and innovative strategies in advancing immigrant rights.

National

Nearly 100 immigration professors and scholars from across the country joined the Binger Center for the 2024 Immigration Law Teachers and Scholars Workshop in May. Plenary sessions topics included asylum, refugee law, border issues, and immigration enforcement. Highlights include a welcome address, sessions on innovative teaching methods, and discussions on recent legal developments. The workshop aims to foster collaboration and idea exchange among educators and researchers in immigration law.

attendees at events, trainings and conferences

BINGER CENTER

ALUMNI ENGAGED IN EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EVENTS

James H. Binger CENTER FOR NEW AMERICANS

Kim Medina ’20 speaking at the Fall Immigration Forum

Prof. Steve Meili introducing a panel on Immigrant Friendly Laws in the 2023 Minnesota Legislative Session

Mahmoud Ahmed welcoming conference attendees

Participants engaged in a session at the National Immigration Law Teachers and Scholars Workshop

Attendees at the Midwest Clinical Law Conference participated in site visits, including an immigration history tour

Minnesota Law Alumni participated in a post-film discussion of the Documentary Film, “Las Abogadas”, featuring alumna Charlene D’Cruz ’94.

From left: Sarah Brenes, Jenny Stohl Powell ’96, Steve Thal ’82, Matthew Webster ’11

“There were a lot of hands on deck for this. It was a reminder that we’re capable of doing this work regardless of how early on we are in our careers.”

— CLINIC STUDENT DIRECTOR LUKE SRODULSKI ’24

None of that would have been possible if she had stayed in Afghanistan where under Taliban rule women aren’t allowed such freedoms, notes Heinrichs. Immigration and Human Rights Clinic

Afghan Evacuee wins asylum with the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic

On March 15, 2023, Saima Fazli received an official notice granting her asylum from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Saima entered the United States with her family in 2021, as one of the more than 124,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan as part of Operation Allies Refuge. Saima’s mother and siblings qualified upon entering the United States for her father’s Special Immigrant Visa, but Saima was just a few months over the cutoff age of 21 to be included.

Saima worked with Binger Center partner The Advocates for Human Rights to be paired for pro bono representation with the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic, which focuses on representation for asylum seekers. Saima collaborated with Student Directors Amelia Lizarraga ’24 and Luke Srodulski ’24, who were later joined by Harshita Kalidindi ’25 and Mikaela Smith ’25 to prepare her asylum application and attend her asylum interview in January 2024. The students were supervised by professors Steve Meili and Mackenzie Heinrichs ’18.

Growing up in Afghanistan, Saima had little schooling and hadn’t done anything independently of her family until she came to the U.S., where she now has a job and has had to navigate the legal system. Now that she has asylum, Saima is excited to think about all the possibilities that lie ahead. She’d like to stay in the U.S. and finish her education.

“I am taking English classes one day a week through my work, and I hope in the future I can take more classes,” she says. “I am also learning how to drive, and I hope to get a driver’s license soon. I am also hoping to find a new job in the future and have a career.”

IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC BY THE NUMBERS IN 2023–24

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The Immigration and Human Rights Clinic team from L to R: Luke Srodulski ’24, Mikaela Smith ’25, client Saima Fazli, Harshita Kalidindi ’25, Mackenzie Heinrich ’18, and Amelia Lizarraga ’24

Detainee Rights Clinic Client Wins Asylum Case

One of the Detainee Rights Clinic’s Very First Clients Granted Asylum

After nearly a decade of working with the Detainee Rights Clinic (DRC), a client from El Salvador secured a grant of asylum in immigration court. The clinic began representing the client in 2014, starting with a bond argument to secure their release from detention and preventing deportation. Over the years, students and faculty worked with the client to win an appeal at the Board of Immigration, opening a path to asylum. Students

Haley Wallace ’23, Nicole Carter ’24, and Anna Schlendl ’24 prepared for the final hearing in March 2023. Their dedication was crucial in winning asylum, with the government recognizing the client’s trauma and not appealing the ruling.

Professor Linus Chan highlighted the importance of the attorney-client relationship, noting that trust and understanding were key to the case’s success. Wallace and Carter emphasized the invaluable experience gained from working on the case. The DRC provides students with opportunities to represent noncitizens facing removal, learning immigration law, Minnesota criminal law, and criminal procedure. This case exemplifies the clinic’s dedication to providing critical legal representation and the impact of experiential legal education.

For more details, visit Detainee Rights Clinic Client Wins Asylum Case g

Detainee Rights Clinic students Nicole Carter ’24, Haley Wallace ’23, and Anna Schlendl ’24 READ THE FULL STORY ABOUT THE DETAINEE RIGHTS CLINIC CASE.

Together for Change: Ending Solitary Confinement in Minnesota

The Detainee Rights Clinic is supporting the organization Until We Are All Free in their transformative effort to reform the use of segregation and ban solitary confinement in Minnesota state prisons and county jails. This groundbreaking bill, aimed at improving conditions for inmates and addressing critical mental health issues, proposes banning solitary confinement defined as confinement for over 20 hours with deprivation of meaningful visual or auditory contact. It also aims to improve conditions in segregated housing and create “wellness housing” for vulnerable populations, offering more access to programming and services. Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Corrections (DOC) to collaborate with the Department of Health (DOH) on mental health policies, sets limits on the use of segregation per infraction type, and bans segregation for vulnerable groups. It enhances access to programming and jobs during and post-segregation and mandates DOC policy changes to go through formal rulemaking with opportunities for inmate comments.

Recognizing segregation and solitary confinement as public health issues, the bill responds to the dire mental health impacts documented in Minnesota prisons. In 2022, state prisons placed 4,958 inmates in segregation, with many experiencing multiple confinements and severe mental health effects such as anxiety, insomnia, and increased suicide risk. Insights from formerly incarcerated Minnesotans, who highlighted the arbitrary and harmful use of segregation, informed this legislation. Their experiences underscore the urgent need for reform to mitigate the lasting mental health impacts and improve access to human interaction and programming.

Reforms similar to this bill have successfully been implemented in other states, proving the feasibility and positive outcomes of such changes. In 2019, twelve states enacted segregation reforms, followed by significant legislation in New York and Colorado. These states have established requirements for humane conditions, mental health protections, and limited use of segregation. The Detainee Rights Clinic’s support for Until We Are All Free in advocating for these crucial reforms aims to bring a more humane and just correctional system to Minnesota, benefiting inmates, corrections officers, and the broader community.

DETAINEE RIGHTS CLINIC BY THE NUMBERS IN 2023–24

7 students

4 student directors

8 cases represented

Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic

Fights for Immigrants’

Rights in Appellate Cases Across the Country

During the 2023-2024 academic year, under the direction and supervision of professor Nadia Anguiano ’17 and co-supervised by litigation fellow Seiko Shastri ’21 and adjunct professors Mary Georgevich ’18 and Caleb Harrison ’21, students in the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic (FILC) represented clients in several complex federal appellate cases with national impact. In the fall, FILC students represented Mr. Campos-Chaves in Campos-Chaves v. Garland, a U.S. Supreme Court case considering whether the federal government may remove noncitizens in absentia if they were not duly informed of their hearing date. Nearly 20 Minnesota Law students and faculty traveled to Washington D.C. to watch the oral argument, which took place in January. In a close decision, the Supreme Court ultimately ruled 5-4 against Mr. Campos-Chaves. During the same Supreme Court term,

FILC students filed an amicus curiae brief in Department of State v. Muñoz, representing eight professors and scholars in a brief seeking to educate the Justices about the racialized ways culturally significant tattoos in the Latinx community are used to erroneously implicate gang membership. The amicus brief was cited by Justice Sotomayor in her dissenting opinion.

In addition to participating in Supreme Court litigation, FILC students briefed multiple complex issues and presented oral argument in cases before two U.S. Courts of Appeals. In April, the clinic secured an important victory for their client, Walid Abdulahad, in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The Sixth Circuit vindicated Mr. Abdulahad’s arguments that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) committed legal errors when it rejected his claim for mandatory protection under the Convention Against Torture. The impact of the Sixth Circuit’s precedential decision extends beyond Mr. Abdulahad’s own case and could potentially aid other noncitizens denied meaningful review of their life-or-death claims. “The Sixth Circuit’s decision affirms that the immigration agency must review these important claims of torture using the correct legal standards and issue reasoned decisions that account for all the evidence presented by vulnerable people seeking protection from torture under U.S. and international law. I could not be prouder of the FILC students for their tireless and excellent advocacy for our client,” Professor Nadia Anguiano explained. Another team of students presented oral argument in a still-pending case before the Eighth Circuit, more than eight years after the case first came to the clinic.

“The extreme burdens of proof and confusing nature of the many standards asylees and applicants for protection must meet force individuals like [our clients] into years of uncertainty and fear of removal; those burdens serve as a reminder of the importance of our Clinic’s work to continue fighting for a more humane immigration system.”

— CORYN JOHNSON, FILC STUDENT FROM 2022-2024

Beyond direct representation, FILC students created informative resources to support immigration litigators. In collaboration with the American Immigration Council, and led by FILC Litigation Fellow Seiko Shastri ’21, FILC published a practice advisory synthesizing and describing tools of statutory construction that practitioners can use to defend noncitizens from criminal removal grounds. FILC students also updated an upcoming publication, a practical guide for representing noncitizens seeking federal court review of BIA final orders of removal.

Read about and access the Practice Advisory, Common Tools of Statutory Construction for Criminal Removal Grounds

FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND LITIGATION CLINIC BY THE NUMBERS IN 2023–24

12 students

6 partnerships

16 cases

2 Supreme Court briefs

U.S. Courts of Appeals oral arguments

From left to right: Amirah Ellison ’24; Prof. Mary Georgevich ’18; Prof. Seiko Shastri ’21; Hans Frank-Holzner ’25; Prof. Caleb Harrison ’21; Mallorie Sckerl ’24; Hannah Grayson ’24; Mollie Clark Ahsan ’24; Alex Lloyd ’25; Prof. Nadia Anguiano ’17; Coryn Johnson ’24; Chloe Chambers ’25; Sean Asselin ’25. Not pictured, FILC students Meg Keiser ’25, Jeremy Ruppert ’24, and Thaameran Sarveswaran ’25

The Rural Immigrant Access Clinic Continues

its Pro Se Asylum Work in the Upper Midwest

During the spring 2024 semester, the Rural Immigrant Access Clinic, under the direction of Binger Center Executive Director Sarah Brenes and Adjunct Professor Angela Bortel, continued their work from last year addressing the growing need for brief legal services amongst rural non-citizens in the Upper-Midwest. This year, Rural Immigrant Access Clinic students participated in four clinics: two in Waite park, one in Mankato and one in Worthington. The clinic partnered with Fe y Justicia, The Advocates for Human Rights, Volunteer Lawyers Network, Immigrant Law Center

of Minnesota, UNIDOS Minnesota and the First United Methodist Church of Worthington. Students applied client interviewing skills and developed immigration issue spotting during consultations and brief services with clients at the various clinics.

In addition to working with clients, student attorneys had the opportunity to work alongside Binger Center alumni, many of whom are now employed at partner organizations.

RURAL IMMIGRANT ACCESS CLINIC BY THE NUMBERS IN 2023–24

689 miles traveled

85 consults and brief services

7 community and legal service partners

5 community legal clinics

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Rural Immigrant Access Clinic in Waite Park, MN

(From Left: Fabioloa Velasquez (Fe y Justicia), Sierra Paulson ’24, Prof. Sarah Brenes, Suhaib Mohammad ’25, Carlos Soto-Quezada ’24, Jessica Egertson ’24, Prof. Angela Bortel, Patrick Walsh ’24, Ma Elena Gutierrez (Fey y Justicia)

They include John Weber ’12 (VLN), Julia Potach ’22 (ILCM), Camila Pacheco Flores ’22 (MMLA), Carli Brodzinski ’23, and Ben Gleekel ’23 (ILCM)

Ben Gleekel ’23 and Carli Cortina Brodzinski ’23 in Waite Park

Rural Access Clinic in Mankato, MN with partners VLN and Unidos MN

689 miles traveled

Minnesota Law alumni Ben Gleekel ‘23 received an Equal Justice Works (EJW) fellowship for 2024 as part of EJW’s “Design-Your-Own-Fellowship” program

Hosted by Binger Center partner, the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, Ben’s project will focus on providing legal services, outreach, and advocacy to low-income immigrants in Minnesota through hosting legal clinics and engaging in policy reform. As a student, Ben was a member of the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic, and joined the Education and Outreach program in a legal service trip to work with Afghan evacuees at the Fort McCoy military base. Ben received a Saek’s Fellowship that allowed him to clerk at the Immigrant Law Center during his 3L year and, following graduation, as a fellow in ILCM’s community justice project. Gleekel hopes to make partnering with the Binger Center a critical part of his work, saying “I cannot wait to collaborate with Binger Center staff and students to ensure that as many immigrants in Minnesota as possible receive some level of legal assistance in the course of their proceedings.”

Binger Center Alums Join Immigrant Justice Corps

Five Binger Center alums are members of the 2023 and 2024 Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC)

Launched in 2014, IJC “identifies promising lawyers and advocates passionate about immigration, places them with legal services and community-based organizations where they can make the greatest difference and supports them with training and expert insights as they directly assist immigrants in need.” Five Minnesota Law graduates who participated in the Binger Center’s immigration clinics and field placements will launch their legal careers by expanding access to legal services at immigration organizations throughout the country:

Cedar Weykar IJC, The Advocates for Human Rights, Minnesota

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Nicole Carter IJC, Community Immigration Law Center, Wisconsin

Coryn Johnson IJC, Prisoners’ Legal Services, New York

Madelyn Cox-Guerra IJC, Immigration Project, Illinois

James E.L. Brickson IJC, Immigration Project, Illinois

Faculty and Staff

Nadia Anguiano ’17

Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director of Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic

Community Outreach Programs and Research Coordinator

Stephen Meili Professor of Law & Director of Immigration and Human Rights

Mackenzie Heinrichs ’18

Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law & Clinical Fellow with Immigration and Human Rights Clinic

Seiko Shastri ’21

Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law & Litigation Fellow with Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic

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IN THE MINNESOTA LAW

FALL 2023 EDITION

Binger Center Awards & Recognition

Linus Chan was named Attorney of the Year by Minnesota Lawyer in the Group category for his participation in “Immigration Attorneys for Drivers Licenses for All.”

The Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic

Received Honorable Mention at AALS Annual Conference on Clinical Education for ‘Somali 92’ Case.

Binger Center

Publications

Common Tools of Statutory Construction for Criminal Removal Grounds

Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic (with The American Immigration Council)

Article: https://law.umn.edu/ news/2024-02-27-federalimmigration-litigationclinic-partners-americanimmigration-council-draft

Joint Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Revisiting migrants’ contributions from a human rights-based approach: facilitating and hindering factors (with the Human Rights Center) https://www.ohchr.org/sites/ default/files/documents/ issues/srmigrants/submissions/ callfacilitatingfactors/ subm-revisiting-migrantsaca-university-minnesotalaw-school.pdf

Sarah Brenes:

Books

Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell (West Academic, 8th ed., 2023) (with David Weissbrodt, Laura Danielson, Howard S. Myers III and Sarah K. Peterson)

Book Chapters

Protection-Based Relief: Forging a Path to Permanent Status, in Immigration Practice Deskbook (Hon. Nelson L. Peralta & Paschal O. Nwokocha, eds. Minnesota CLE, 2018 revision; 2020 revision) (with Allison Griffith and Lindsey Greising)

Linus Chan:

Books

Immigration Simulations: Bridge to Practice (West Academic, 2018) (with Regina Jefferies) Amazon UMN Libraries

Journal Articles

Crimmigrating Narratives: Examining Third-Party Observations of US Detained Immigration Court, 48 Law & Social Inquiry 407 (2023) (with Christopher Levesque, Jack DeWaard, Michele Garnett McKenzie, Kazumi Tsuchiya, Olivia Toles, Amy Lange, Kim Horner, Eric Ryu and Elizabeth Heger Boyle) Westlaw

Process as Suffering: How U.S. Immigration Court Process and Culture Prevent Substantive Justice, 86 Albany Law Review (2023) (with Christopher Levesque and Kimberly Horner) Open Access SSRN

How Crime-Based Deportations Undermine State Sovereignty and Community Rehabilitation (2022) (with Caleb Harrison). Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-11, AILA Law Journal / October 2019, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 263–278, 2019, Open Access SSRN

Weighing Pain: How the Harm of Immigration Detention Must Be Factored in Custody Decisions, 27 Wm. & Mary J. Race, Gender, & Soc. Just. 865 (2021)

Mackenzie Heinrichs:

Journal Article

“Closing the Asylum Gender Gap: Why ‘Afghan Women’ is a Compelling Particular Social Group”, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, (forthcoming October 2024)

Stephen Meili:

Books

The Constitutionalization of Human Rights Law: Implications for Refugees (Oxford University Press, 2022) Amazon UMN Libraries

Journal Articles Constitutionalized Human Rights Law in South Africa: Does It Help Refugees and Asylum-Seekers?, 53 George Washington International Law Review 177 (2021) HeinOnline: MN Law HeinOnline Westlaw

Asylum Under Attack: Is It Time for A Constitutional Right?, 26 Buffalo Human Rights Law Review 147 (2020) HeinOnline: MN Law HeinOnline Open Access Westlaw SSRN

National Constitutions and the Right to Asylum, in The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law (Cathryn Costello, Michelle Foster & Jane McAdam, ed., Oxford University Press, 2021)