Still Casting A Shadow
After the terrorist attacks of September 2001, Catherine Mitrano (CAS’89, LAW’89) was among a select group of federal attorneys tasked with creating the newly authorized US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a cabinet-level entity that consolidated all or part of nearly two dozen autonomous agencies, including US Customs, the Transportation Security Administration, the Secret Service, and the Department of Agriculture.
The High Court Considers DACA
Immigration law expert Sarah Sherman-Stokes on the arguments and implications of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case before the Supreme Court.
Fleeing Gang Violence, Clients Win Asylum with Help of BU Law Students
Chloe Sugino and Julio Olaya (both ’20) helped their clients gain asylum after they emigrated from El Salvador.
Offering a Helping Hand to Migrants Waiting to Enter the US
BU Law faculty and students provide desperately needed legal assistance in Tijuana.
Boston-Area Volunteers Offer Legal Advice To Migrants In Tijuana
Julie Dahlstrom, Karen Pita Loor, and Sarah Sherman-Stokes accompanied three BU Law students, Jesus Zelaya (’20), Genesis Guzman (’19), and Chelsea Tejada (’20), to Tijuana to help migrants apply for asylum in the US.
BU Law and School of Social Work Team Aids Detainees in Arizona
BU students and professors respond to the family separation crisis at the southern border.
One case, one victory: BU Law Students Win Asylum for a Political Activist from Somalia
Immigrants’ Rights & Human Trafficking Program students focus their fieldwork on immigration law and represent refugees fleeing human rights abuses and seeking safety in the US.
What Does Trump’s Immigration Order Mean?
BU Law immigration expert says new policy “is legally and morally indefensible.”
POV: Get ICE Agents Out of Courthouses
Sarah Sherman-Stokes, associate director of the Immigrants’ Rights & Human Trafficking Program, argues that Trump’s new enforcement efforts “run afoul of the Constitution.”
The RAISE Act and Immigration Law
Sarah Sherman-Stokes breaks down the changes the new legislation would make to current immigration law.