immigration

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HHRP Lecture Highlights Tension Over Immigration Policy

Conversations on immigration policy often highlight the tension between humanitarian objectives and national security issues. On the one hand, America has the potential to offer ...

January 19, 2016

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First Circuit Appeals Court Victories Continue String of BC Law Successes

BC Law faculty and students have had remarkable success in the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals in 2015. Earlier this year, teams of students ...

January 4, 2016

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Can the Law Reverse Disturbing Treatment of Migrants?

Clough lecturer questions why globalization has failed to live up to its promise of rightful treatment of the dispossessed.

By Vicki Sanders
November 12, 2015

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Second Ninth Circuit Court Victory Announced

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California has once again ruled in favor of a client represented by BC Law students as part of the ...

August 18, 2015

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What We Saw: Firsthand Account of a Humanitarian Crisis

A BC Law student is covering a developing human rights crisis in Haiti as part of her summer fellowship, and what she witnessed on a ...

July 9, 2015

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Challenges Facing Central American Migrants Outlined in New Report

Boston College Law School, in partnership with 12 other U.S.-based Jesuit law schools and the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA), has announced the release of “A ...

June 16, 2015

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Partnership Focuses on Improving Resources for Immigrants

Boston College is part of a consortium of thirteen Jesuit law schools that have partnered with the nonprofit Jesuit Refugee Service/USA in an effort to ...

April 1, 2015