- Prologue
- Thankful for the Opportunity to Serve the Greater Good
- One Door Opened All the Rest — Eternally Grateful
- Impact of Law and Culture on Each Other
- From Zamora-Chinchipe to Memphis
- Crossing Rice Fields by Moonlight: Listening as a Tool for Advocacy
- American Child of Mexico to Immigration Attorney of Today
- Cancellation of Removal Gave Us a Chance
- A Simple Change
- My Immigration Story: From Mindoro, Philippines to State College, PA
- La Salvadoreña Adoptada: A Journey to Discovery and Understanding
- A Journey Forward
- Excerpts from Clinic Publications
- Closing
Excerpts from Clinic Publications
Community and Education
Rethinking Reentry: Prosecution, Defense and Human Rights Perspectives
The Penn State Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic led a discussion on illegal entry and reentry prosecutions under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1325-1326. The panel discussion featured Peter J. Smith, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Heidi Freese, assistant federal public defender for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Grace Meng, senior researcher for the U.S. Program of Human Rights Watch; and Lori Ulrich, assistant federal public defender for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
- Presentation Slides
- Entry and Reentry Screening Instrument
- Infographic/Fact Sheet
April 21, 2016 Rethinking Reentry Press Release and Additional Materials
Takeaway Materials from the Panel Discussion about the June 2014 Immigration Raid in State College, PA
This is a compilation of all the materials provided to the event attendees. The materials include: a program pamphlet, a postcard with a personal account of a noncitizen living in State College (in both English and Spanish), an immigration myths-and-facts brochure, slides from Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia’s presentation during the panel discussion, and the event flier.
Held November 18, 2014
Practitioner Tools
Practitioner’s Toolkit on Cancellation of Removal for Lawful Permanent Residents
Created on behalf of the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC), the toolkit is a resource for immigration attorneys representing lawful permanent residents who are facing removal from the United States.
The 2016 toolkit includes information about:
- aggravated felonies,
- detention,
- the discretionary component of Cancellation of Removal,
- who is ineligible for LPR Cancellation of Removal,
- steps to take to apply for LPR Cancellation of Removal,
- steps for obtaining client records, and
- alternative remedies.
May 16, 2016 Cancellation of Removal Toolkit Press Release
Policy Reports
October 22, 2013
Immigration Relief for Victims of Abuse and Domestic Violence
by the Centre County Women’s Resource Center’s Civil Legal Representation Project
Advocates and attorneys who work with victims of domestic violence need to understand the dynamics of power and control and how they affect the safety of their clients. This understanding is especially important in working with non-citizen victims who often face additional hurdles compared to American citizens. The Penn State Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic has published Immigration Relief for Victims of Abuse and Domestic Violence, a toolkit to help practitioners in representing immigrant victims of domestic abuse.
Published July 17, 2012
Leveling the Playing Field: Reforming the H-2B Program to Protect Guestworkers and U.S. Workers
by Penn State Dickinson School of Law and the National Guestworker Alliance
This report highlights cases of exploitation from Texas to Tennessee, and calls for four indispensable reforms that would end employer abuse and protect both guest workers and U.S. workers:
- Guaranteeing guest workers the right to organize without fear of retaliation;
- Prohibiting employers from using guest workers as cheap, exploitable alternatives to U.S. workers;
- Eliminating debt servitude and other elements of human trafficking in the program; and
- Subjecting employers to meaningful government enforcement and community oversight.
June 21, 2012 Reforming H-2B Press Release
The One-Year Asylum Deadline and the BIA: No Protection, No Process
by the National Immigrant Justice Center and Human Rights First
The right to seek asylum from persecution is a fundamental and long-recognized human right. The United States committed to protecting refugees in 1967 when it signed the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and later enacted legislation to incorporate the Protocol’s key provisions into domestic law. Despite these commitments, in 1996 Congress enacted a filing deadline for asylum applications which has resulted in potentially denying protections to thousands of legitimate refugees.
October 21, 2010 One-Year Asylum Deadine Press Release
For more publications by the Penn State Law Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic, please visit their website at https://pennstatelaw.psu.edu/practice-skills/clinics/center-immigrants-rights