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Reporter Batya Ungar-Sargon, immigration lawyer Talia Peleg and professional signer (and one-time immigration detainee) Nnecka Ifemesia appeared on the Brian Lehrer Show to discuss the City Limits series “On the…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Justice

Asylum Hearings Decide Whose Danger Makes Them Deserving

Applying an antiquated law, often with little evidence to go on, immigration judges must determine not whether or not someone is afraid to go back home, but whether their fear…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Justice

Heavy Burdens and Unfair Fights in Immigration Courts

Far from the debate over immigration on the campaign trail, the reality of U.S. policy plays out in immigration courthouses, where lawyers can be hard to come by, detention without…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 2Comments

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Dec 2015

Justice

Immigrants’ Fates Depend on Access to Lawyers

Statistics show the whether or not an immigrant is detained during their case, and whether or not they have a lawyer, have enormous bearing on outcomes in immigration court. New…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 3Comments

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Dec 2015

Justice

Immigration Court Crisis Weighs on Lawyers, Families

The courtrooms where immigration justice plays out in and near New York City are where overtaxed lawyers, desperate families and shackled inmates bear the human weight of a broken system.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

What is Life Like in Immigration Detention?

Asylum Hearings Decide Whose Danger Makes Them Deserving

Heavy Burdens and Unfair Fights in Immigration Courts

Immigrants’ Fates Depend on Access to Lawyers

Immigration Court Crisis Weighs on Lawyers, Families

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What is Life Like in Immigration Detention?

Asylum Hearings Decide Whose Danger Makes Them Deserving

Heavy Burdens and Unfair Fights in Immigration Courts

Immigrants’ Fates Depend on Access to Lawyers

Immigration Court Crisis Weighs on Lawyers, Families

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