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National Immigration Project News Bulletins and Member Reports  

All documents are in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat.

Note: "FEATURED ARTICLES" highlights key items of interest but is not a comprehensive listing of news bulletin contents.
 

February 2008 News Bulletin

   Immigrant Advocacy Network

   Michael Maggio

   VAWA EWI Adjustment Update

 

October 2007 News Bulletin

    Kathy Brady named 2007 Carol King Award Recipient

    National Lawyers Guild Convention

    New Bedford Raid Legal Response Team honored with Levy Award

    National Immigration Project CLE seminar on Evidentiary Issues in Immigration Proceedings

 

2006 Membership Meeting Breakout Session Summaries

    Terror-Related Inadmissibility Grounds and Asylum Cases

    Government Misconduct in Immigration Cases

    Media and Messaging in Immigration Work

    VAWA and U Visa Cases

October 2006 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
    Message from Dan: Reflections on 20 Years at the Project -- A Work in Progress
    Project Honors Former Board Chair Barbara Hines in San Antonio
    Member News
    Work for Project Sharpens Haywood Burns Fellow's Approach to Immigrant Rights Advocacy

June 2006 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
    Immigration Reform: Next Steps Clouded by Uncertainty
    Miami Retrospective - Skills Seminar and Reception Honoring Cheryl Little/FIAC
    Member News / In the News
    Project Law Fellow Reports on Highlights of Her Work
    Deadline for U Visa Form Comments Extended
    2006 NLG Convention Update

February 2006 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
    Combating Anti-Gang Measures and Securing Fair Treatment for Haitians: Project Helps Launch Two New Initiatives
    '05 NLG Convention Wrap-up
    VSC Issuing More Self-Petition Denials
    Member News / In the News
    Of Note
    '05 Daniel Levy Award Presented to Susan Lydon, ILRC

October 2005 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
    Legislative Update: Passel of Bills, Amendments Affecting Immigrants Making Their Way Through Congress
    New Policy Regarding VAWA Self-Petitioners with Final Orders
    Has This Been Happening to You? -- VAWA Practitioner / Practice Problem
    Keeping Hope Alive -- An Update on the Work of Our Soros Justice Fellow
    Hurricane Katrina Poses Special Problems for Immigrants and Other Noncitizens

June 2005 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
  A Fond Farewell from Gail Pendleton
  Restructuring Our VAWA Legal Support - What You Should Know
  (Paromita Shah) The Immigration Project's New Associate Director Takes on REAL ID
  Educating immigrant communities about the dangers of local enforcement - final report from Golda Phillip / Stanford Gardner Fellow
  Speaking up for immigrant detainees - mid year report from Malik Ndaula / Soros Justice Fel
low

April 2005 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
  Our Spring CLE Seminar: Immigration Law and Defense - Relief from Removal
  Practice Problems - Getting the Run Around by Roshani Gunewardene
  TPS Advocacy Update for Noncitizens of Tsunami-Affected Nations

January 2005 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
  New Practice Pointer:
How An Abuser’s Loss of Status, Removal, Or Death Affects Spousal Self-petitions Under VAWA
  Advocacy Update on Temporary Protected Status for Nationals from Tsunami Affected Nations
  A New Resource for HIV Positive Noncitizens
  Immigration Project Intern Awarded 2 Year Soros Justice Fellowship
  Advocacy Update from the Immigration Project's Stanford University John Gardner Fellow
  Honoring our 2004 Carol King and Daniel Levy Awardees
  The Defending Rights Reception: Honoring Michael Maggio & Denyse Sabagh
  Immigration The New Kryptonite - f
rom Angelo Paparelli’s Immigration Blog                

October 2004 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
  Attorneys have a duty to determine a defendant’s citizenship & immigration status   by Tova Indritz
  Defending the Rights of Immigrant Survivors - A report from our 2004 Haywood Burns Fellow    by Anand Swaminanthan                 
  Transit in Toronto, reflections on the perils of a re-laminated Green Card   by Sujata Winfield
  The Situation in Peru   by Antonio Levy
  Another Side of the Political Crisis in Haiti - A successful asylum case   by Edward Neufville
 

July 2004 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
  Blakely v. Washington Practice Pointer
  A new staff person and new directions for Gail's VAWA advocacy work
  House party updates
  Poetic License
  Conditions in Haiti after the coup
   

March 2004 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES:
  Selected Practice Pointers Relating to Juveniles
  U.S. Policy on Haiti - the politics behind the coup
  Policy Update: The struggle over local enforcement (CLEAR/HSEA) continues
  Practice pointer on Shivaraman v. Ashcroft -
concerning deportation grounds for crimes involving moral turpitude
  Launching the Law Student Listserv
  Speaking out on post 9/11 civil rights abuses -
an update on  the San Francisco Immigration Committee 
 

December 2003 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES:
  Strength in Unity: the legal strategy behind the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
  Hernandez vs. Ashcroft: an important victory for gender violence and immigrant rights advocates
  VAWA Update 
by Gail Pendleton
  2003 Fall Conference Reflections and Next Steps
  Spotlight on the D.C. Immigration Committee  An update from Shoba Sivaprasad
 

October 2003 News Bulletin
FEATURED ARTICLES
  Examining the CLEAR Act
  Families for Freedom highlights the link between immigration enforcement and immigrant incarceration
  Building a support network for HIV positive non-citizens.
  Development & Media Advocacy Directions
  Freedom Rider Journals

August 2003 Member Report

January 2003 Member Report

December 2002 Member Report

October 2002 Member Report

August 2002 Member Report

February 2002 Member Report

September 2001 Member Report

June 2001 Member Report

March 2001 Member Report

October 2000 Member Report

August 2000 Member Report

May 2000 Member Report