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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- A Harvard Law School clinic has sued federal immigration officials for failing to release records about the use of solitary

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Harvard Law School clinic has sued federal immigration officials for failing to release records about the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention facilities.

A Harvard Law School clinic has sued federal immigration officials for failing to release records about the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Harvard Law School clinic has sued federal immigration officials for failing to release records about the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention facilities.

A Biden plan should not deprive them of a day in court.

Human Rights First: NGO Letter Urging DHS to Reject Use of Expedited Removal Targeted News Service To: Hon. 301 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20528 Dear Secretary Mayorkas, Department of Homeland Security ( DHS) to reject the use of expedited removal and immigration detention as it ends policies that effectively eliminated humanitarian protections at the border in violation of U.S. law and treaty obligations. We reiterate our call for the administration to swiftly end dangerous and illegal ...

INDIA New England News Harvard Kennedy School Associate Professor Maya Sen discusses her research into the political leanings of lawyers and argues why it is perfectly normal for attorneys hired by special counsel Robert Mueller to have donated to Democrats. She is pictured outside of HKS at Harvard University. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer By Alvin Powell and Colleen Walsh Harvard Staff Writers/The Harvard Gazette Pesident Joe Biden on Wednesday issued a call for na...

President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued a call for national unity, devoting much of his inaugural address not to the policies and programs to come, but to the “uncivil war” that Americans must put behind them to tackle their myriad national challenges. The Inauguration of Biden as the 46th president and of Kamala Harris as the first woman, African American, and Asian American vice president took place before a sparse, masked crowd and amid heavy security, both vivid reminders of two major c...

That’s about to change. President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has vowed to roll out a far-reaching overhaul of federal immigration laws Wednesday, his Inauguration Day. Though experts and advocates said they are hopeful that Biden’s reforms will ease legal restrictions on immigration, they noted that institutional change will require more time. Harvard administrators, including University President Lawrence S. Bacow, have publicly challenged Trump’s immigration policy over the past...

The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program filed a lawsuit in federal court in December on behalf of four immigrant rights organizations against the Trump administration’s proposed, sweeping changes to asylum rules. The rule changes — which are set to take effect Jan. 11 — would significantly limit the ability for asylum seekers, including those who are escaping persecution, to gain protection in the United States. The defendants named in the suit — which include t...