Legomsky at #HIRC30: "Advocate hard. Advocate Smart. And may the force be with you."
Legomsky at #HIRC30: It is not the job of the gov't lawyer to "beat the #immigrant" but to "faithfully follow the law" and "do justice".
#HIRC30 shout out for the 9th Cir pro bono program offering young attorneys oral augment on #immigraion cases. http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/probono/
@EleanorPelta (another child of refugees!) speaking at #HIRC30 about the impact of @HLS_Immigration on her career.
Applause from #HIRC30 on learning that Lazo-Majano has now become a US citizen.
Other immprofs spotted at #HIRC30: Torrey (HLS), Legomsky (WashU), Rosenbloom (NE) Marouf (UNLV), Thronson (MSU), Taylor (WF).
collective gasp from #HIRC30 when @USCIS asylum officer recounts story of applicant whose persecutor wore necklace of eyeballs of victims
Robin E. Feder of the EOIR (Boston IJ) talking in her personal capacity about representation in #immigration cases. #HIRC30
Judge Katzmann at #HIRC30 discussing the #immigrant justice corps, an amazing program. http://justicecorps.org
Thinking of you, @ProfNofe, as Judge Katzmann talks about the representation crisis in #immigration cases here at #HIRC30
Judge Katzman at #HIRC30: "At the end of every case is a human being."
Russell at #HIRC30: The "legal needs and social needs" of unaccompanied minors aren't being met and can't be met with current tools.
C. Mario Russell at #HIRC30 talking about "paradigmatically new" #refugee crisis posed by influx of unaccompanied minors. #immigration
#HIRC30 is bringing on the Judges. Judge Katzmann (2d Cir) and Judge Feder (EOIR).
@margaretdstock at #HIRC30: #MANVI expires in September. The concern is how long it will take to renew (the last hold lasted 2 years!)
@margaretdstock at #HIRC30: #MANVI benefits the military. It's not about being progressive. (Yes! good policy can be self-interested!)
Thronson at #HIRC30: #immigration clinics can respond to crisis of child migration. These are hard cases that require passion.
David Thronson of @MSULaw at #HIRC30: how should we respond to 1 million undocumented kids in addition to 60K entering? #immigration
David Thronson of @MSULaw at #HIRC30 talking about the importance of serving clients and clinical education.
@margaretdstock at #HIRC30: most lawyers don't have clients thanking them for saving their lives. #immigration lawyers do!
@margaretdstock at #HIRC30 discussing her creation MANVI. http://www.defense.gov/news/mavni-fact-sheet.pdf Talking about changing the world!
@margaretdstock at #HIRC30: what has made the US a superpower: "letting the right people in" #immigration
@margaretdstock at #HIRC30 giving a shout out to @LauraMurrayTjan for her great piece in @HuffingtonPost: www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-murraytjan/immigra...
@margaretdstock at #HIRC30: #immigration law is "passion free from reason."
#HIRC30: "this fight is a long and continuous fight." #asylum #immigration
Kurzban talking about his work "helping people who are completely defenseless" #HIRC30 #asylum #immigration
Look who I ran into at #HIRC30: @BellamyLawGroup http://t.co/kdeszyT6ED