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Press Releases

American Immigration Council Challenges Denial of Motion to Suppress Evidence Obtained Through Unlawful Police Conduct (November 28, 2012)

ACLU delivers a statement on behalf of several groups at UNHRC urging US government to refrain from deporting Haitians (July 4, 2012)

Read the statement presented on July 3, 2012 at the United Nations Human Rights Council by the ACLU, UM's Human Rights and Immigration Clinics, and others concerning Haitian deportations from the U.S. following the catastrophic 2010 earthquake in Haiti

Inter-American Commission Orders United States to Stop Deportations to Cholera-Stricken Haiti (June 2, 2011)

ICE Begins Second Round of Deportations to Haiti During Humanitarian Crisis (April 15, 2011)

Press Conference: Stop Deportations to Haiti! (April 14, 2011)

ICE Formalizes Policy to Deport Haitians During Humanitarian Crisis (April 1, 2011)

International Human Rights Commission Summons U.S. to Stop Deportations to Haiti Following First Deportee Death (February 4, 2011)

Rights Groups File Emergency Human Rights Petition to Stop Imminent Deportations to Haiti: Earthquake, Cholera and Violence is Death Sentence (January 6, 2011)

Media

107 law professors signed this letter opposing Senator Inhofe's Amendment 1203 to the immigration bill. The letter explains why authorizing prolonged and indefinite immigration detention would violate basic principles of due process. (June 13, 2013)

Law School Students Help Undocumented Immigrants in the Tampa Bay Times (March 14, 2013)

Free Legal Clinics for Deferred Action Applicants in the Orlando Sentinel(March 9, 2013)

Undocumented Residents Can Get Free Legal Help in Plant City in Tampa Bay Times (March 9, 2013)

UM Law Students Help Undocumented Youths With Status on NBC6 (March 6, 2013)

Professor Sharpless on the blog crImmigration: Chaidez v. US: Assuming Teague Applies, Padilla Announced a New Rule in February 2013.

American Immigration Council Challenges Denial of Motion to Suppress Evidence Obtained Through Unlawful Police Conduct (November 28, 2012)

Professor Rebecca Sharpless blogs on Chaidez case argued on November 1, 2012 before the U.S. Supreme Court

Florida Watches as Supreme Court Set to Hear State of Arizona Argue Immigration Laws (April 22, 2012)

U.S. Deportees Face Illegal Detentions, Health Risks in Haiti (November 15, 2011)

U.S. Deportees to Haiti Face Horrific Conditions (November 13, 2011)

U.S. Reviews Care of Deported Haitian Who Died (September 20, 2011)

UN Urges Countries to Extend Permits for Haitians (June 21, 2011)

Groups Ask for UN's Help to End Haiti Deportations (June 16, 2011)

The Miami Herald: Halt Haitian Deportations (Apr. 17, 2011)

The Miami Herald: Activists seek end to US deportations to Haiti

The World: Few Haitians seeking protective status

Newsweek: An American Dream Gone to Pot, Should legal immigrants be deported for drug possession? The Supreme Court will decide

Daily Business Review: UM Law School opens immigration clinic

The Next Generation (October 7, 2010).