The Stories of Immigrants for Immigration Law Teachers
Immigration law professors seem to always be looking for immigrant stories to share with their students that reflect how the law operates in the “real world.” Here are a few stories literally ripped from the headlines.
The New Yorker has an article on a refugee’s epic escape from Syria across ten borders to Sweden.
A 19-year-old Israeli soldier, a 29-year-old African asylum seeker and a
21-year-old Israeli Arab from the Bedouin community, all are dead after the
Bedouin man apparently fired into a crowded bus station. As their communities
mourn their deaths, debate swirls over the continuing outbreaks of violence in Israel.
What about the Dreamers? Here’s the story of one Peruvian native who now has a green
card through marriage and works as Latino outreach director for Hillary Rodham
Clinton’s presidential campaign, even though she has never been eligible to
vote.
KJ
yorker.com/magazine/2015/10/26/ten-borders