Immprof Op-Eds and Essays by Bellis, Gilman, Hines, Schrag & Thomas

Here’s another periodic summary of op-eds from members of the immprof community:

• Claire Thomas (New York Law), Queens Daily Eagle, July 11, 2018, How to Help the ‘Accidental’ New Yorkers Separated From Their Families and Shipped to Upstate Prisons (calling for funding and support for access to counsel)
• Philip Schrag (Georgetown), Seattle Times, July 16, 2018, A Fate Worse Than Separation Awaits Central American Families (“Although the California court that ordered the reunification may permit continued detention of the families until their asylum claims can be decided, something worse than separation or detention awaits those mothers who are deported: rape and death.”)
   
• Denise Gilman (University of Texas, Austin), USA Today, July 17, 2018, Donald Trump is Ignoring the Immigration Laws that Protect Children and Families (“Trump’s team is picking and choosing which laws to follow”)
• Barbara Hines, (University of Texas, Austin – ret.), Austin American Statesman, July 19, 2018, Why the Separation of Families is the Tip of the Iceberg (“T]he the incarceration of immigrants, including families and asylum seekers, is nothing new”)
• Caitlin Bellis (UC Irvine), Current Affairs, July 20, 2018, Abolishing ICE is Only the First Step (describing Theo Lacy detention facility in Orange, CA and reflecting on opportunities and limitations of #AbolishICE)

-JKoh