Immigration Unit

Immigration Unit assists newcomers in a variety of areas

1.   Amnesty seekers - people fleeing violence and persecution in their own countries

2.   Battered women

3.   Unaccompanied minors

4.   Immigration legal clinic of the Harvard Law School

5.   Women Refugees Project  - expanding access of refugee women to political asylum

1. Thomas v. Ashcroft -  Amicus Brief

2. Memorandum - December 6, 2004

3. HIRC and Coalition Comments - 2001 Gender and Social Group Proposed Regulations

4. 2001 Gender and Social Group Proposed Regulations

5. August 5, 2005 Letter to Secretary of DHS Michael Chertoff

6. Tchoukhrova v. Gonzales - Memorandum

7. Tchoukhrova v. Gonzales - HIRC Amicus Brief (Granted)

8. Tchoukhrova v. Gonzales - HIRC Amicus Motion (Granted)

9. Thomas v. Gonzales (Ashcroft) - HIC/WRP Memo I

10. Thomas v. Gonzales (Ashcroft) - DOJ Cert. Petition

11. Gonzales v. Thomas - Respondent's Brief in Opposition To Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

6.  GBLS and Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (2004)

1. Asylum Seeker Resource Directory - 2004

7.   Index of Documentation for Haitian Asylum Seekers