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Immigration Clinic

In the News

• More Members of the Reyes Salazar Family Win Asylum
  Texas Tribune, March 22, 2013
• Bills would repeal in-state tuition for undocumented college students
  Waco Tribune, February 24, 2013
• For undocumented workers on campus, retirement is no sure thing
  The Daily Texan, February 19, 2013
• For undocumented immigrants, federal program means more normal life
  Austin American Statesman, December 8, 2012
• Clinics help undocumented immigrants apply for deferral
  The Daily Texan, October 8, 2012
• Ripple effect from high court ruling on AZ immigration law
  My Fox Austin, Summer 2012
• Immigration central issue in Democratic primary for Travis sheriff
  Austin American Statesman, May 15, 2012
• Undocumented immigrants in jail: Who gets deported?
  The Austin American Statesman, March 17, 2012
• Policy changes urge discretion, spark review of pending deportation cases
  The Austin American Statesman, March 17, 2012
• Rule enforces undocumented students apply for legal status after graduation
  The Daily Texan, January 26, 2012
• New guidelines protect immigrants
  The Daily Texan, January 24, 2012
• Remembrance held for DREAM Act supporter
  The Daily Texan, December 5, 2011
• The United States of Immigrants? Illegal human beings? Children in prison?
  www.accessnews.us, November 20, 2011
• ACCESS News, EPISODE 109: Barbara Hines, University of Texas Professor and top immigration attorney
  www.accessnews.us, November 20, 2011
• Undocumented students grateful to Perry for defending in-state tuition law
  Austin American Statesman, November 15, 2011
• UT student's outlook: 'I could do anything I wanted to do'
  Austin American Statesman, November 13, 2011
• Two DREAMers ponder their futures
  Austin American Statesman, November 12, 2011
• GOP Showdown With Justice Department Over Immigration
  Mother Jones, November 10, 2011ho
• A diez años del Texas Dream Act...sueños a medias
  AOLLatino.com, October 3, 2011
• Legal, economic and social problems with Arizona’s new law
  UT Know, August 9, 2011
• Motion seeks dismissal of UC student's deporation case
  CommunityPress.com, June 2, 2011
• UC honor student faces deportation
  Cinncinnati.com, May 1, 2011
• Negative effects of border fence studied
  Brownsville Herald, March 20, 2011
• Cigarroa: Extraordinary dreams that get overlooked
  Austin American Statesman, December 14, 2010
• Democrats fail to stop Republican filibuster
  Daily Texan, September 22, 2010
• Detention for immigrants could be less like jail
  Austin American Statesman, June 16, 2010
• Law professor busts myths about U.S. immigration policy (PDF transcript)
  UT Know, May 25, 2010
• Starving for Reform
  The Texas Tribune, March 9, 2010
• More than 300 public-records lawsuits filed in Obama's first year
  The Washington Post, January 27, 2010
• UT Law students, faculty helped get slain Juárez woman's mom aslylum
  El Paso Times, December 22, 2009
• Clinic counsels immigrants at reformed detention center
  The Daily Texan, November 4, 2009
• Audio: The Future of Family Detention in America - Open Society Institute and American Civil Liberties Union cosponsored forum on immigrant detention in the United States
  Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation Network, September 23, 2009
• As detention center shuts down in Texas, advocates worry about future for immigrant families
  The Associated Press, September 9, 2009
• Families slowly leaving Texas detention facility
  Houston Chronicle, September 9, 2009
• When home is prison
  The Economist, August 13, 2009
• T. Don Hutto detention center united diverse group in protest
  Austin American Statesman, August 13, 2009
• ICE will revamp detainee system
  Houston Chronicle, August 7, 2009
• Report: Government plans to stop sending families to Taylor detention center
  Austin American Statesman, August 6, 2009
• U.S. to Reform Policy on Detention for Immigrants
  The New York Times, August 6, 2009
• Hutto detention center to change direction
  Austin American Statesman, August 6, 2009
• Critics push for immigrant detention in Taylor to close
  Austin American Statesman, July 31, 2009
• The Least of These: Film not a Michael Moore 'gotcha' piece
  The Sunday Sun, March 22, 2009
• U.S. defends border wall fence construction
  The Daily Texan, October 23, 2008
• Rights group investigates T. Don Hutto immigrant detention center: Group looking into care of immigrants in Taylor Center
  Austin American Statesman, October 2, 2008
• "The Forgotten: Iraqis who helped American soldiers are being slaughtered. A small band of U.S. lawyers is fighting to save their lives"
  American Bar Association, July 2008
• Son of migrant workers and single father earns law degree
  The University of Texas at Austin Office of Public Affairs, May 12, 2008
• "The Lost Children" [PDF]
  The New Yorker, March 3, 2008
• "Immigrant child separated from mom at family detention center" [PDF]
  Austin American Statesman, January 2, 2008
• "UT Law students' assignment a crucial one" [PDF]
  Houston Chronicle, December 31, 2007
• "Equal Justice Works Fellow Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch (UT Law '08) to
  Work with Political Asylum Project of Austin" [PDF]
• "Advocates File Complaint Over Detained Immigrant Child"
  Houston Chronicle, December 11, 2007
• "UT law students collect toys for detained children" [PDF]
  Austin American Statesman, December 9, 2007
• "Students Collecting Toys for Children at T. Don Hutto"
  News 8 Austin, December 7, 2007
• "Wilco's Latest Snafu" [PDF]
  Austin Chronicle, November 2, 2007
• “Facing Trial, Government Agrees to Improve Conditions at Immigrant Center” [PDF]
  New York Times, August 28, 2007

UT Law Newsroom

• Video: Clinical Professor Denise Gilman discusses myths about U.S. immigration policy, on UT’s Know online magazine
  June 10, 2010
• MALDEF to honor Professor Barbara Hines with Excellence in Legal Service Award, September 18, 2009
  September 16, 2009
• UT Working Group Alleges Texas/Mexico Border Wall Violates Human Rights
  June 16, 2008
• UT Law School Welcomes Denise Gilman
  November 30, 2007
• Law School students sponsor toy drive for children at Hutto immigrant detention center
  November 28, 2007
• Professor Barbara Hines Honored
  April 26, 2007
• ACLU Challenges Illegal Detention of Immigrant Children Held in Prison-Like Conditions
  March 6, 2007
• The National Immigration Project Honors UT Law Professor Barbara Hines
  June 21, 2006
• Conference on Immigration Policy after 9/11: U.S. and European Perspectives, March 2–3
  March 2, 2006
• Frances Valdez,’05, Receives UT Law’s First Immigration Law Clinic Fellowship
  September 14, 2005