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Immigration Law

UIC School of Law

2013

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Concerning The Use Of Solitary Confinement In Immigrant Detention Facilities In The United States Of America (2013), John Marshall Law School International Human Rights Clinic, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak, Steven D. Schwinn Sep 2013

Concerning The Use Of Solitary Confinement In Immigrant Detention Facilities In The United States Of America (2013), John Marshall Law School International Human Rights Clinic, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak, Steven D. Schwinn

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This report relates to the situation of immigrant detainees who are held in solitary confinement in detention facilities in the United States. It is submitted in response to the United States’ fourth periodic report and specifically addresses the widespread use of solitary confinement in immigrant detention as it violates immigrant detainees’ rights to due process and judicial remedies, violations of minimum standards of the right to humane treatment, and the right to personal liberty. The report discusses the policies and practices of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that support the use of …


Consular Notification For Dual Nationals, 38 S. Ill. U. L.J. 73 (2013), Mark E. Wojcik Jan 2013

Consular Notification For Dual Nationals, 38 S. Ill. U. L.J. 73 (2013), Mark E. Wojcik

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

In a case against the United States brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Mexico sought to protect the rights of fifty-four Mexican nationals who had been arrested in the United States for various crimes and put on trial without being informed of their rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR). These fifty-four Mexican nationals all faced the death penalty in various states of the United States. Shortly after filing its case in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals, however, Mexico dropped from the case one Mexican national who was also a citizen of the United States. The …


Using The Language Of Turner V. Rogers To Advocate For A Right To Counsel In Immigration Removal Proceedings, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 893 (2013), Shane T. Devins Jan 2013

Using The Language Of Turner V. Rogers To Advocate For A Right To Counsel In Immigration Removal Proceedings, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 893 (2013), Shane T. Devins

UIC Law Review

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