Upcoming Program:

In the Wake of Zero Tolerance- Best Practices for Representing Separated Parents and Children

Fri, Jul 13, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

This program will discuss how separated families have been processed at the border, forcibly separated, prosecuted and detained, causing grave suffering to parents and children and obstacles to their legal claims. Our experts will discuss each step in the process and explain the complicated legal proceedings that apply to parents caught at the border and children who have been rendered “unaccompanied” by government action.

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Recent Program:

Trump’s Policy of Separating Families at the Border: U.S. Law, Court Rulings and Administration Policy

This program addressed the specific U.S. laws and court rulings that the president and top administration officials say are forcing them to separate families that are caught trying to cross the southern border.  

Visit the webinar recording to hear our experts discuss the Trump Administration’s policy of separating families at the border: Denise L. Gilman, Clinical Professor and Director of the Immigration Clinic at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law; Meredith A. Linsky, Director of the ABA Commission on Immigration; and Prudence Beidler Carr, Director of the ABA’s Center on Children and the Law and formerly of the Department of Homeland Security Office of General Counsel.