Despite living in a post-Trump era, the US government continues to prioritize enforcement and exclusion of immigrant communities both within and outside of the United States. DACA recipients fate now lies in the hands of a conservative Supreme Court, which leaves them at risk of losing protection.
They and other members of the immigrant community, live in fear of deportation due to the dim likelihood of legislative reform. While those who seek to enter the country continue to be denied their right to seek asylum based on enforcement policies that extend beyond the US border. Our policies have created ripple effects within other governments, particularly those in Latin America, who are adopting similar policies that are designed to inherently limit migration based on race and socio-economic status. As our government continues to push anti-immigrant policies within and outside of its borders, we must also adapt and seek ways to work collaboratively at a worldwide level when seeking to protect the rights of immigrant communities. As part of academic institutions, law school clinics are perfectly situated to (1) develop bi and even transnational collaborations to advocate for the rights of immigrant communities and (2) train students, as soon-to-be practitioners, on the future of immigrant rights advocacy. As part of this panel, presenters will use their own binational advocacy efforts as a case study to demonstrate how clinics can identify, formulate and execute such projects on behalf of immigrant communities inside and outside of the United States.