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	<title>Birdsong&#039;s Law Blog &#187; Immigration Law</title>
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		<title>Protests in Syria Will Affect the Palestinian Refugees</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/03/22/protests-syria-affect-palestinian-refugees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum grounds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mai Nguyen was one of my Refugee Law seminar students last semester.  She has written an outstanding and timely paper about the Palestinian refugees from Syria.  Ms. Nguyen has given me permission to post her paper on my blog.  Read it and learn. Protests in Syria Will Affect the Palestinian Refugees: Where do the Palestinians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Effect of Anti-Immigration Legislation on Education</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/03/15/effect-antiimmigration-legislation-education/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/03/15/effect-antiimmigration-legislation-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum grounds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brad Howes did well in Professor Birdsong&#8217;s Refugee and Asylum Law Seminar.  Mr. Howes is a teacher and has a number  of thoughts on how new state immigration laws may harm education of of undocumented students in the United States. He has given his permission for me to publish his paper on my blog.  The Right to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RWANDA’S GENOCIDE REFUGEES</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/03/05/rwandas-genocide-refugees/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/03/05/rwandas-genocide-refugees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum grounds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brooks Gentry, one of Professor Birdsong&#8217;s Refugee and Asylum students graduated from Barry Law in December of 2011.  Mr. Gentry had travelled to Rwanda in the past and wrote a very interesting paper on Rwanda&#8217;s genocide refugees.  He has given me permission to publish it here on my blog.  Read and learn. RWANDA’S GENOCIDE REFUGEES [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fight for Freedom Against Forced Marriages</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/02/23/fight-freedom-forced-marriages/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/02/23/fight-freedom-forced-marriages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum grounds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have any of you women or men out there wondered about the difference between arranged marriages and forced marriages?  One of my refugee and Asylum Law students, Shantel Woodard, has written a thoughtful paper that tells us the differences between these types of marriages. Shantel has given me permission to publish her paper on my blog.  Read and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refugee Admittance and Asylum Outcomes in the U.S. Before and After 9/11; Fair or Unfair?</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/02/16/refugee-admittance-asylum-outcomes-911-fair-unfair/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/02/16/refugee-admittance-asylum-outcomes-911-fair-unfair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum grounds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Feingold was a student in Professor Birdsong&#8217;s Refugee and Asylum course last semester.  Mr. Feingold has written an interesting paper for the seminar analyzing asylum outcomes in U.S. immigration matters prior to and after 9/11/01.  He has given me permission to put it on my blog.  read it.  I think you will find it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOMSETIC VIOLENCE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/02/02/domsetic-violence-comparative-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/02/02/domsetic-violence-comparative-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum grounds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Birdsong&#8217;s student, Shellie Ponce, who was enrolled in my comparative Immigration Law class and my Refugee Law Seminar wrote an interesting and timely paper that compares rates of domestic violence and asylum claims in immigrant welcoming countries.  Read and learn more about it.  Ms. Ponce gave her permission to put her piece on my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOO MUCH DISCRETION VESTED IN IMMIGRATION JUDGES?</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/01/26/discretion-vested-immigration-judges/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/01/26/discretion-vested-immigration-judges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum grounds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Severe graduated from Barry Law in December 2011.  He was one of Professor Birdsong&#8217;s favorite students.  During Michael&#8217;s last semester he wrote a very interesting and well researched paper in the Refugee Law Seminar arguing that U.S. Immigration Judges have much too much discretionary powers.  I agree with him. Michael has given me permission to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A STUDENT WANTS THE END OF THE WET FOOT DRY FOOT POLICY</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/01/17/student-wet-foot-dry-foot-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/01/17/student-wet-foot-dry-foot-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum grounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuban asylum policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugee law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my Refugee Law students, Minoru Ohye, has written an interesting  and timely paper wherein he argues that the U.S. should end what has been come to be called the &#8220;Wet Foot Dry Foot&#8221; policy toward accepting Cuban refugees.  Mr. Ohye was born in Cuba and escaped from there with his family as a boy.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A PRIMER ON NORTH KOREA</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/01/11/primer-north-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2012/01/11/primer-north-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asylum Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugee law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us know little about North Korea.  However over the recent holiday period we learned that  North Korea&#8217;s leader,  Kim Jong Il, died after seventeen years of ruling over his impoverished country. His youngest son, Kim Jong Un has now taken over power. My refugee seminar student, Jessica Smith, has written and interesting and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MR. PADILLA CHANGES THE IMMIGRANT’S WORLD</title>
		<link>http://birdsongslaw.com/2011/05/25/2764/</link>
		<comments>http://birdsongslaw.com/2011/05/25/2764/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 13:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Birdsong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amrita Lamba is one of Professor Birdsong&#8217;s favorite students.  She graduated from Barry Law with her J.D. degree last Saturday.  Before her graduation she did a directed research project under my supervision.   Her research resulted in a  well written and informative article about the Padilla v. Kentucky case recently decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and how it [...]]]></description>
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