Immigration
The Most Prosecuted Federal Offense in America: A Primer on the Criminalization of Border Crossing
Jessica Zhang, Andrew Patterson Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 8:41 AM
Overview
Jessica Zhang is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. She has previously interned for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the American Immigration Council, and the ACLU of Michigan. She graduated from Yale in 2013 with a B.S. in Psychology.
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Immigration
Hamama v. Adducci: Narrowing Habeas Relief for Immigrants in Removal Proceedings
Jessica Zhang Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 2:05 PM
Earlier this April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied a petition for en banc rehearing in Hamama v. Adducci, finalizing its reversal of the district court’s preliminary injunctions staying removal of a class of Iraqi nationals.
Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights
New York Lawsuit Challenges Replacement of Immigration Court Hearings with Video Technology
Jessica Zhang, Andrew Patterson Tue, Mar 5, 2019, 9:00 AM
In the latest salvo in a long debate over the use of video teleconferencing (VTC) technology in immigration courts, several legal aid organizations filed a class-action lawsuit on Feb. 12 in New York challenging the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) practice of denying in-person hearings to immigrants.