GIVE ME YOUR POOR, YOUR TIRED, YOUR WEAK.....The words at that Statute of Liberty. Lady Liberty stands in New York Harbor to both welcome the travelers, and once was the first thing many immigrants saw when coming to Ellis Island. She's called "Liberty Enlightening the World", and her torch shines forth as a beacon to those arriving, and those still journeying, promising them hope. She's crowned with a diadem of seven spikes, representing the seven oceans of the world, across which her pilgrims travel to reach her, and she carries a plaque with the date July 4, 1776 written on it - the date when our Republic took its first full breath of life.
The statement, "Bring me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."Liberty stands, stern and unyielding, the guardian of what we in this country have always held most dear. For this week's lecture, we will finish the film Avalon, and discuss Chapter Five of Daniels, "Admitting Displaced Persons.." 
Keep these words in mind when we discuss Refugees, Asylees and learn about the immigration courts in American and the asylum cases of Enes Hadzovic, Farah & Umair Choudry, Kennedy Ugiabe and others...
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I found a really interesting article that relates to the cases that we have been discussing in class. This article is about a woman seeking asylum in the United States because she fears that her husband will beat her to death if she would return to Congo. She had gone through years of domestic abuse before her son rescued her one night when her husband had almost beaten her to death. This is the link... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1295/is_11_63/ai_57011103 Enjoy!
Can Battered Woman also obtain protection under the asylum laws? Kimberly brings up an very important and controversial issue, one which former Attorney General Janet Reno, then Atty. General John Ashcroft and the current administration have yet to issue final regulatons relating to battered woman and asylum claims in the U.S. It all started with a woman from Guatemala, Rose Alvardo, sererely abused by her husband. Read about her case and what laws exist to protect her in a nice summary by NILC, http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/asylrefs/ar106.htm
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