Research
The CILPJ engages in legal and policy research to examine ways that immigration and citizenship laws define rights and privileges of immigrants and their families. It also highlights the scholarships of CILPJ faculty that explore questions of immigration and citizenship laws and policies.
Thanks to the more than 80 lawyers & students who joined @CILPJRutgers @RutgersLaw, @MaketheRoadNJ, the Immigrant Rights Collective, Pro Bono Program, Rutgers CLE and Assn of Latin-American Law Students to assist green card holders with their #citizenship application.
4Happy Citizenship Day! Thank you to these amazing volunteers for using their lunch hour to help put together naturalization forms that we will use for our Citizenship Clinic at @RutgersLaw this Saturday, 9/21. #citizenshiprutgers
4Recent News
CILPJ Director Rose Cuison Villazor on CNN’s Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin – May 23, 2019
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Watch Rutgers Law School Professor and CILPJ Director Rose Cuison Villazor, on CNN again with Brooke Baldwin yesterday reacting to the 6th migrant child’s death in U.S. custody.
CILPJ Director Rose Cuison Villazor on CNN’s Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin – May 16, 2019
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Watch Rutgers Law School Professor and CILPJ Director Rose Cuison Villazor, on with CNN‘s Brooke Baldwin yesterday critiquing Trump’s “merit-based” immigration plan.
Prof. Randi Mandelbaum Comments on Denials And Delays of Special Juvenile Status Applications
Reuters reported on the increased rejections of applications and delays in the processing of applications filed by immigrant youths under the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) program. Under SIJ, immigrant youths (defined as those who are below 21 years old) may submit an application for permanent residency if they have been abused, abandoned, or neglected by a parent. As CILPJ affiliate faculty and Child Advocacy Clinic Director, Prof. Randi Mandelbaum explained, the law requires the administration to process these applications within six months. Yet, she has cases that have lingered for over a year. Here’s the rest of the story.