Deportation

Students in the UCONN Law School Asylum and Human Rights Clinic represent refugees who have fled persecution abroad and are seeking political asylum in the United States.   Students handle all aspects of hearings before the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration Courts.  The Asylum Clinic cooperated closely with legal services agencies, the private bar, and organizations including Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, Catholic Charities, and the International Institute of Connecticut, in making and receiving case referrals, and providing consultations.

Students in the Yale Law School Immigration Clinic  represent immigrants seeking asylum in the United States.  Its clients are refugees who fear that they will be persecuted on the basis of their race, nationality, religion, political opinion, or membership in a social group if they return to their countries of nationality.   The clinic assists clients with the preparation of their applications for asylum, prepare clients for interviews with asylum officers, and present their cases before Immigration Court.  In addition, students represent clients who have removal orders and denials of asylum before the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals. Finally, students assist clients in dealing with other matters that arise in relation to the immigration proceedings and following a grant of political asylum.

Finally, aliens can contact the Connecticut Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service for assistance in locating an immigration lawyer to handle a deportation case.