By: Minerva Santiago Acevedo, 2L On March 8, 2021, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, announced the assignment of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Venezuela. TPS grants people who cannot return to their countries because of “natural disasters, armed conflicts, or other conditions” protection from being deported and a work […]

By: Lily Fontenot, 2L On March 8, 2021, in honor of International Women’s Day, approximately 20,000 women marched the streets of Mexico City demanding that the country take action against the widespread violence against women. The women, through their powerful chants and signs, demanded justice for victims of rape, femicide and other gender crimes and […]

By: Alejandra De La Camara, 2L Victims of the longest-running war in the Americas are in the process of providing testimony against perpetrators in a historic new court, Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP). Established in 2016 following the end of the country’s civil war, the Court had not yet attributed criminal responsibility to former […]

By: Emily Quirino, 2L The Biden Administration has reopened an emergency immigration facility for children in Carizzo Springs, Texas. The facility is located far from public view and spreads 66 acres. Trailers that once housed oil workers have now turned into dorms with bunk beds, classrooms and medical rooms. The facility received immense criticism under […]