Johnson Comments on Asylum Case of Palestinian Family
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Kevin R. Johnson was quoted in the Dallas Morning News on a federal appeals board decision to reopen the Dallas asylum case of a stateless Palestinian family. Prior to their arrest in November 2006, the family had requested asylum because of persistent violence in Palestinian areas, but their claims were repeatedly denied.
A recent ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals, though, found that members of the Palestinian family face new fears of torture if returned to the West Bank because of the rising power of Hamas, considered a terrorist organization by the U.S.
"All they're saying is things have changed, and you can have a hearing. In some ways, it's a sensible decision," said Johnson.
Johnson has published extensively on immigration law and policy, racial identity, and civil rights in national and international journals. His book, How Did You Get to Be Mexican? A White/Brown Man's Search for Identity, was published in 1999 and was nominated for the 2000 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He also has published Race, Civil Rights, and American Law: A Multiracial Approach and Mixed Race America and the Law: A Reader. Johnson's latest book, The "Huddled Masses" Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights was published in 2004.
Dallas Morning News/February 2, 2007
A recent ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals, though, found that members of the Palestinian family face new fears of torture if returned to the West Bank because of the rising power of Hamas, considered a terrorist organization by the U.S.
"All they're saying is things have changed, and you can have a hearing. In some ways, it's a sensible decision," said Johnson.
Johnson has published extensively on immigration law and policy, racial identity, and civil rights in national and international journals. His book, How Did You Get to Be Mexican? A White/Brown Man's Search for Identity, was published in 1999 and was nominated for the 2000 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He also has published Race, Civil Rights, and American Law: A Multiracial Approach and Mixed Race America and the Law: A Reader. Johnson's latest book, The "Huddled Masses" Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights was published in 2004.
Dallas Morning News/February 2, 2007