# overview
My scholarship explores the intersections of immigration law, international human rights law, and constitutional law. Some of my recent projects have examined the rights of mentally incompetent individuals in removal proceedings, the exclusion of DREAMERS from the Affordable Care Act, and community-based alternatives to immigration detention. I also engage in empirical research to expand our understanding of judicial decision-making and implicit bias in immigration appeals.

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Preterm, Low Birth Weight And Health Of The Newborn

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Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating In Perinatal Period

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Harvard University - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)

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Yale University - (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)

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Harvard University - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)

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The impact of maleness on judicial decision making: masculinity, chivalry, and immigration appeals

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Becoming Unconventional: Constricting the 'Particular Social Group' Ground for Asylum

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University of North Carolina School of Law

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Adding Nativity, Citizenship, and Immigration Status to Health Monitoring and Survey Data.

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Holding the World Bank accountable for leakage of funds from Africa's health sector.

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Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights

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Invisible Adjudication in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

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Book Note: Reviewing "Tortured Confessions"

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Immigration Challenges of the Past Decade and Future Reforms

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Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law

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Chivalry, Masculinity, and the Importance of Maleness to Judicial Decision Making

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Extraterritorial Rights in Border Enforcement

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Ethical Challenges in the Middle Tier of Covid-19 Vaccine Allocation: Guidance for Organizational Decision-Making

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Socioeconomic Rights and Refugee Status: Deepening the Dialogue Between Human Rights and Refugee Law

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Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

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The Role of Foreign Authorities in U.S. Asylum Adjudication

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Incompetent but Deportable: The Case for a Right to Mental Competence in Removal Proceedings

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University of California Hastings College of Law

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Invoking Federal Common Law Defenses in Immigration Cases

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Congress's Untapped Authority to Certify U Visas

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The Unconstitutional Use of Restraints in Removal Proceedings

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Buying Time? False Assumptions About Abusive Appeals

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Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

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The Emerging Importance of "Social Visibility" in Defining a "Particular Social Group" and Its Potential Impact on Asylum Claims Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender

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Incompetent but Deportable: The Case for a Right to Mental Competence in Removal Proceedings

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Ethical Challenges in the Middle Tier of COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation: Guidance for Organizational Decision-Making

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Response to Professor Holper's Article, "Redefining 'Particularly Serious Crimes' in Refugee Law"

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University of Florida Levin College of Law

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Setting a Minimum Standard of Care in Clinical Trials: Human Rights and Bioethics as Complementary Frameworks.

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Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights

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Technological Triage of Immigration Cases

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University of Florida Levin College of Law

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Congress's Untapped Authority to Certify U Visas

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Shadow regionalism in immigration enforcement during COVID-19

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration Detention

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Immigration Detention and Illusory Alternatives to Habeas

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University of California, Irvine School of Law

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Extraterritorial Rights in Border Enforcement

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Washington and Lee University School of Law

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The Impact of Immigration Policy Changes on Preterm Birth Rates in Texas: An Examination of Border and Nonborder Regions.

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Invoking Common Law Defenses in Immigration Cases

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A Particularly Serious Exception to the Categorical Approach

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Immigration Detention and the Illusory Alternatives to Habeas

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Alienage Classifications and the Denial of Health Care to Dreamers

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Justice on the Fly: The Danger of Errant Deportations

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Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

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The impact of maleness on judicial decision making: masculinity, chivalry, and immigration appeals

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Regrouping America: Immigration Policies and the Reduction of Prejudice

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The Rising Bar for Persecution in Asylum Cases Involving Sexual and Reproductive Harm

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A Particularly Serious Exception to the Categorical Approach

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Wrongful Death: Oklahoma Supreme Court Replaces Viability Standard with "Live Birth" Standard

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Alienage Classifications and the Denial of Health Care to Dreamers

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Chivalry, Masculinity, and the Importance of Maleness to Judicial Decision Making

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Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University School of Law; 8500 TAMU

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Lawsuit: Irresponsible ICE Transfers Gave Coronavirus to Dozens of Prairieland Detainees

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Civil Rights Groups & Attorneys Press for Release

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Trump Administration Takes Aim At Immigrants From Africa

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Kyrgyzstani infected with COVID-19 in US prison files lawsuit

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11 immigrants sue ICE, seeking release from Alvarado detention center where coronavirus has spread

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Texas A&M Experts Available For Interviews On ICE Order To International Students

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In good faith? U.S. legal battle over gay adoption intensifies

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How Much Money It Costs Gay Couples To Become Parents

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Change the Way We Practice': Lawyers, Judge Hope COVID-29 Tech

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Trump signs order pausing immigration for 60 days, with exceptions

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DHS Repeats DACA Mistakes with Foreign Students

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Event Postponed: Racial Profiling, Human Rights Topics Of Upcoming Texas A&M Panel

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Denying Asylum Without a Hearing Violates Due Process

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Prairieland detainees file class-action lawsuit against ICE related to coronavirus cases in facility