Writing from the perspective of an immigration lawyer who has represented hundreds of clients in asylum claims, professor and director of the Immigration Law Clinic Lauren Aronson recently published an op-ed in The Fulcrum. An excerpt follows:
“In my dual role as a clinical law professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, my students and I represent immigrants fighting against deportation. I believe so deeply in the U.S. Constitution’s mandate that all people are entitled to due process that I zealously advocate for those who cannot defend themselves and teach young lawyers to do the same.”