Michael G. Kagan

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Michael Kagan is an American academic and immigrant rights lawyer. He is Professor of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. [1] He is the director of the UNLV Immigration Clinic, which specializes in deportation defense, including of unaccompanied children. [2]

Kagan played a leading role in the establishment of refugee legal aid programs that assist asylum-seekers applying for refugee status determination through the UN refugee agency. [3] He helped to found or develop Africa Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) in Egypt, and Asylum Access, which is based in the United States. He also became a leading campaigner for reforms in the way the UN conducts refugee status determination, and started the website RSDWatch.org. [4] Kagan completed his J.D. degree at the University of Michigan. Kagan's experiences are International Human Rights Law, Criminal and also Immigration law, and the First Amendment. [5] Michael Kagan has also done some research and written work on legal matters. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "University of Nevada Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law".
  2. ↑ "Children in limbo in the midst of immigration enforcement debate" . Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  3. ↑ Zachary D. Kaufman (2012). Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 42–43. ISBN   1781002215.
  4. ↑ Zachary D. Kaufman (2012). Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 42–43. ISBN   1781002134.
  5. ↑ Michael KaganDirector of the UNLV Immigration Clinic
  6. ↑ Notice & Comment
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