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Lauren Carasik

Lauren Carasik is Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Western New England University School of Law.

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The pandemic risks turning immigration detention into a death sentence for many, yet the Trump administration has rejected calls for mass humanitarian release, and continues to deport infectious detainees to Latin America.
Lauren Carasik

A leaked Department of Homeland Security database confirms what many suspected: the U.S. government is trying to punish and intimidate people advocating for immigrant rights.

Lauren Carasik

Standing Rock shows us that businesses don't simply silence protestors, they also discredit and bankrupt them.

Lauren Carasik

A recent conference made it clear: military and corporate interests will prevail.

Lauren Carasik

Trump's policies spell disaster for economic equality. And the worst is yet to come.

Lauren Carasik

Public safety is precisely why sanctuary cities are a good idea.

Lauren Carasik

Will victims of the war be served by the call for restorative justice?

Lauren Carasik

The U.S. turns a blind eye on the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres.

Lauren Carasik

Immigrant families imprisoned in Artesia, New Mexico, say their due process rights are being violated.

Lauren Carasik

Ríos Montt—and the United States—evade justice.

Lauren Carasik

Losing Control of the War on Drugs.

Lauren Carasik

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