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"How immigration reporting overlooks women," Sarah O'Hagan and Rikha Sharma Rani, Columbia Journalism Review, June 18, 2018
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"For U.S. asylum seekers, #MeToo is now moot," Lynda Waddington, The Gazette, June 17, 2018
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"Lawyer: Jeff Sessions’ Attacks on Migrant Domestic Violence Survivors Drags U.S. Back to 'Dark Ages,'" Democracy Now!, June 15, 2018
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"Trapped at the Border? Hope For a Female Judge," Rikha Sharma Rani, Politico, June 15, 2018
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"Sessions 'Can't Do That': Immigration Attorney on Trump Admin Denial of Domestic Abuse Asylum," Brad Friedman, BradCast, June 15, 2018
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"Attorney General Sessions ignores international law and human rights in denying asylum to domestic violence victims," Elizabeth McCormick, Tulsa World, June 14, 2018
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“Lawyers to Challenge Sessions’ Ruling In Asylum Case,” Masood Farivar, Voice of America, June 13, 2018
- “Denying U.S. asylum to domestic violence victim has global impact – experts,” Ellen Wulfhorst, Thomson Reuters Foundation, June 13, 2018
- “‘If they send me away, my life is gone’: Meet the U.S. asylum seekers at risk in new crackdown,” Matt Kwong, CBC News, June 13, 2018
- "Advocates Must Organize Quickly as Sessions Says 'No Entry' to Victims of Domestic and Gang Violence," Ember Urbach, Nonprofit Quarterly, June 13, 2018
- “Immigration judges say Sessions’ decision makes it harder for people facing ‘life and death’ to win asylum in US,” Angilee Shah and Tania Karas, PRI, June 12, 2018
- “A Grain Of Saul: The North Korea Summit Was A Photo Op. And It Buried More Immediately Impactful News,” Isaac Saul, A Plus, June 13, 2018
- “Jeff Sessions: Domestic & Gang-Based Violence Will No Longer Be Grounds for Asylum,” Democracy Now!, June 12, 2018
- “Sessions’ decision may impact on US asylum applications,” Raidió Teilifís Éireann, June 12, 2018
- “Critics denounce Sessions’ move to restrict asylum for domestic and gang violence victims,” Daniella Silva, NBC News, June 12, 2018
- “Jueces retirados califican de ‘afronta a la ley’ la decisión de Sessions,” Pilar Marrero, El Diaro, June 12, 2018
- “Víctimas de violencia doméstica y de pandillas podrían no ser protegidos por asilo político,” Politica Para Ti, June 12, 2018
- “Gobierno da ‘sentencia de muerte’ a miles de personas que piden asilo,” Selene Rivera, Hoy Los Angeles, June 12, 2018
- “New Immigration Ruling Prohibits Victims of Domestic Violence and Gangs from Seeking US Asylum,” Araceli Cruz, Brit + Co, June 12, 2018
- “Sessions Rules That Victims of Domestic Violence Are Not Eligible For Asylum,” Matt Shuham, Talking Points Memo, June 11, 2018
- “Is Domestic Violence Private?” Julia Preston, The Marshall Project, June 12, 2018
- “Sessions excludes domestic, gang violence from asylum claims,” Elliot Spagat, Associated Press, June 12, 2018
- “Victims of Domestic Abuse, Gangs To Be Denied Asylum In U.S.,” Joel Rose, NPR, June 12, 2018
- “Jeff Sessions Makes Another Racist, Sexist Policy Change at Justice Department. Is Anyone Surprised?” Angela Helm, The Root, June 12, 2018
- “‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Sessions’s asylum ruling reverses decades of women’s rights progress, critics say,” Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, June 12, 2018
- “Jeff Sessions’s Racist Whims and the Danger Ahead for Victims of Domestic Violence,” Prachi Gupta, Jezebel, June 12, 2018
- "US to Restrict Asylum Protection for Victims of Domestic Abuse and Gang Violence," Daniel Herborn, CEO Magazine, June 12, 2018
- “Sessions Rules Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Can’t Always Win Asylum,” Alicia Caldwell, The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2018
- “Sessions: Victims of domestic abuse and gang violence generally won’t qualify for asylum,” Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, June 11, 2018
- “Jeff Sessions’ Changes to Asylum Law Will Put Some Women in ‘Great Danger,’ Say Experts,” Alix Langone, TIME, June 11, 2018
- “Sessions Makes It Vastly Harder for Victims of Domestic Abuse and Gang Violence to Receive Asylum,” Madison Pauly and Noah Lanard, Mother Jones, June 11, 2018
- “U.S. attorney general curbs asylum for immigrant victims of violence,” Reade Levinson and Sarah Lynch, Reuters, June 11, 2018
- “Sessions Says Domestic and Gang Violence Are Not Grounds for Asylum,” Katie Benner and Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times, June 11, 2018
- "Zero Tolerance at the Border," KPFA, June 3, 2018
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"Is the Trump Administration Hindering Asylum Seekers by Making It Harder to Tell Who Qualifies?" Francie Diep, Pacific Standard, June 1, 2018
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"This Salvadoran Woman Is At The Center Of The Attorney General's Asylum Crackdown," Joel Rose, NPR, May 22, 2018
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"Sessions Intervenes In Salvadoran Woman's Asylum Case," Joel Rose, NPR, May 21, 2018
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"Her Husband Beat Her and Raped Her. Jeff Sessions Might Deport Her," Jane Fonda and Karen Musalo, New York Times, May 17, 2018
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"The twisted legal logic behind Trump’s decision to separate immigrant children from parents," Ana Campoy, Quartz, May 12, 2018
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"US attorney general considers ending asylum for domestic violence victims," Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 2018
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“Data Points to Wide Gap in Asylum Approval Rates at Nation’s Immigration Courts,” Stephen Stock, Rachel Witte, and Jeremy Carroll, NBC Bay Area, May 10, 2018
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“A War on Women at the US Border,” Michelle Chen, The Nation, May 8, 2018
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“Mujeres que huyen de violencia de género sufrirán ante probable decisión del gobierno de Trump," Pilar Marrero, La Opinión, April 26, 2018
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“Solicitantes de asilo por violencia doméstica, en la mira de Session," Ana Milena Varon, el Nuevo Herald, April 25, 2018
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“Domestic abuse victims might not be able to apply for asylum in the U.S. anymore,” Karen Fratti, Hello Giggles, April 24, 2018
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“How Asylum Works – And Doesn’t Work,” Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, April 23, 2018
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"Trump Could Make Domestic Violence Victims' Path To Asylum In The U.S. A Lot Harder," Monica Hunter-Hart, Bustle, April 18, 2018
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"Trump Administration Wants to Shut Door on Abused Women," Julia Preston, Politico, April 17, 2018
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“Gobierno de Trump prepara nueva medida para frenar la llegada de más inmigrantes," Mundo Hispánico, April 17, 2018
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"Ohio is one of the worst states for undocumented immigrants, advocates say," Janet H. Cho, The Plain Dealer, March 21, 2018
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"Trump's Unlawful Policy of Detaining Asylum Seekers Without Parole," Eleni Bakst and Laura Gault, Slate, March 15, 2018
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“ACLU lawsuit alleges ICE field office in El Paso among those holding asylum seekers without cause,” Julian Aguilar, Texas Tribune, March 15, 2018
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“Demandan a gobierno de Trump por encarcelar ilegalmente a solicitantes de asilo," María Peña, La Opinión, March 15, 2018
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"When Deportation Is a Death Sentence," Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, January 15, 2018
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“UC immigrant legal services get a boost from billionaire Tom Steyer’s donation,” Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, October 20, 2017
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"They fled danger at home to make a high-stakes bet on U.S. immigration courts," Mica Rosenberg, Reade Levinson, and Ryan McNeill, Reuters, October 17, 2017
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“Trump camp defends 45,000-refugee cap, will also stop taking in minors fleeing Central America violence,” The Japan Times, September 28, 2017
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“Why is ICE Detaining So Many Pregnant Women?” Alex Zielinski, San Antonio Current, September 28, 2017
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“US Ends Central American Minors Program for Child Refugees,” teleSUR, September 27, 2017
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“U.S. will phase out program for Central American child refugees,” Mica Rosenberg and Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters, September 27, 2017
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“ICE Continues to Violate Its Own Policy and Detain Undocumented Pregnant Women,” Eleanor Sheehan, Splinter, September 27, 2017
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"The Girl Gangs of El Salvador," Lauren Markham, Pacific Standard, September 12, 2017
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“If Trump Deports Girls to El Salvador, They Will Be Raped and Beaten,” Steve Schiff, Fatherly, September 5, 2017
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"ICE To Hand Over Asylum Seeker Detention Policy Data," Nicole Narea, Law360, August 9, 2017
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“This Salvadoran Mother of 3 Survived Years of Abuse—Only to End Up Trapped in a Uniquely American Nightmare,” Madison Pauly, Mother Jones, July 28, 2017
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“US issues new visa criteria for 6 Muslim nations,” Tatiana Sanchez, San Jose Mercury News, June 28, 2017
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"Women on the Run," Nina Rabin and Roxana Bacon, Ms., Summer 2017
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“Advocates Commend California Lawmakers for Historic Deportation Defense Investment,” Vanguard, June 16, 2017
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"A chance to clarify the expedited removal process," Robyn Barnard, Daily Journal, June 6, 2017
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“U.S. Government Can Resume Deporting Haitian Migrants in January,” Tina Vasquez, Rewire News, April 24, 2017
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"Trump's rigorous asylum proposals endanger domestic abuse survivors," Molly Redden, The Guardian, April 10, 2017
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“FOIA Reveals Spotty Procedures in Immigration Courts,” Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service, March 29, 2017
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"Ana’s Fate Rested With An Asylum Officer Who Had Just Been Told To Doubt Her Word," Roque Planas, Huffington Post, March 27, 2017
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“A Coalition Condemns the Trump Proposal to Require Noncitizens to Disclose Passwords to Enter the US,” The New York Review of Books, March 23, 2017
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"9th Circuit revives gay Mexican man's asylum bid," Chase DiFeliciantonio, Daily Journal, March 9, 2017
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"What does President Trump's executive order mean for undocumented immigrants?" KALW, March 8, 2017
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“Immigration Enforcement Changes,” KQED News, February 24, 2017
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"Public Fund Appropriation to Defend Undocumented Immigrants, Finance Committee Postponed Vote after Heated Debate," Tong Chi Ying, Apple Daily, February 18, 2017
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“Local Organizations that support Immigrants and Refugees in Colorado,” Jerilyn Forsythe, 5280, February 6, 2017
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"Prof: 'Can you sue the President based on his tweets? We’re about to find out,'" Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, February 4, 2017
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“Trump order could shift how US treats asylum-seekers,” Tal Kopan, CNN, February 3, 2017
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“Meet the Musical Couple Kept Apart by Trump’s Travel Ban,” Francie Diep, Pacific Standard, February 3, 2017
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"Protesters Descend on San Francisco International Airport to Decry Trump's Immigration Order," NBC Bay Area, January 29, 2017
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“MTYKL Foundation Doubles Giving to $200,000 in Response to Increased Post-Election Threat to Immigrant Rights,” PRWeb, December 12, 2016
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“The Salvadoran Community Where Women Take the Lead,” Christine Bolaños, NewsDeeply, December 6, 2016
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“9th Circ. Tells BIA That Killings Constitute Torture,” Melissa Daniels, Law360, December 1, 2016
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"ACLU Sues Gov't For Info On Asylum-Seeker Detention Policy," Dorothy Atkins, Law360, October 21, 2016
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“Lawsuit against ICE seeks information on asylum seekers,” Hamed Aleaziz, San Francisco Chronicle, October 20, 2016
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"Lawsuit: ICE Withholding Information on Asylum Seekers," Tina Vasquez, Rewire News, October 20, 2016
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“Can a new UN secretary general help solve the global refugee crisis?” David Iaconangelo, Christian Science Monitor, October 14, 2016
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“Raped, Threatened, and Left to Die: How the US Fails Female Asylum Seekers,” Annie Hylton, Vice, July 28, 2016
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"For migrant children seeking asylum in the U.S., location matters," Lisa Nikolau, Humanosphere, June 3, 2016
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“Children's asylum approvals vary by US region,” Amy Taxin, Associated Press, June 1, 2016
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“‘Every Human Being Is Legal’: St. Andrew’s offers sanctuary to immigrant mother and child,” Dina Samir Shehata, Austin Chronicle, April 29, 2016
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“Shortened detention stays put immigration officials in bind,” Jason Buch, San Antonio Express News, March 16, 2016
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“Center for Gender & Refugee Studies Receives National Science Foundation Grant,” UC Hastings College of the Law, March 8, 2016
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“Immigration Rocket Docket Rules Sought,” Courthouse News Service, Nicholas Iovino, February 3, 2016
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CGRS and other immigrant rights groups file FOIA lawsuit re: “rocket dockets”
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“Landmark Asylum Ruling Has Helped Fewer Domestic Violence Victims than Hoped,” Miami Herald, Franco Ordoñez, December 30, 2015
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“Inside the ‘Pure Hell’ of Honduras’s Rising Tide of Domestic Violence,” PBS Newshour Weekend, October 24 and 25, 2015
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"Femicide and Violence Against Women," Latin Pulse, November 6, 2015. (Interview with Karen Musalo begins at 4 minutes, 4 seconds into audio clip.)
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"CGRS Website to Be Included in Library of Congress Web Archive Project," UC Hastings College of the Law, September 16, 2015
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"For Some Women Fleeing Violence, Safety Means Changing US Law ‘Stuck in the Past,’" Monica Campbell, PRI, September 7, 2015
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"Professor Musalo Wins Lawyer of the Year Award," UC Hastings College of the Law newsroom page, June 1, 2015
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“Ruling Changes Little: Guatemalan Women Still Victims,” Giovanna Dell'Orto, AZ Central, May 18, 2015
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The Right to Asylum: Why Europe Has to Take in Migrants Fleeing Persecution, Dara Lind, Vox, April 27, 2015
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“La Guatemalteca que Huyó y Cambio las Reglas del Asilo Político Estadounidense,” El Periodico, Francisco Rodriguez, April 26, 2015
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Credible Fears: Central American Women Seek Asylum, Amy Frykholm Christian Century, Mar 03, 2015
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What is Driving Children to Leave Central America? Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact (American Immigration Council), February 22, 2015
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Study: Migrant minors' rights systematically violated in CentAm, U.S., Mexico, EFE, Fox News Latino, February 11, 2015 (reprinted in La Prensa, Latin American Herald Tribune, and in Spanish in El Tiempo Latino)
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The Obama Administration Pledged to Fix the Asylum System for Women. 6 Years Later…, Molly Redden, Mother Jones, January 26, 2015
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Migrants seeking asylum from gangs have a lot to prove, Daniel González, The Arizona Republic, January 23, 2015
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Foreign Domestic Violence Victims Now Qualify as Refugees, Lomi Kriel, Houston Chronicle, October 28, 2014
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Central American Kids Wait in Life-or-Death Limbo to See if They Can Stay in the US, Amy Isackson, PRI’s The World, October 9, 2014
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Asylum in America: A High-Stakes Struggle for Border Crossing Kids, Susan Ferriss and Amy Isackson, Center for Public Integrity with KQED's The California Report, reprinted in Time Magazine, October 8, 2014
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United States Must Protect Migrant Children, Karen Musalo, Daily Californian, October 7, 2014
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The U.S. Wants to Help Central Americans - By Letting Fewer Refugees In, Dara Lind, Vox Media, October 1, 2014
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Victory of Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Asylum, Ashleigh McEvoy, Brown Political Review, September 25, 2014
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Who Gets to Stay? The courts are finally granting asylum to victims of domestic violence. Victims of gang violence are still out of luck, Emily Bazelon, Slate, September 12, 2014
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Fear Is Real in Groundbreaking Asylum Case, Rekha Basu, Des Moines Register, September 10, 2014
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Ruling Grants First-Ever Asylum on Grounds of Domestic Violence, AirTalk (Host, Larry Mantle), Southern California Public Radio (KPCC, Los Angeles), September 9, 2014
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Domestic Violence Ruling May Help Thousands of Immigrants Get Asylum, Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2014
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Domestic Violence Now Grounds for Asylum, Perla Trevizo, Arizona Daily Star, September 5, 2014
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Kids Pushed through Immigration Court at Lightning Speed while Supes Debate Legal Aid Funding, Rebecca Bowe, San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 5, 2014.
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US Court Sets Precedent by Ruling Guatemalan Domestic Violence Victim Can Seek Asylum, Cyril Mychalejko, teleSUR English, August 31, 2014 (reprinted in Truthout, September 3, 2014)
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Landmark Decision on Asylum Claims Recognizes Domestic Violence Victims, Amy Grenier, Immigration Impact, American Immigration Council, September 2, 2014
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Board of Immigration Appeals Recognizes Domestic Violence as a Basis for Asylum, Other Worlds, August 31, 2014
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In First for Court, Woman Is Ruled Eligible for Asylum in U.S. on Basis of Domestic Abuse, Julia Preston, New York Times, August 29, 2014
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Q&A with Karen Musalo, UC Hastings College of the Law, August 29, 2014:
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On-Air Interview with Blaine Bookey on A-R-C-G Ruling, Luis Megid, Univisión, August 28, 2014
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On-Air Interview with Blaine Bookey on A-R-C-G Ruling, Cristina Londoño, Telemundo (NBC Universal), Lead for Network News, August 28, 2014
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Immigration Ruling Grants Domestic Violence Victims Stronger Asylum Claims; Board of Immigration Appeals Creates Way for Domestic Violence Victims to Reliably Gain Asylum,” John Roemer, Daily Journal, August 28, 2014
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Top Immigration Court Hands Huge Win to Battered Women Seeking Asylum. Conservatives Freak Out. Molly Redden, Mother Jones, August 28, 2014
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Domestic Violence Can Be Basis For Asylum, U.S. Court Rules," Brianna Lee, International Business Times, August 27, 2014
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Domestic Violence Ruled as Reason for Political Asylum, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, 2014
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Violence Is Causing Children to Flee Central America, CAP Immigration Team, Center for American Progress, August 12, 2014
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"You Can't Fix the Child Migrant Crisis without Understanding Asylum," Dara Lind, Vox Media, July 30, 2014
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“Meet Luis. He Fled Gangs in Honduras. But the U.S. Probably Won’t Help Him: Our Asylum Laws Are Failing Central American Migrants, Laura Tillman, The New Republic, June 26, 2014
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“Hacen negocio en EU con niños migrantes,” Laura Castellanos Enviada, El Universal, June 26, 2014
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An American Humanitarian Crisis? Lauren Markham, Virginia Quarterly Review, June 23, 2014
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Hilary Clinton Wants Child Migrants Sent Back. Here’s What That Would Look Like,” Dara Lind, Vox Media, June 19, 2014
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Youths Facing Deportation to Be Given Legal Counsel, Kirk Semple, New York Times, June 6, 2014
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Children Crossing Border Alone Create ‘Urgent’ Humanitarian Situation’, Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2014
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Obama Acts on Flood of Children Crossing U.S.–Mexico Border; FEMA to Coordinate Aid, Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers, appeared in Sacramento Bee, Kansas City Star, and elsewhere, June 2 and 3, 2014
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Ninth Circuit Loosens Asylum Standards, by John Roemer, Daily Journal, May 7, 2014
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Immigration Court Holds Special Sessions for Kids Caught Crossing Border Alone, Erica Pearson, New York Daily News, April 25, 2014
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Texas Refugees’ Courtroom Nightmare, Joe Tone, Dallas Observer, April 10, 2014
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More unaccompanied minors arriving in the U.S. than ever before, Griselda Nevarez, VOXXI, March 12, 2014
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Government Expects 60,000 Lone Child Migrants Will Try to Enter US in 2014, Sean Nevins, Voice of Russia, March 12, 2014
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Interview in Spanish with Blaine Bookey on migrant children navigating the U.S. immigration system, Isabel Gutiérrez, Hecho en California, KIQI 1010 AM San Francisco and KATD 990 Sacramento, aired March 3, 2014
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About 60,000 Migrant Children Will Cross the Border Alone this Year, Esther Yu-Hsi Lee, ThinkProgress, February 28, 2014
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Advocacy Groups Call for Court-Appointed Attorneys for Immigrant Children and Teens, Dianne Solís, Dallas Morning News, February 27, 2014
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Help Sought for Soaring Number of Children Caught in Immigration System, Dianne Solís, Dallas Morning News, February 27, 2014
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Violence Fuels Dramatic Rise in Central American Asylum-Seekers, Jill Replogle, KPBS, February 25, 2014
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A Sex Trafficking Victory that Shows Just How Broekn the System Is, by Molly Redden, The New Republic, August 29, 2013
