Phone: (434) 924-3144

E-mail: dam3r@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Immigration and refugee law, presidential powers, international human rights, constitutional law

All Courses: Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, International Human Rights, Presidential Powers, Refugee Law, Seminar in Ethical Values

Current Course(s): Presidential Powers, Refugee Law, Immigration Law

In the media:

• "Immigration Reform: Don't Count on It" (Chicago Tribune, 07/12/2008)
• "Man Acquitted in Terror Case Faces Deportation" (Washington Post, 03/02/2008)
• "Absolved of Terrorism, Haitian Still in Limbo" (Miami Herald, 02/04/2008)
• "Activist Seeks Help for Immigrants' Kids" (Associated Press, 10/27/2007)
• "The Military Commissions Act on Trial" (Chronicle of Higher Education, 08/09/2007)
• "Sticking Hazleton With the Bill?" (The Times Leader (PA), 07/29/2007)
• "Migrant Arrests Dip; Is the Reason Deterrence or Economic Slip?" (Associated Press, 07/28/2007)
• "More Communities Use Local Police to Enforce U.S. Immigration Law" (Christian Science Monitor, 07/17/2007)
• "System Makes It Difficult to Deport Foreign Criminals" (Port St. Lucie News & The Stuart News, 06/14/2007)
• "Bush Policy Turns Mesa Airport into Deportation Hub" (The Arizona Republic, 03/04/2007)
• "High Re-Arrest Rate for Illegal Immigrants/New Findings Come as U.S. Is Struggling to Deport Criminals" (McClatchy News Service, 01/09/2007)
• "Prosecutions Won't Halt Railroad" (Denver Post, 12/10/2006)
• "Feds Turning up the Heat: Immigrant Son Won't Lose Rights, U.S. Says" (Chicago Tribune, 09/08/2006)
• "Concerns Raised About Special Treatment for Salvadorans" (Potomac News, 07/21/2006)
• "Justice Overwhelmed" (Government Executive, 07/15/2006)
• "Immigration Compromise Difficult to Forge" (NPR's "Morning Edition", 07/07/2006)
• "A U.S. Citizen No More, Haitian to Be Deported" (Miami Herald, 06/29/2006)
• "Attempt to Send Minnesotan Back to Somalia Cost Almost $200,000" ( Associated Press, 06/25/2006)
• "Senate Bill Would Add New Immigration Judges/At DOJ, Getting to be an Immigration Judge Can Depend More on Political Contacts Than Experience" ( Legal Times, 06/20/2006)
• "Immigration Appeals Pile Up" (Potomac News, 06/19/2006)
• "What Lures Them Here/Changes to Immigration Law Should Focus Less on the Border and More on the Job" (author) (Legal Times, 05/29/2006)
• "Immigration Package Would Reverse Streamlining of Appeals" (National Law Journal, 05/03/2006)
• "Immigration Enforcement" (WMRA's "Insight", 05/03/2006)
• "ACLU Director Has Beef With Immigration Proposals" (Las Vegas Sun, 04/12/2006)
• "A Simmering Border Dispute" (Legal Times, 04/03/2006)
• "Q&A: Inside the Immigration Debate" (NPR.org, 03/28/2006)
• "Church Exemption in Immigration Law Is Under Scrutiny" (Salt Lake Tribune, 11/23/2005)
• "Half Oppose Citizenship Rule/Poll Backs GOP Ideas to End Birthright, Erect Border Barrier" (Washington Times, 11/08/2005)