@MarkowitzPeter

Professor, Director of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic at @CardozoLaw

 Brooklyn, NY
Joined June 2013
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🚨 NY Supreme Court Judge BLOCKS Mayor Adams + his administration from moving forward with their plan to return ICE to Rikers until a hearing in the weeks to come. Thank you @NYCCouncil for joining advocates in being clear: New Yorkers will not be fooled - hands off! #ICEOut
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BREAKING: @NYCSpeakerAdams and @nyccouncil sued @NYCMayor, challenging his plans to re-embed ICE agents at Rikers. We applaud this quick action and are proud to see true New Yorker Spirit in action! Full IDP statement🧵:
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BREAKING NEWS 🚨 ICE is withholding $300 million in bond money from families who freed loved ones from detention. A class action lawsuit was filed today to hold ICE accountable. ICE has profited off of the immigrants' suffering and separation for too long. bit.ly/bondreturn
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Peter Markowitz retweeted
Kathryn Miller@kemiller4115 Oct 2024
Cardozo School of Law in NYC is hiring one or more full-time faculty members for either our Civil Rights Clinic or our Civil Litigation Clinic. careers.pageuppeople.com/876….
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Dean Melanie Leslie announces six new faculty appointments! 🔷Wilfred Codrington III, Haiyun Damon-Feng, Tyson-Lord Gray, Rachel Landy, Mariana Acevedo Nuevo, and Zalman Rothschild🔷 Read about them here! ➡ bit.ly/4bXlIgv #CardozoLaw
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3/3 We stand together in urging @DRSKenya to pass the upcoming regulations and facilitate the implementation of the #shirikaplan through registration reforms, streamlined refugee status determinations, improved identification processes, & greater freedom of movement for refugees
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2/3 We urge @DRSKenya to create more avenues to sensitize & educate different ministries, state departments & service providers on the recent gazettement of Refugee IDs and to accept the IDs as legal documents to access essential services , for me - futurewithwakimbizi.org/#/re…
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1/3 As refugee-led & allied organizations,we applaud the recent gazettement of #Refugee IDs as a crucial step towards achieving socio-economic inclusion of refugees in Kenya. Read our #advocacy letter below to @DRSKenya identifying 4 priority areas for sustained refugee inclusion
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🚨Breaking: 30+ immigrant rights orgs call on Gov Hochul to withdraw LaSalle’s nomination as Chief Judge. We stand w/ many others because any harm to workers, restrictions to repro access, and lack of due process hurt NY’s immigrant communities. Letter: tinyurl.com/3z9uf3da
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Former Immigration Justice Clinic Teaching Fellow Andrea Saenz has been appointed to the Board of Immigration Appeals. "I really couldn't think of a more qualified person,” said Professor Peter Markowitz, Immigration Justice Clinic Co-Director fal.cn/3j4Um
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Dear Reporters, including @NickMiroff @aflores & others, please stop saying the Biden admin was “forced” to restart MPP. The D Ct order permits the Biden admin to terminate it w a new memo. They've had TWO MONTHS to write it. I could've done it in a weekend. This was a choice. 1/
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Omar C. Jadwat@OmarJadwat23 Sep 2021
In a White House full of people—including Rice—who saw the miserable failure of this thesis under Obama, how does this not get laughed out of the room?
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“The jury is still out on how the Biden administration will approach Ice’s shockingly failed program,” @MarkowitzPeter told @guardian. "I hope they will look hard at this research and realize the profound harms of the program.” #FacultyWithImpact fal.cn/3gHLy

‘Traumatizing and abusive’: Immigrants reveal personal toll of ankle monitors

While Biden promotes electronic bands as alternative to detention, advocates urge proper legal help for immigrants show up to court

theguardian.com
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Peter Markowitz retweeted
Documented@Documentedny9 Jun 2021
⏰ TODAY at 4:30 EST! We'll be speaking with some of NY's visionaries and scholars about U.S. asylum and immigration enforcement. 🗽 Is a humane immigration system possible? Join us for a #DocumentedTalks discussion hosted with @SSNScholars. 🎟 Register: docu.nyc/future-of-immigrati…
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Peter Markowitz retweeted
Daniel M. Kowalski@dkbib4 May 2021
Scholars Ask Garland to Remove Non-Priority Cases from the Active Docket of the Nation’s Immigration Courts - Outside News - Immigration Law - LexisNexis® Legal Newsroom lexisnexis.com/LegalNewsRoom…
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NEW: @MaketheRoadNY and @CardozoLaw Immigration Justice Clinic white paper lays out bold new vision for the next administration to prioritize the rights and needs of immigrant communities. Read the full report here: maketheroadny.org/dignity-co…
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"Act like you won," @lorellapraeli says tonight on @AliciaMenendez's @MSNBC about Democrats. Makes a very strong point that immigrant rights groups helped to deliver victory in key states during 2020 election.
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Peter Markowitz retweeted
TheHillOpinion@TheHillOpinion2 Feb 2021
Unclogging the nation's immigration court system Read the full story: bit.ly/3pG0MTB Via @GregChenAILA @MarkowitzPeter
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Getting ready for our tweet storm in 45 minutes. Toolkit: drive.google.com/drive/folde… President Biden, Vice President Harris and Acting Secretary Mayorkas, put an end to the family detention system in the first 100 days of the new administration. #EndFamilyDetention
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Lorella Praeli@lorellapraeli25 Jan 2021
I am so proud to announce the launch of the #WeAreHome campaign! 1/n
FIRM Action@FIRM_Action25 Jan 2021
The #WeAreHome campaign is urging the Biden-Harris Admin to: Undo the cruelty of the Trump Administration Build a fair, humane, and functional immigration system Create a roadmap to citizenship WATCH + SHARE this video to learn more —>
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