Michael G. Kagan
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 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 law degree at the University of Michigan.
References
- ↑ "University of Nevada Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law".
- ↑ "Children in limbo in the midst of immigration enforcement debate". Retrieved 2017-08-18.
- ↑ Zachary D. Kaufman (2012). Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 42–43. ISBN 1781002215.
- ↑ Zachary D. Kaufman (2012). Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 42–43. ISBN 1781002134.