Stephen Yale-Loehr

Stephen Yale-Loehr is an American law professor[1] and immigration law attorney.[2] Yale-Loehr earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Cornell University in 1977 and 1981, respectively. He was editor-in-chief of the Cornell International Law Journal during his time at the law school. Upon graduating he clerked for Judge Howard G. Munson of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Yale-Loehr has been a member of the Cornell Law faculty since 1991.

Career

Yale-Loehr is a specialist in United States immigration law.[3][4][5][6] He teaches immigration and asylum law at Cornell Law School and serves as counsel for the firm Miller Mayer[7] in Ithaca, New York. From 1986 to 1994 he served as managing and executive editor, respectively, of two immigration law publications: Interpreter Releases[8] Immigration Briefings.[9] For 10 years he co-authored a bi-monthly immigration column for the New York Law Journal.[10] He also founded and was the first executive director of Invest In the USA, a trade association for the EB-5 visa Regional Center Program.[11][12]

Yale-Loehr has frequently testified before Congress relating to EB-5,[13] L-1[14] and H1-B[15] visas and other immigration related topics.[16][17] In 2015 and 2016, he was interviewed by news outlets regarding Donald Trump's proposed Muslim immigration ban,[18][19][20] his "extreme vetting" proposal,[21][22] and Melania Trump's past immigration status(es).[23][24] Post-election, he has been interviewed by many major news outlets (such as NPR,[25] The New York Times,[26][27][28][29] USA Today[30],[31][32] CNN,[33][34] Los Angeles Times,[35] Fortune,[36] Time,[37] Financial Times,[38] Bloomberg[39] and Reuters[40][41]) regarding the immigration policies and possibilities of the President-elect.

He was also interviewed regarding the United States v. Texas Supreme Court decision in 2016, regarding the constitutionality of President Obama's executive action creating the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program.[42][43]

Yale Loehr was the 2001 recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Elmer Fried Award for excellence in teaching[44] and the 2004 winner of American Immigration Lawyers Association's Edith Lowenstein Award for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law.[45] He is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation,[46] a Nonresident Fellow[47] at the Migration Policy Institute, and a founding member of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers.[48]

Books

He is the co-author of the 20-volume treatise Immigration Law and Procedure which is considered one of the standard reference works in the field[49] and is often cited in U.S. Supreme Court and other federal court case opinions.[50][51][52] His other published books are:

  • Co-author, Immigration And Nationality Law: Problems And Strategies (2013)
  • Editor, Global Business Immigration Practice Guide (2012)
  • S. Amrhein, A. Lindquist, L. Danielson & S. Yale-Loehr, Green Card Stories (2012)
  • Co-author, Secure Borders, Open Doors: Visa Procedures In The Post-September 11 Era (2005)
  • Co-author, America’s Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties, And National Unity After September 11 (2003)
  • C. Gordon, S. Mailman, S. Yale-Loehr & R. Wada, Immigration Law And Procedure
  • D. Papademetriou & S. Yale-Loehr, Balancing Interests: Rethinking U.S. Selection Of Skilled Immigrants (1996)
  • S. Yale-Loehr, Understanding The Immigration Act Of 1990 (1991)
  • M. Roberts & S. Yale-Loehr, Understanding The 1986 Immigration Law (1987)

References

  1. http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty/bio_stephen_yale-loehr.cfm
  2. http://www.millermayer.com/our-people/steve-yale-loehr
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/us/politics/supreme-court-to-hear-challenge-to-obama-immigration-actions.html
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/education/edlife/should-foreign-graduates-get-a-visa-edge.html
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/07/donald-trump-calls-for-banning-muslims-from-entering-u-s/
  6. http://www.law360.com/articles/637054/q-a-with-cornell-law-school-s-stephen-yale-loehr
  7. http://www.millermayer.com/
  8. http://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/law-products/Newsletter/Immigration-Briefings/p/100029525
  9. http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=900005385632/Immigration-Law?slreturn=20150829152652
  10. https://iiusa.org/
  11. https://iiusa.org/blog/government-affairs/us-congress/key-senators-introduce-bill-extend-improve-eb5-program-stephen-yaleloehr/%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  12. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111shrg54559/pdf/CHRG-111shrg54559.pdf
  13. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-108shrg91789/pdf/CHRG-108shrg91789.pdf
  14. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-108shrg93082/pdf/CHRG-108shrg93082.pdf
  15. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-107shrg86041/pdf/CHRG-107shrg86041.pdf
  16. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg34925/pdf/CHRG-110hhrg34925.pdf
  17. http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/is-donald-trumps-muslim-proposal-legal/
  18. https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/07/donald-trump-calls-for-banning-muslims-from-entering-u-s/
  19. Preston, Julia (2016-06-18). "Many What-Ifs in Donald Trump's Plan for Migrants". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  20. Times, Los Angeles. "Donald Trump calls for 'extreme vetting' and an ideological test for would-be immigrants". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  21. "Why Trump's immigration ideas won't work". Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  22. http://www.washingtontimes.com, The Washington Times. "Melania Trump's immigration file requested". Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  23. "Inconsistencies Call Melania Trump's Immigration Story Into Question". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  24. "For Refugees And Advocates, An Anxious Wait For Clarity On Trump's Policy". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  25. Jordan, Miriam (2017-06-27). "With 3 Words, Supreme Court Opens a World of Uncertainty for Refugees". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  26. Kulish, Nicholas (2017-06-13). "Torture Victim, Expecting a U.S. Handshake, Was Given Handcuffs Instead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  27. Medina, Jennifer (2017-01-26). "Trump's Immigration Order Expands the Definition of 'Criminal'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  28. Moyer, Liz (2016-11-15). "U.S. Foreign Investor Program Funding More Luxury Projects". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  29. "ICE on ice? Move to abolish ICE, at center of storm in immigration battle, has a long way to go". USA Today. June 28, 2018.
  30. "Trump's extreme vetting for refugees? Already here: Column". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  31. "Yes, Trump will have broad power to crack down on immigration". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  32. CNN, Laura Jarrett. "Supreme Court order may cause travel chaos". CNN. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  33. CNN, Tal Kopan. "What the immigration battle could look like under Trump". CNN. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  34. Dolan, Maura; Kaleem, Jaweed (2017-06-12). "U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to reinstate Trump's travel ban". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  35. Ingram, Mathew. "Trump's Own Tweets Help Kill His Government's Travel Ban, Again". Fortune. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  36. Rhodan, Maya. "What the Supreme Court's Decision Means for Travelers". Money. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  37. "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  38. Brubaker Calkins, Laurel (May 2, 2018). "Texas's DACA Challenge Sets Up Supreme Court Showdown". Bloomberg.
  39. "Legal battle over travel ban pits Trump's powers against his own words". Reuters. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  40. "Trump, tech tycoons talk overhaul of H1B visas". Reuters. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  41. "Obama Immigration Win At Supreme Court Could Benefit Trump". The Huffington Post. 2016-06-19. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  42. "Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos mantiene en vilo a 5 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados". www.univision.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  43. http://www.aila.org/about/annual-awards/elmer-fried-excellence-in-teaching
  44. http://www.aila.org/about/annual-awards/edith-lowenstein-memorial
  45. http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/uploads/cms/documents/2014_roster.3.pdf
  46. "Stephen Yale-Loehr". migrationpolicy.org. 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  47. http://www.abil.com/lawyers/lawyers.cfm?view_all_lawyers=true
  48. http://www.law360.com/articles/637054/q-a-with-cornell-law-school-s-stephen-yale-loehr
  49. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-1181.pdf
  50. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/pdf/97-1252P.ZO
  51. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/523/420/
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