Melissa Crow

Author's details

Name: Melissa Crow
Date registered: November 30, 2010
URL: http://www.legalactioncenter.org

Biography

Melissa Crow is the Director of the Legal Action Center. Ms. Crow served as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, and previously as a Senior Policy Advisor, in the Office of Immigration and Border Security at the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to joining DHS, she was a partner with Brown, Goldstein & Levy in Baltimore, Maryland, where she developed a thriving immigration practice and undertook litigation to protect immigrants' rights in the workplace. As the past co-chair of the Worksite Enforcement Committee of the local AILA chapter, she played a critical role in responding to immigration raids in Maryland under the Bush Administration. Before entering private practice, Melissa served as Counsel to Senator Edward M. Kennedy during the 2007 debates on the U.S. Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill. She also spent a year as the Gulf Coast Policy Attorney at the National Immigration Law Center. She has taught in the Safe Harbor Clinic at Brooklyn Law School and the International Human Rights Clinic at Washington College of Law.

Latest posts

  1. Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses…But Don’t Let Them Work? — September 21, 2011
  2. Obama Administration Seeks Balance Between Labor and Immigration Law Enforcement — May 19, 2011
  3. Kafka Revisited: Ninth Circuit Decision Protects Due Process Rights for Noncitizens — November 30, 2010

Most commented posts

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Sep
21

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses…But Don’t Let Them Work?

BY MELISSA CROW AND EMILY CREIGHTON Every year, thousands of people flee persecution in their home countries and seek safe haven in the United States. Many of them spend their entire savings on the journey, travel under life-threatening conditions, and arrive on our shores with not much more than the clothes on their backs. Those …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/21/give-me-your-tired-your-poor-your-huddled-masses-but-dont-let-them-work/

May
19

Obama Administration Seeks Balance Between Labor and Immigration Law Enforcement

Last week President Obama issued a blueprint for a twenty-first century immigration policy that highlighted, among other things, the need to promote accountability for employers who deliberately hire and exploit undocumented workers. The Administration’s recommendations for achieving this goal include a better employment verification system, more comprehensive anti-retaliation protections for workers, and a legalization program …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/19/obama-administration-seeks-balance-between-labor-and-immigration-law-enforcement/

Nov
30

Kafka Revisited: Ninth Circuit Decision Protects Due Process Rights for Noncitizens

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The basic tenet that you can’t be sued without knowing the charges against you and having a meaningful opportunity to defend yourself is a cornerstone of the U.S. judicial system. This concept of fundamental fairness ensures that people in courtrooms across the country have access to a discovery process that enables them to see the …

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/11/30/kafka-revisited-ninth-circuit-decision-protects-due-process-rights-for-noncitizens/