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Clinical Implications of Immigration Law, Policy, and Procedure

  • Participants: Jude Bergkamp, Kelle Agassiz, & Jacqueline Yust/Susan Burke dissertation
  • Status: Closed
  • Phase: Publisher contract/writing
Team members standing in front of federal defenders of san diego sign
Kelle Agassiz and Jude Bergkamp

Kelle Agassiz completed a dissertation examining the clinical implications of immigration law, policy, and procedure.

She interviewed both attorneys and psychologists. In addition, Dr. Susan Burke completed a dissertation examining the process in which psychologists conduct immigration hardship evaluations.

The current book anchors on the concept of citizenship privilege as a framework for providers to understand the clinical implications of immigration law.

Publications:

Bergkamp, J. Agassiz, K. (2021). (In press). The Detrimental Effect of Operation Streamline. In Chin, J. L., Garcia, Y. E., & Blume, A. (Eds). The Psychology of Inequity, Volume 3: Strategies and Solutions. Praeger Press, 2023. Courtesy ABC-CLIO.

Brief for Al Otro Lado et al. as Amici Curiae Supporting Defendant-Appellant, U.S.A. v. Claudia Hernandez-Becerra, No. 18-50403 (9th Cir. Nov. 9, 2018). Retrieved from https://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/Brief%20of%20Amici%20Curiae%20-%20Hernandez-Becerra%2018-50403%20%28As%20Filed%29.pdf

Dissertations:

Agassiz, K. (2021). Clinical implications of immigration law, policy, and procedure.  Retrieved from: The Strategically Broken System: A Grounded Theory Study of the Clinical Implications of Immigration Law, Policy, and Practice

Burke, S. (2019). Striving for Credibility in the Face of Ambiguity: A Grounded Theory Study  of Extreme Hardship Immigration Psychological Evaluations. Retrieved from: Striving for Credibility in the Face of Ambiguity: A Grounded Theory Study of Extreme Hardship Immigration Psychological Evaluations

Presentations:

Agassiz, K. & Bergkamp, J. (2019). Operation Streamline: The Criminalization of Immigration and Its Effects on Society. Invited speaker presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention; Division 9. 

Agassiz, K. & Bergkamp, J. (2019). Operation Streamline: The Criminalization of Immigration and Effects on Minority Populations. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention; Division 45.

Bergkamp, J. & Agassiz, K. (2019). Operation Streamline: The Criminalization of Immigration and Its Effects on Society. Invited speaker presentation at Antioch University Seattle, Psy.D. Program Community Meeting.

Weblinks:

Immigration – Distinguished Psychologist of the Year

Dr. Jude Bergkamp Receives Distinguished Psychologist of the Year Award – Common Thread

Amicus Brief

ACLU

The Immigrant Rights Clinic, Over 40 Organizations File Amicus Brief in Support of Lawsuit Challenging “Operation Streamline”

NYU

The Immigrant Rights Clinic, Over 40 Organizations File Amicus Brief in Support of Lawsuit Challenging “Operation Streamline

Alumni Mag

OPERATION STREAMLINE – Antioch University Alumni Magazine

Chancellor Podcast

S1E8: Why Antioch’s Chancellor Believes Universities Must Build and Protect Democracy › The Seed Field

CERES Policy Research

Combatting Crimmigration Webinar

This book was born out of our work to stop Operation Streamline on the Southern border, which essentially criminalizes immigration and causes family separation, trauma, and legal/civil confusion. Under the purview of the Federal Defenders of San Diego, our team observed legal proceedings and detainment conditions of Operation Streamline. With consultation of the CERES Policy Center and the NYU Law School, we submitted a report leveraging psychological research to assert that Operation Streamline was in violation of an individual’s constitutional rights to be knowing, intelligent, and voluntary in the adjudication process.