Sarah Sherman-Stokes
Cognoscenti contributor
Sarah Sherman-Stokes is associate director of the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program and a clinical associate professor of law at Boston University School of Law.
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We asked, you answered: The first presidential debate of 2024
Cog asked our writers and readers to tell us what they’ll be looking for and hoping to hear from President Biden and former President Donald Trump during tonight's debate. Here’s...
More funding for Boston's police intelligence center is a mistake
The BRIC (Boston Regional Intelligence Center) and others like it have long produced significantly flawed analysis, writes attorney Sarah Sherman-Stokes. The Boston City Council approved $3.4 million in additional funding...
Being ‘anti-immigrant’ is not a winning strategy for Biden in 2024
If President Biden further panders to the anti-immigrant agenda in 2024, he risks losing Democratic votes, and his integrity, writes Sarah Sherman-Stokes.
Biden's new immigration orders look a lot like Trump's
President Biden's border enforcement plan repackages some of the most troubling immigration and asylum policies from the Trump era, writes Sarah Sherman-Stokes. These policies didn’t work then, and they won’t...
Trump's Proposed Changes Would Effectively Abolish Asylum
Humanitarianism and objectivity have been lost, writes Sarah Sherman-Stokes. The proposed regulatory changes to U.S. asylum law are the latest assault on the fundamental right of non-citizens to seek refuge...
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Trump's New Public Charge Rule Hurts My Clients
The new plan will restrict my clients' ability to pursue lawful status, writes Sarah Sherman-Stokes. More insidiously, it will also sow deep fear in immigrant communities.
There’s A Legal Crisis On Our Southern Border — And It Was Caused By Our Government
The Trump administration has eviscerated the framework of long-established legal protections at our border, and within our country.
Zero Tolerance And Detention Don't Work In Juvenile Justice. They Don't Work In Immigration Either
We know from juvenile justice that zero-tolerance and detention harm rather than help children, write Sarah Sherman-Stokes and Wendy Kaplan. Our immigration policy should reflect those lessons.
Sessions's Bleak Asylum Ruling Sends Us Back Decades
The decision threatens to eviscerate asylum protections for victims of domestic violence and gangs, write Sarah Sherman-Stokes and J. Wesley Boyd.
'These Are Animals' Has Quickly Become American Doctrine — And That’s Dangerous
The Trump administration's embrace of disturbing rhetoric as official policy will provide the post-hoc justification for violence, or worse, writes Sarah Sherman-Stokes.