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To help these communities. This is an hour 20 minutes. Is this on . Can you hear me . Excellent. Welcome back. While youre all walking in and settling down thank you. I just wanted to say a couple words about what we do here at georgetown in this field before i welcome my panel and introduce everybody. Im andy. I direct the asylum films here. We represent Asylum Seekers in deportation hearings. Actually handle a case from beginning to end for Asylum Seekers all over the world. My colleague is here, as well, who i work with. Dina, is dina here . May be at some point. We have three lauries each semester and 12 students. The clinic has been doing this for, i guess, 24 years. I think phil started the asylum part of this in 1995. We also have courses on immigration and refugee law as well as we started last year to send volunteers to texas, to the two major detention facilities that are housing women with children, detaining women and children, to help prepare the women for credible fear in
Everybody. Im andy schoen holtz. Our students represent Asylum Seekers and deportation hearings. And actually handle a case from beginning to end for Asylum Seekers all over the world. My colleague pfizer saed is well and dina sharouk may be here. We have three lawyers each semester, 12 students, the clinic has been doing this for i guess 24 years. I think phil started the asylum part of this in 1995. We also have courses on immigration and refugee law as well as we started last year to send volunteers to texas to the two major detention facilities that are housing women with children, detaining women and children to help prepare the women for a credible fear interviews and to do other work to assist the families. And we are sending two groups again, 14 volunteers, we went to break and spring break down there, thanks to a georgetown alum who has funded that travel and we have a human rights bracket couple that has engaged on these issues for years. This year its looking at the root cau
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Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. Ev the white house blocks a key witness from giving testimony in the impeachmeninquiry, saying he cpear before a kangaroo court. A major row between the nba and china could cost the league millions. We will bring you the latest on this clash of sport and politics. Plus, she has explored some of the worlds most captivating ves. Now she is sharing stories about the oceans hidden depths. Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. Th white house went on the offensive against the congressional impeachment inquiry day, blocking the testimony of a key witness. In response, House Democrats leading the investigation say they would issue a subpoena so they can hear from Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the eu. Democrats are looking into the president s efforts to pressure ukraines leader to find dirt on his rivals, an inquiry mr. Trump calls a sham. Here is the man House Democrats wanted to hear from tod