US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas promised a swift investigation of the tactics Border Patrol agents deployed against Haitian migrants
Legal scholars and experts discussed mobilizing and advocating for human rights and racial justice in a virtual panel at Harvard Law School on Thursday.
The event titled “Human Rights, Civil Rights, and the Struggle for Racial Justice” marked the second installment in a year-long series hosted by the Human Rights Program at the Law School.
Moderated by Aminta J. Ossom, a clinical instructor at the Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, the event featured Gay J. McDougall, the scholar-in-residence at Fordham Law School; Nicole Austin-Hillery, the executive director of Human Rights Watch’s U.S. Program; and Maryum J. Jordan ’10, counsel for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law.