This session provides a brief overview of different immigration statuses, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, refugee/asylee, various visa categories and temporary statuses and undocumented status. It will cover family, employment and humanitarian-based immigration benefits and protections. As the nation approaches the 250th Anniversary of America, the session will situate contemporary immigration law and policy within the broader historical context of immigration’s role in shaping the United States. Participants will learn about trending issues and recent executive branch action, including birthright citizenship, increased immigrant enforcement, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and Temporary Protected Status designations. Border policy, especially our southwest border, will also be discussed. The presenter aspires that this lecture will be valuable for participants who wish to engage in an informed debate on current issues involving immigration law and policy.
Eugenio Mollo Jr. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Law and the inaugural director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at the University of Toledo College of Law. He is a professor and practicing attorney. Under Mollo’s supervision, law clinic students represent local community members with critical legal needs working through the U.S. immigration system. He joined the full-time faculty in 2022. He teaches the Immigrant Justice Clinic, Advanced Immigrant Justice Clinic, Immigration Law and Immigration Practice Simulation.
In 2006, Mollo began his legal career representing detained immigrants in Northwest Ohio while working at Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) in Toledo, a nonprofit law firm that represents low-income individuals and groups to achieve equal justice and opportunity. From 2013 to 2022, he served as the managing attorney of ABLE’s Agricultural Worker and Immigrant Rights practice group.
Mollo earned his bachelor’s from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.
