On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 from 12pm – 2pm, The Safe Passage Project at New York Law School will host several country condition experts to present current information about El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

In the past two years over 100,000 youth from Central America have traveled to the United States, arriving primarily from El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras -- three of the five most dangerous nations in the world, according to the United Nations measure of civil safety. Many of the children are fleeing endemic violence and/or police corruption. Others are fleeing domestic violence, lacking protection from governmental authorities. The Safe Passage Project at New York Law School has invited several country condition experts to present current information about El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. This program is also a CLE on how to work with Expert Witnesses in Immigration Proceedings before USCIS or EOIR.

Moderator: Claire R. Thomas, Director of Training, Safe Passage Project and Adjunct Professor, NYLS 

Commentator: Michele Pistone, Professor of Clinical Law, Villanova Law School

Panelists (All speakers are experts in the region and experts on child welfare):

• El Salvador: Elizabeth Kennedy, Fulbright Scholar and Karla Castillo, researcher
• Guatemala: Lidia Climent-Martinez, Executive Director of Global Humanitaria, an international non-profit protecting and advocating for children's rights worldwide
• Honduras: Gracie Murphree, founder and President of the Heart of Christ-Corazon de Cristo Inc.,

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