Hosted by the following: Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), The Cornell Law School Migration and Human Rights Program and Cornell University Office of Engagement  Initiatives. 

Introduction

This unique partnership between Cornell University and Physicians for Human Rights will distribute timely information about health and immigration detention in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic to families and friends of people in detention. 

Part 1: Public health and medical experts provide basic information about COVID19 and detention and safe medical release. 

Part 2: Attorneys provide basic information about the status of key legal cases, rights & information as it relates to trying to stay healthy in detention and benefit from ongoing legal cases seeking release. 

Panel:

Eunice Cho
Senior Staff Attorney  
American Civil Liberties Union,
National Prison Project

Gregory P. Copeland and Sarah T. Gillman
Counsel in O.M.G. v. Wolf
Rapid Defense Network

Neha Desai
Counsel in Flores v. Barr
National Center for Youth Law

Lisa Graybill and Maia Fleischman
Counsel in Fraihat v. ICE
Southern Poverty Law Center

William Lopez, PhD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor University of Michigan School of Public Health

Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS
Senior Medical Advisor
Physicians for Human Rights

Alan Shapiro, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine