<span class="vcard">Mary Holper</span>

Mary Holper

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Mary Holper is Director of the Immigration Clinic and a clinical professor at Boston College Law School. Throughout her career, Holper has represented immigration detainees who face removal. She has participated in impact litigation that challenges the overuse of mandatory detention, indefinite detention, and crime-based deportation. In addition, Holper has represented noncitizens at risk of deportation and immigration detention. Holper has spoken on numerous panels about immigration issues, particularly on the issues of immigration detention, removal proceedings, and crime-based deportations. She has written and co-authored law reviews, blog posts, and reference guides regarding immigration issues.

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A protestor holds up a pair of handcuffs in front of a law enforcement officer as people gather during a demonstration and vigil outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Moisés ÁVILA / AFP via Getty Images)

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