Jeffry House
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Jeffry House is a lawyer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has represented most of the American soldiers applying for refugee status in Canada after refusing to continue their service in the American military.
The most well-known of these American soldiers seeking refugee status are Jeremy Hinzman, Brandon Hughey, and Joshua Key. The cases of Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey have been heard by the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, refused again at the Federal Court of Canada, and have been granted leave to appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal. Their cases will be heard jointly in the spring or early summer of 2007.
Jeffry House graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1969 and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
House was conscripted into the US Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. In January 1970, House left Wisconsin to go to Canada and became a draft evader.
House graduated from the Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and has practiced criminal law for nearly three decades.
The presence of US Army deserters in Canada is being widely reported in the international news media, as well as in Canada and in the United States. During the Vietnam War, upwards of 50,000 US draft evaders and military deserters found refuge in Canada.
Jeffry is the father of Canadian actor Alex House.
[edit] Sources Cited
- The Capital Times; UW grad in Canada aids deserter [1]
- Refusing to Kill; U.S. war objectors are seeking sanctuary in Canada: What will be their fate? [2]
- The Law Firm of Jeffry A. House [3]
- Mother Jones; Breaking Ranks [4]
- Not in Our Name; Jeremy Hinzman leads way for US war resisters in Canada [5]
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Federal Court to review US military deserter case [6]
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; No refugee status in Canada for U.S. soldier [7]
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Judge to review case of war dodger [8]
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Canada refuses 'refugee' from the U.S. [9]
- Canadian Television; U.S. army deserter claims refugee status in Toronto, Ontario [10]
- Canadian Television; U.S. army deserter loses bid for refugee status [11]
- Canadian Television; Army deserter plans next move to stay in Canada [12]
- Canadian Television; U.S. war dodger may become prisoner of conscience [13]
- Canadian Television; Court to review U.S. war dodger's asylum claim [14]
- Canadian Television; U.S. war deserter tells refugee board of atrocities [15]
- CanWest News Service; Judge rejects claims of U.S. deserters [16]
- Canada Press; U.S. war dodgers to appeal Federal Court ruling [17]
- Canada Press; U.S. war dodgers will appeal refugee ruling: lawyer [18]
- Columbia Broadcasting System - CBS News - 60 Minutes II; Asylum Denied To Army Deserter [19]
- Columbia Broadcasting System - CBS News - 60 Minutes II; Deserters: We Won't Go To Iraq; U.S. Soldiers Seeking Refuge In Canada May Face Serious Penalties [20]
- World Socialist Web Site; Lawyer for US deserters speaks with WSWS [21]
- Democracy Now; From Vietnam to Iraq: American War Resisters Seek Refuge in Canada [22]
- Wall Street Journal; Will War Deserters Find Asylum in Canada? [23]
- Newsweek; Perspectives [24]
- The Nation; War Resisters Go North [25]
- MSNBC; Canada denies refugee status to U.S. soldier -
Blow to American antiwar movement [26]
- Newsweek; An Illegal, Immoral Order - An American soldier explains why he is refusing to fight in Iraq [27]
- The New York Times; Salvadorans Find a Haven in Canada [28]
- Activism Online; U.S. War Resisters In Canada [29]
- JeremyHinzman.net; This website is a partnership between Jeremy Hinzman and his various supporters [30]
- British Broadcasting Corporation; US deserter denied Canada asylum [31]
- The Seattle Times; Canada denies asylum to Army deserter [32]
- The Christian Science Monitor; Refugee or deserter? [33]
- The Christian Science Monitor; Canada's romance with US military exiles [34]
- The London Times; You wouldn’t catch me dead in Iraq [35]
- Le Soleil; Un Américain qui a fait la guerre en Irak réclame le statut de réfugié [36]
- Le Soleil; La Cour fédérale entendra la requête d'un déserteur américain [37]
