02 June 2015

Regional Focus: United States

Asylees, Changed Country Conditions, and the Risk of Deportation (ImmigrationProf Blog, May 2015) [text]

"Asylum Discord: Disparities in Persecution Assessments," Nevada Law Journal, vol. 15, no. 1 (Fall 2014) [full-text via SSRN]
 - Note: The author has provided his data in this supplement to the article.

Congress: Asylum System Letting in Terrorists (The Asylumist, June 2015) [text]

Immigration Court Backlog Keeps Rising (TRAC Immigration, May 2015) [text]

Refugee Protection for Homeschoolers? Congressional Efforts to Amend the Refugee Definition and Restrict Protection for Central American Refugees (RefLaw, June 2015) [text]

[Series on Older Refugees in US] (New American Media, May 2015)
- Part 1: Older Refugees Face Challenges Trying to Maintain SSI Aid [text]
- Part 2: Refugee Elders Escape Somali Strife--Now Struggle to Survive U.S. Bureaucracy [text]
- Part 3: Rigid Requirements for Older Refugees Test U.S. Humanitarianism [text]

Update on the Asylum Backlog (The Asylumist, May 2015) [text]

"US Federal Immigration Appeals Process Lacks Consistency Because It Reviews a Small and Skewed Sample of Cases," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 60 (June 2015) [full-text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas (12 May 2015)
- Thematic Focus: Asylum & Immigration Backlogs (9 Feb. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

No comments: