Regional Focus: Americas

Asylum: Variation Exists in Outcomes of Applications across Immigration Courts and Judges (U.S. Government Accounting Office, Nov. 2016) [text]

Asylum Office Backlog and Delays (Human Rights First, Nov. 2016) [text]

"Refugee, Asylum, and Related Legislation in the US Congress: 2013-2016," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 4, no. 4 (2016) [open access]

El Salvador’s Sky-High Murder Rate is Creating a Humanitarian Crisis (OSF Blog, Nov. 2016) [text]

Non-conventional Violence in the Northern Triangle of Central America and Mexico: Recommendations for Humanitarian Actors (Social Science Research Council, May 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Resettling Child Refugees: Canada and Armenian Orphans, 1923-1927 (Canadian Museum of Immigration Blog, Nov. 2016) [text]

The U Visa's Failed Promise for Survivors of Domestic Violence (SSRN, Nov. 2016) [text]

Unauthorized Immigrants with Criminal Convictions: Who Might Be a Priority for Removal? (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2016) [text]
- See also related LA Times article.

More thoughts on impact of the Trump election:

After Trump’s Election, We Need to Get Creative on the Refugee Crisis (Refugees Deeply, Nov. 2016) [text]

"Can Trump Ban Refugees to the US?," VOA News, 17 Nov. 2016 [text]

Displacement during the Trump Era: 4 Priorities for Policy-makers (Thomson Reuters Foundation, Nov. 2016) [text]

How the Immigration Court Backlog Would Skyrocket under Donald Trump’s Plan (Immigration Impact, Nov. 2016) [text]

Notes from the Immigration Underground (The Asylumist Blog, Nov. 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (14 Nov. 2016)

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