Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

News & developments:

"Ahead of Midterms, Trump Hits a Wall in Efforts to Curb Illegal Immigration," Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2018 [text]

"Deported Asylum-Seekers Brought Back on Angry Judge's Orders," NPR, 9 Aug. 2018 [text]

Findings of Credible Fear Plummet Amid Widely Disparate Outcomes by Location and Judge (TRAC, July 2018) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post and NYT article.

Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Attacks on Asylum Protections (ACLU, Aug. 2018) [text]

*"Melania Trump’s Parents Become U.S. Citizens, Using ‘Chain Migration’ Trump Hates," New York Times, 9 Aug. 2018 [text]
- See also related explainer on "chain migration."

"Retired Federal Judges Offer to Help Immigration Case Backlog," CNN, 26 July 2018 [text]

"Trump Admin was Warned a Policy Change Could Strengthen MS-13. They Did It Anyway," CNN, 25 July 2018 [text]

Blog posts & commentary:

Applying for a Green Card While Asylum is Pending: Marriage to a U.S. Citizen (The Asylumist, Aug. 2018) [text]

Cities, States Resist — and Assist — Immigration Crackdown in New Ways (Pew's Stateline Blog, Aug. 2018) [text]

DHS Spins the Border Numbers… Again (Just Security Blog, Aug. 2018) [text]

DHS to Restart Deportation Cases for Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants (Immigration Impact, Aug. 2018) [text]

Grace v. Sessions–Suing to Stop Shutting Down Asylum Claims at the Border (Just Security Blog, Aug. 2018) [text]

The Justice Department Finds 'No Responsive Records' to Support a Trump Speech (Lawfare Blog, July 2018) [text]

Law and Border (Niskanen Center Blog, July 2018) [text]

The State of US Immigration Policy and How to Improve It (Brookings Now Blog, Aug. 2018) [text]

When the Counter-Terrorism Unit Comes Calling (The Asylumist, Aug. 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (24 July 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (Matter of A-B-) (24 July 2018)

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