Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Event:

The U.S. Asylum System in Crisis: First Steps for Rescue, Webinar, 27 September 2018 [info]
- "This webinar will mark the publication of an important MPI report that analyses the factors that have brought the U.S. asylum system to a crisis point and proposes common-sense steps that can be implemented now to jump-start rescuing it."

Blog posts & commentary:

The Beat Goes On: Attorney General Reviews More BIA Rulings (ImmigrationProf Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]

Blueprint: How to Address the Global Refugee Crisis and Safeguard U.S. National Security (Human Rights First, Sept. 2018) [text]

 In a Speech to New Immigration Judges, Attorney General Sessions Attacks Immigration Lawyers and Judicial Independence (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]
- See also related NYT article.

An Open Letter to the “Complicit” Asylum Officer (The Asylumist Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]

People Leave Footprints: Millions More Unauthorized Immigrants Cannot Be ‘Hidden’ in Data Estimates (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2018) [text]

Revoking Status from Those Who Fled Violence (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Sept. 2018) [text]

Audiovisual media:

Let Me Count the Ways (This American Life, Sept. 2018) [access]
- Discusses the "quiet bureaucratic war that’s even targeting legal immigrants." Follow link for audio and transcript.

Tempest Tossed Podcasts (Zolberg Institute, 2018) [access]
- "In-depth conversations what’s happening on the ground and how to understand current policy debates” in the U.S.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (6 Sept. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (6 Sept. 2018)

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