Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

News & developments:

"Despite Mexico and Congress's Opposition, US Moves Ahead with Plan to Give Mexico $20M to Deport Migrants," ABC News, 4 Oct. 2018 [text]

"Funding the Immigration Crackdown at an 'Unsustainable Rate'," NPR, 26 Sept. 2018 [text]

Judge Blocks Trump’s Efforts to End Temporary Protected Status for 300,000 Immigrants (Vox, Oct. 2018) [text]

"More Migrant Families, and Guatemalans, are Trying to Enter the U.S.," New York Times,  12 Sept. 2018 [text]

"Thousands Could Be Deported as Government Targets Asylum Mills' Clients," NPR, 28 Sept. 2018 [text]

Trump is Proposing a Regulation That Could Change the Face of Legal Immigration — by Restricting Low-income Immigrants (Vox, Sept. 2018) [text]
- Note: This rule has not yet been officially published in the Federal Register. Once it is, people will have 60 days to submit comments.

Blog posts & commentary:

As Immigration Court Quotas Go into Effect, Many Call for Reform (Immigration Impact Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]
- See also related info from TRAC on current backlog of pending cases.

Do Immigrants Fraudulently Use Public Benefits? (Niskanen Center Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]

"A High-Stakes Immigration Case Hits the Supreme Court," The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2018 [text]
- See also this Immigration Impact blog post for info on other upcoming Supreme Court cases that involve immigration issues.

*Over 100 Million Immigrants Have Come to America Since the Founding (Cato at Liberty Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Trump Administration Targets Noncitizen Public Benefits Recipients (ImmigrationProf Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]
- See also related Asylumist and Immigration Impact blog posts.

USCIS Begins Implementing Plan to Issue More Deportation Notices (Immigration Impact Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (21 Sept. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (21 Sept. 2018)

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