Regional Focus: United States

Two-year anniversary of the "Muslim travel ban":

The travel ban was first issued on 27 January 2017 and went through various iterations. Version 3.0 was ultimately held up by the Supreme Court. Here are various comments/reports on its effects:

Banned: Two Years Later (From the Square Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Judge Advances Class Action Over Travel Ban Waivers," Courthouse News Service, 4 Feb. 2019 [text]
- Article notes that as of 31 May 2018, there was only a 2.3% approval rate for waiver requests.

"A New Muslim Ban Challenge Seeks to Answer the Questions the Supreme Court Didn’t Settle," Slate, 11 Feb. 2019 [text]

"The Travel Ban at Two: Rocky Implementation Settles into Deeper Impacts," Migration Information Source, 31 Jan. 2019 [text]

Trump’s Travel Ban is Worsening Health Care Shortages in Rural America (Niskanen Center Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Travel Ban Separates Thousands of U.S. Citizens from Their Spouses & Minor Children (Cato at Liberty Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Trump’s Travel Ban Two Years Later (American Constitution Society Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Why the 2017 Muslim Travel Ban Could be a Blessing in Disguise for American Muslims (LSE USAPP Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Publications:

Access to Counsel and the Legacy of Juan Osuna (Center for Migration Studies, Feb. 2019) [text]

Can Immigration Reform Happen? A Look Back (FixGov Blog, Feb. 2019) [text]

Even Worse, Again (Yale Journal of Regulation's Notice & Comment Blog, Feb. 2019) [text]
- Comment on the decline of immigration courts.

For the Last Time, Here's the Real Link Between Immigration and Crime (CityLab, Feb. 2019) [text]

Here’s a Better Way to Spend $5.7 Billion at the Border (WOLA, Jan. 2019) [text]

Immigrants Recognize American Greatness: Immigrants and Their Descendants are Patriotic and Trust America’s Governing Institutions, Immigration Research and Policy Brief, no. 10 (Cato Institute, Jan. 2019) [text]

The Instructions for the I-589 Asylum Form: An Invaluable Tool, But Not the Last Word (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

Report on U.S. Customs & Border Protection's Use of Chemical Agents on Migrants at the US-Mexico Border (AFSC, Jan. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Setting the Record Straight: Asylum Seekers Show Up for Court (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Slouching Toward Oblivion: The Divergent Implementation and Potential Exodus of Chevron Analysis in the Supreme Court’s Interpretation of Immigration Law," UMKC Law Review, vol. 87 (Forthcoming, Spring 2019) [SSRN]

The Trump Administration’s Lawlessness at the Border: Stories from Tijuana (Insightful Immigration Blog, Feb. 2019) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

"Trump Extends Asylum Ban Blocked by Judge in December," Courthouse News Service, 8 Feb. 2019 [text]
- Here is the text of the presidential proclamation.

Trump’s State of the Union Speech Reflects a Fundamental Misunderstanding of Immigration (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2019) [text]

USCIS Processing Delays Have Reached Crisis Levels Under the Trump Administration, Policy Brief (AILA, Jan. 2019) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (30 Jan. 2019)

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