Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts/media:

Americans’ Support for Immigration is at Record Highs – But the Government is Out of Sync with Their Views (The Conversation, Aug. 2019) [text]

Cuccinelli's 'Asylum and Internal Relocation Guidance' Sure to Spawn Litigation (Immigration Law Blog, July 2019) [text]

How Advocates can Defeat Trump’s Latest Assault on Asylum Seekers (RI Blog, July 2019) [text]

Matter of L-E-A-: How Much Did Barr Change? (Jeffrey S. Chase Blog, Aug. 2019) [text]

"Support for Allowing Border Refugees into U.S. Edges up," Gallup, 13 Aug. 2019 [text]

Syria is Not Redesignated for TPS, Despite Ongoing Armed Conflict (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2019) [text]
- Note: Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was extended for 18 months for Syrians already covered by TPS; the lack of redesignation means other Syrians in the U.S. who were not previously covered are excluded. See also related The New Humanitarian article.

Trump Administration Moves to ‘Disband and Destroy’ Immigration Judges Union (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2019) [text]

Reports/articles:

Delivered to Danger: Illegal Remain in Mexico Policy Imperils Asylum Seekers’ Lives and Denies Due Process (Human Rights First, Aug. 2019) [text]

"Forensic Psychiatry Evaluation in a U.S. Immigration Detention Center in Southwest Texas," Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, vol. 66 (Aug. 2019) [free full-text]

Immigrants and Families Appear in Court: Setting the Record Straight (American Immigration Council, July 2019) [text]

A Primer on Expedited Removal (American Immigration Council, July 2019) [text]

Public’s Priorities for U.S. Asylum Policy: More Judges for Cases, Safe Conditions for Migrants (Pew Research, Aug. 2019) [text]

Publicly Charged: A Critical Examination of Immigrant Public Benefit Restrictions (SSRN, July 2019) [preprint]
- See also related ImmigrationProf blog post; the final rule on "Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds" is available here.

Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy: New Realities Call for New Answers (Migration Policy Institute, Aug. 2019) [text]

A Step Too Far: Matter of A-B-, 'Particular Social Group,' and Chevron (LawArXiv, July 2019) [preprint]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States (31 July 2019)

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