Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Government documents:

Case Processing at the Board of Immigration Appeals (EOIR, Oct. 2019) [text via AILA]
- See also related AILA comment.

Expedited Removal of Aliens: Legal Framework (Congressional Research Service, updated Oct. 2019) [text]
- See also related CRS Legal Sidebar.

Fact Sheet: DHS Agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Oct. 2019) [text]
- See also related Vox article, "The State Department is telling US tourists that El Salvador is now as safe as Denmark."

Investigation of Alleged Violations of Immigration Laws at the Tecate, California, Port of Entry by
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Personnel (DHS Office of Inspector General, Sept. 2019) [text]

Policy Memorandum: Guidance for Processing Reasonable Fear, Credible Fear, Asylum, and Refugee Claims in Accordance with Matter of L-E-A (USCIS, Sept. 2019?) [text via AILA]

Presidential Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System (White House, Oct. 2019) [text]
- See also related ImmigrationProf blog post and Vox article, "Trump just quietly cut legal immigration by up to 65%."

Reports & journal articles:

"Crisis in the Courts: Is the Backlogged U.S. Immigration Court System at Its Breaking Point?," Migration Information Source, 3 Oct. 2019 [full-text]

"If I went back, I would not survive": Asylum Seekers Fleeing Violence in Mexico and Central America (Physicians for Human Rights, Oct. 2019) [access]
- Follow link for full report and executive summary in English and Spanish.

"The Interior Structure of Immigration Enforcement," Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 167, no. 6 (2018-2019) [full-text]

Orders from Above: Massive Human Rights Abuses under Trump Administration Return to Mexico Policy (Human Rights First, Oct. 2019) [text]

Why Don’t They Just Get in Line? There is No Line for Many Unauthorized Immigrants (American Immigration Council, Oct. 2019) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (9 Oct. 2019)

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