Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

The Bureaucracy vs. Asylum Seekers, Part 1: Rejected I-589 Forms (The Asylumist, Nov. 2019) [text]

"How to Keep the Faith Amid Trump’s War on Immigrants—and Their Lawyers," America: The Jesuit Review, 8 Nov. 2019 [text]

New Homeland Security Asylum Rule Allows Removal to Central American Countries That Have Signed Agreements with the U.S. (Lawfare Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related EOIR policy memo and UNHCR statement.

"A New Study Finds Immigrants aren’t Drawn to States That Offer Them Health Insurance," Vox, 18 Nov. 2019 [text]

Stephen Miller‘s Racially Motivated Animus Toward Immigrants is Revealed (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related Vox article.

*"Tougher US Asylum Policy Follows in Europe's Footsteps," VOA News, 23 Nov. 2019 [text]

Multimedia:

16th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Washington, DC, 7 Oct. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video and audio.

Current Challenges in Refugee Policy: Kids, Courts, and Refugee Resettlement in Global Perspective, Washington, DC, 6 Nov. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video. See also an overview of the conference and the transcript for one of the keynote speeches.

Lecture: "The Due Process of Cruelty: Trump’s Immigration Policy and the Rule of Law," Ann Arbor, MI, 23 Oct. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video.

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Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (14 Nov. 2019)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (14 Nov. 2019)

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