22 May 2020

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Blog posts:

Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes Injustice of US Immigration System (Center for Migration Studies, May 2020) [text]

COVID-19 Shows Why UNHCR Should Provide Aid at the Southern Border (Niskanen Center Commentary, May 2020) [text]

Neuroscience, Memory, and Credibility in Immigration Court (The Asylumist Blog, May 2020) [text]
- See earlier related blog post.

New Data Shows Border Patrol Agents Reject More Asylum Seekers (Immigration Impact Blog, May 2020) [text]

US: Lawsuit Over ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Secrecy (Human Rights Watch, May 2020) [text]

U.S. COVID Response Exacerbates Vulnerabilities for Immigrant Families (RI Blog, May 2020) [text]

USCIS’s Budget Woes – and What Can Be Done about It (The Asylumist Blog, May 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Appellate Exceptionalism? The Troubling Case of Immigration Decisions' Continued Precedential Effect Even after Circuit Court Vacatur (SSRN, May 2020) [text]

Deportation with a Layover: Failure of Protection under the U.S.-Guatemala Asylum Cooperative Agreement (Refugees International, May 2020) [text]

*"Interrogating the Legal/Illegal Frame: Trump Administration Immigration Policy and the Christian Response," Journal of Ecumenical Studies, vol. 55, no. 1 (Winter 2020) [free full-text]

"The Non-Adversarial Fiction of Immigration Adjudication," Wisconsin Law Review (Forthcoming, 2020) [preprint]

The State of Asylum: Changes Made to the Asylum System during the Trump Administration (Niskanen Center, May 2020) [text]

Stranded: The Impact of US Policies on Asylum Seekers (Jesuit Refugee Service, May 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Unfinished Business: How 'Split Authority' over U.S. Asylum Adjudications Highlights the Need to Relocate the Immigration Court System to the Department of Homeland Security," Legislation and Policy Brief, vol. 9, no. 1 (2020) [full-text]

"Won’t You Be My Neighbor": Local Foundations, Immigrants and Refugee Populations (National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, May 2020) [access]

Multimedia:

The Out Crowd (This American Life) [access]
- Note: This episode just won a Pulitzer! Focuses on the "Remain in Mexico" policy.

The Power of the President and the Human Rights of Migrants in the Midst of the Pandemic: Two Conversations (Tempest Tossed, May 2020) [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:
Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (Blocking Asylum) (22 May 2020)


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