29 July 2020

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Webinar: The Impact of Coronavirus on Immigrants and Immigration: What to Know and How to Help, 30 July 2020 [info]

Reminder re. request for comments on "Security Bars and Processing: A Proposed Rule by the Homeland Security Department and the Executive Office for Immigration Review on 07/09/2020" [info]
- If implemented, it will block people from seeking asylum if they are deemed to be a public health risk. For more information, see also this Just Security blog post and *factsheet from HRF, AI & PHR. Deadline for submitting comments is 10 August 2020.

Blog posts & press:

Canadian Court Correctly Finds the U.S. is Unsafe for Refugees (The Conversation, July 2020) [text]
- See also related Washington Post op-ed and Human Rights First press release.

Complaint Against U.S. and Mexico Filed with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over Human Rights Violations at the Border (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2020) [text]

Dispatches from a Racialized Border: The Invisible Threat (Just Security Blog, July 2020) [text]

How ICE Exported the Coronavirus (Marshall Project & New York Times, July 2020) [text]

One Month On: Trump and Public Health Securitisation at the Border (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2020) [text]

The Unbearable Lightness of BIA-ing, Ten Year Anniversary Edition (The Asylumist Blog, July 2020) [text]

UnEqual Protection in Immigration Law (Notice & Comment Blog, July 2020) [text]

*UPDATED

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