17 August 2020

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Event:

17th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, 21-22 September 2020 [info]
-Will be held virtually. Register by 15 September 2020.

Blog posts & press:

AG Barr Reopening Asylum Case Using Certification Power (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2020) [text]

"Americans Back Trump on Immigration — But Only to Stop COVID-19, Poll Finds," NPR, 5 Aug. 2020 [text]

Asylum Seekers Need Pro Bono Lawyers Now More than Ever (The Asylumist, Aug. 2020) [text]

COVID-19 and the Chance to Reform US Refugee Policy (Order from Chaos Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

"How Language can be a Deadly COVID-19 Complication for US Immigrants," The New Humanitarian, 30 July 2020 [text]

Legal Victory Brings Hope to Asylum Seekers Turned Away at the Border (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

"Perspective: From Icebox to Tinderbox — A View from the Southern Border," New England Journal of Medicine, 5 Aug. 2020 [text]

"Poll Shows Growing Disconnect over Trump's Hard-line Immigration Policies," USA Today, 12 Aug. 2020 [text]

"Scorched Earth: Anti-immigration Hardliners Pursue a Policy of Wanton Destruction," The Baffler, 10 Aug. 2020 [text]

This is the Best Explainer on Trump's Census Memo (Immigration Law Blog, July 2020) [text]

"The Trump Administration Aims to Cut Off Asylum at the Southwest Border Permanently," NPR, 5 Aug. 2020 [text]
- See also additional related NPR story.

"The Trump Administration is Preparing to Treat Asylum-Seekers as Security Threats," BuzzFeed News, 14 Aug. 2020 [text]

"United Nations Refugee Agency Blasts US Asylum Limits," CNN, 13 Aug. 2020 [text]

Updates to USCIS Policy Manual Give Broad Discretion to Issue More Denials (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

USCIS New Fee Schedule Rule [access]
- Follow link for Twitter thread. See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

Selection of comments submitted on the July 9 Proposed Rules on Security Bars and Processing:
- Columbia Univ. Mailman School of Public Health [text]
- Human Rights First [text]
- Human Rights Watch [text]
- Insightful Immigration Blog [text]
- Refugees International [text]
- Round Table of Former Immigration Judges [text]

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