24 October 2020

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Election focus:

2020 Election Guide (American Immigration Lawyers Assoc.) [access]

'Criminal': Trump and Biden square off on immigration (ImmigrationProf Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

*Immigration issues merit more attention by presidential candidates (ImmigrationProf Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

International Law and the 2020 Presidential Election: What is at Stake [access]
- Scroll down for the video recording of session four, "Give me your tired, your poor: US approaches to immigration and asylum under international law."

International Migration, vol. 58, no. 5 (Oct. 2020) [free full-text]
- Scroll down to view three freely available commentaries relating to immigration and US presidential election.

"Trump reshaped the US immigration system — but it’s been ignored at the debates," Vox, 8 Oct. 2020 [text]

"Trump's and Biden's Plans on Immigration," NPR, 16 Oct. 2020 [text]

"The U.S. Presidential Campaign Cements Political Parties’ Deepening Schism on Immigration," Migration Information Source, 1 Oct. 2020 [text]

"What’s at stake in the US election for refugees and asylum?," The New Humanitarian, 5 Oct. 2020 [text]

Opportunities:

Symposium: Immigration, asylum, and national security: A comparative perspective, 26 October 2020 [info]
- Panel 2 focuses on "U.S. immigration policy: what’s coming next."

CFP: Emerging Immigration Scholars Workshops Winter 2021 [info]
- Submission deadline is 1 November 2020.

Blog posts & press:

Advocates and Historians Call on National Archives to Retain Records on CBP Misconduct (RI Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

Book Review: The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

CDC Director Doubles Down on Endangering Asylum Seekers (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2020) [text]

Expert Reports in Asylum Cases (The Asylumist Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

"Hong Kong Residents are Getting Political Asylum in the U.S.," NPR, 14 Oct. 2020 [text]

How U.S. Immigration Policy Creates a Robust Soft Power Advantage for America (Niskanen Center Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

"Inside the Refugee Camp on America's Doorstep," New York Times, 23 Oct. 2020 [text]

New Bars to Asylum for Criminals and Almost Criminals (The Asylumist Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

"Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused," AP News, 3 Oct. 2020 [text]

The President and Immigration Law: Introduction to a Just Security Series (Just Security Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]
- Follow this link for all posts in this series.

Proposed Asylum Rule Will Severely Limit Eligibility (ImmigrationProf Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

"Trump administration alters and downplays human rights abuses in reports," The Guardian, 21 Oct. 2020 [text]

The U.S. Asylum Cooperation Agreements: A human rights conundrum (RLI Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

USCIS Issues Policy Guidance Regarding Inadmissibility Based on Membership in a Totalitarian Party (ImmigrationProf Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

For more news and updates on US immigration & asylum developments, check out the weekly Migratory Notes resource. 

*UPDATED

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