Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (Biden Administration)

Biden administration's actions, to date:

There has been a flurry of immigration- and asylum-related activity since 20 Jan. 2021; these items provide summaries and commentary (ordered chronologically).

President Biden’s Day One Immigration Bill (ImmigrationProf Blog, 20 Jan. 2021) [text]

Documents Related to Biden Administration Immigration Policy (Lawfare Blog, updated 21 Jan. 2021) [text]

Biden Took Eight Administrative Actions on Immigration. Here’s What You Need to Know (Immigration Impact, 22 Jan. 2021) [text]

How to Decode Biden’s Immigration Blitz (Marshall Project, 22 Jan. 2021) [text]

Acting AG Rescinds "Zero-Tolerance" Immigration Memo (ImmigrationProf Blog, 26 Jan. 2021) [text]

What You Need to Know About Biden’s Deportation Moratorium (Immigration Impact Blog, 26 Jan. 2021) [text]

Biden reverses Trump’s ‘Muslim ban.’ Americans support the decision (WP Monkey Cage, 27 Jan. 2021) [text]

President Biden’s Immigration Bill (The Asylumist Blog, 27 Jan. 2021) [text]

See also AILA's very useful resource page that is tracking the "First 100 Days of the Biden Administration."

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Looking ahead:

Opportunity:

Biden's Immigration Agenda: Immediate Actions Taken, 4 February 2021 [info]

Publications:

10 Anticipated Asylum Policy Reforms in the First 100 Days (Niskanen Center Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

"Biden Sets the Stage for a Remarkably Active First 100 Days on Immigration," Migration Information Source, 27 Jan. 2021 [text]

"Border Solutions from the Inside," University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review (Forthcoming 2021) [preprint]

"Cultivating Normative Authority: The Biden Administration, Migration, and the International Legal Order," AJIL Unbound, vol. 115 (2021) [open access]

Recommendations for Biden Administration: Welcoming the Persecuted, Restoring Order, and Upholding Asylum Law, Refugee Treaties and Values (Human Rights First, Jan. 2021) [text]

Recommendations to End “Remain in Mexico” and Bring People Seeking Protection Safely into the United States (Human Rights First, Jan. 2021) [text]

Transforming the US Human Rights Report to Reflect Gender Rights — and Security (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (20 Jan. 2021)