22 March 2021

Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts & press:

Biden ends policy forcing asylum-seekers to ‘remain in Mexico’ – but for 41,247 migrants, it’s too late (The Conversation, March 2021) [text]

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Immigration: One Year Later (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2021) [text]

*Key facts about U.S. immigration policies and Biden’s proposed changes (FactTank, March 2021) [text]

Migrant Protection Protocols Along U.S.-Mexico Border Come to an End, but the Assault on Asylum Continues (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2021) [text]

Real Needs, Not Fictitious Crises Account for the Situation at US-Mexico Border (Center for Migration Studies, March 2021) [text]

*There's No Migrant "Surge" at the U.S. Southern Border. Here’s the Data (WP Monkey Cage, March 2021) [text]

To Solve the Border Crises, We Need to Decide Who Qualifies for Asylum (The Asylumist Blog, March 2021) [text]

When Americans recall their roots, they open up to immigration (The Conversation, March 2021) [text]

Update re. Temporary Protected Status (TPS):

"Biden Opened Temporary Legal Status to Thousands of Immigrants. Here’s How They Could End Up Trapped," ProPublica, 16 March 2021 [text]

Extension and Re-Designation of Syria for TPS (Immigration Law Blog, March 2021) [text]

Removing Barriers to Family Unity for Holders of Temporary Protected Status: An Opportunity for Biden Administration (Just Security Blog, March 2021) [text]

TPS for Myanmar -aka- Burma (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2021) [text]

Venezuela Designated for Temporary Protected Status: CMS estimates that 275,000 Venezuelans could benefit (CMS, March 2021) [text]

Venezuelans, Burmese among more than 600,000 immigrants eligible for Temporary Protected Status in U.S. (FactTank, March 2021) [text]

What You Need to Know about Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Characteristics of Asylum Seekers in Collaborative Assessment Program," Psychiatric Quarterly, Latest Articles, 10 March 2021 [free full-text]

"Defined by the Flood: Alarmism and the Legal Thresholds of US Political Asylum," Geopolitics, vol. 26, no. 1 (2021) [Academia]

"Immigrants from Asia in the United States," Migration Information Source, 10 March 2021 [text]

"Invasion and colonization: Islamophobia and anti-refugee sentiment in West Virginia," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, vol. 39, no. 1 (2021) [Academia]

Policy & Legislative Recommendations to Increase Protections for Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

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