03 April 2021

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Opportunity:

Panel discussion: Who's Judge is it Anyway? The Crisis of Independence in our Immigration Courts, 7 April 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Biden Begins to Restore Temporary Protected Status. Which Countries Could Get TPS Next? (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2021) [text]

Immigration Policies Based on Deterrence Don’t Work (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2021) [text]

US immigration policy: A classic, unappreciated example of structural racism (How We Rise Blog, March 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Associations between memory loss and trauma in US asylum seekers: A retrospective review of medico-legal affidavits," PLoS ONE 16(3): e0247033 (March 2021) [open access]

"Asylum Attorney Burnout and Secondary Trauma," Wake Forest Law Review, vol. 56, no. 4 (2021) [preprint]

"Empathy for the Vulnerable? The Fourth Circuit's Internal Struggle to Grapple with the Trump Administration's Immigration Policies," West Virginia Law Review Online, vol. 123, no. 2 (2021) [Part I] [Part II]

The Legacy of Racism within the U.S. Border Patrol (American Immigration Council, Feb. 2021) [text]

Pulling Back the Curtain: Analysis of New Government Data on Temporary Protected Status (CLINIC, March 2021) [text]

Multimedia:

“People coming from the Western Hemisphere have been perceived as inherently not refugees,” Latin America Today (WOLA, April 2021) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Values and Racism in American Immigration Views (Niskanen Center, March 2021) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Resources:

Center for Inclusion and Belonging [access]
- A project of the American Immigration Council that will work to "build a cohesive America where all people are welcomed and included."

Executive Office for Immigration Review Policy Manual [access]
- "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is pleased to present its first comprehensive interactive Policy Manual.  ...For the first time, all of EOIR’s operational guidance related to case adjudications is now available in one comprehensive document, updated to reflect current law and practice."

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