Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts & press:

Biden Will Admit Asylum Seekers Ordered Deported Under Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols (Immigration Impact Blog, June 2021) [text]

- See also related statements of support.

Can Biden pass immigration reform? History says it will be tough (Fix Gov Blog, June 2021) [text]

The COVID-19 Pandemic Made USCIS Backlogs Go from Bad to Worse (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2021) [text]

The dip in the US birthrate isn’t a crisis, but the fall in immigration may be (The Conversation, June 2021) [text]

Doubling Down on Deterrence (Just Security, July 2021) [text]

Experts Remind DHS Secretary Seeking Asylum is a Human Right — Regardless of How You Arrive (Amnesty International, July 2021) [text]

"The false promises of more immigration enforcement," Vox, 3 June 2021 [text]

New Biden 21-Point Border Asylum Plan (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2021) [text]

The Value of Temporary Protected Status as a U.S. Policy Tool (Niskanen Center Blog, June 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Analyzing Views of the Ease of Legal Immigration from Mexico into the US," E-International Relations, 11 July 2021 [open access]

- See also related article on International Policy Digest.

Disorderly and Inhumane: Biden Administration Continues to Expel Asylum Seekers to Danger While U.S. Border Communities Stand Ready to Welcome (Human Rights First, July 2021) [text]

Fact Sheet: The Biden Administration Blueprint for a Fair, Orderly and Humane Immigration System (White House, July 2021) [text]

How Many Pending Deportation Cases are There in Your State? TRAC’s Updated Mapping Tool Has the Answer (TRAC, June 2021) [text]

Immigration Court Asylum Hearings Versus “Review” of Asylum Officers’ Decisions (Human Rights First, June 2021) [text]

Needs Improvement: A Progress Report on the Biden Administration’s Record on Making the United States a Safe Refuge (Amnesty International, June 2021) [text]

"Represented But Unequal: The Contingent Effect of Legal Representation in Removal Proceedings," Law & Society Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Undocumented Activism and Minor Politics: Inside the Cramped Political Spaces of Deportation Defense Campaigns," Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, vol. 53, no. 2 (March 2021) [preprint]

"Vietnamese America: On ‘Good Refugees’, Fake News, and Historical Amnesia," Asian American Research Journal, vol. 1, no, 1 (2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

Global Women & World Refugee Day: Feminist Perspectives on the Response to the Crisis at the US Southern Border, 16 June 2021 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (17 June 2021)