Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts & press:

Biden Administration Maintains Title 42 Expulsion Policy (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

"Biden’s immigration policy isn’t Trump’s — but it’s still a disappointment," Vox, 4 Aug. 2021 [text]

UNHCR concerned over U.S. expulsion flights under COVID-19 asylum restrictions (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text]

USCIS Has Been Busy Expanding Access to Legal Immigration and Restoring Some Humanitarian Protections (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Assessment: U.S. Compliance with the Refugee Convention at its 70th Anniversary (Human Rights First, July 2021) [text]

Asylum Eligibility for Applicants Fleeing Gang and Domestic Violence: Recent Developments (Congressional Research Service, updated Aug. 2021) [text]

At What Rate Do Noncitizens Appear for Their Removal Hearings? Measuring In Absentia Removal Order Rates (Congressional Research Service, updated Aug. 2021) [text]

Neither Safety nor Health: How Title 42 Expulsions Harm Health and Violate Rights (Physicians for Human Rights, July 2021) [text]

Study Reveals Shortcomings and Opportunities in U.S. Immigration Coverage (Internews, Aug. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35 (2020-2021) [access]

- The articles in the three issues in this volume are now freely available via the GILJ web site. Many of them focus on US immigration and asylum law and policy matters. Follow the link to access them.

"Telephone interpreting for asylum seekers in the US: a corpus-based study," JoSTrans: The Journal of Specialised Translation, no. 36 (July 2021) [open access]

"Unwilling or Unable? The Failure to Conform the Nonstate Actor Standard in Asylum Claims to the Refugee Act," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 52, no. 2 (Winter 2020) [full-text]

"U.S. Government Rush to Evacuate Afghan Allies and Allocate Sufficient Special Visas Comes at Eleventh Hour," Migration Information Source, 27 July 2021 [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (29 July 2021)