16 November 2021

Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts & press:

Biden administration widens scope of Temporary Protected Status for immigrants (Pew Fact Tank, Oct. 2021) [text]

The Border Isn’t Open. Just 1 in 3 People at the Border Last Year Could Access the Asylum Process (Immigration Impact Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

It Is Too Simple to Call 2021 a Record Year for Migration at the U.S.-Mexico Border (MPI Commentary, Oct. 2021) [text]

New Hypocrisy in US Immigration Policy: Administration Ends One Abusive Program, Keeps Title 42 Expulsions in Place (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Asylum Grant Rates Climb Under Biden (TRAC, Nov. 2021) [text]

"Biden Immigration Enforcement Priorities Emphasize a Multi-Dimensional View of Migrants," Migration Information Source, 28 Oct. 2021 [text]

A Guide to Title 42 Expulsions at the Border (American Immigration Council, updated Oct. 2021) [text]

"Human Rights–Based Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in a Legal Service Organization," Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, Latest Articles, 26 Oct. 2021 [free full-text]

“Illegal and Inhumane”: Biden Administration Continues Embrace of Trump Title 42 Policy as Attacks on People Seeking Refuge Mount (Human Rights First, Oct. 2021) [text]

"Making Citizenship an Organizing Principle of the US Immigration System: An Analysis of How and Why to Broaden Access to Permanent Residence and Naturalization for New Americans," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 28 Sept. 2021 [open access]

"Non-State Actors 'Under Color of Law:' Closing a Gap in Protection Under the Convention Against Torture," Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 35 (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Recommendations for the Biden Administration: Upholding U.S. Refugee Law and Restoring Asylum (Human Rights First, Oct. 2021) [text]

Restoring Access to Asylum: Safely Reopening Ports of Entry at the US-Mexico Border (Women's Refugee Commission, Oct. 2021) [text]

Termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols (Govt. of the United States, Oct. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for Homeland Security memo and explanation.

"They Treat You Like You Are Worthless": Internal DHS Reports of Abuses by US Border Officials (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2021) [text]

"The Unexamined Law of Deportation," Georgetown Law Journal, vol. 110 (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Well-Founded Fear: Understanding Legal Challenges and Best Practices for Sikh Asylum Applicants and Their Attorneys (Sikh Coalition et al., Oct. 2021) [text via ImmigrationProf Blog]

Multimedia:

Abusing Public Health Powers at the Border: Litigating “Title 42” Deportations Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 8 Nov. 2021 [access]

World of Migration: Building a Modern U.S. Immigration and Asylum System in the National Interest, 20 Oct. 2021 [access]

Resource:

Immigration Policy Tracking Project [access]
- This resource on Trump-era immigration policies has shifted its focus, according to this update: "We now follow every detail of those policies' fates as they are addressed (or not) by the Biden-Harris Administration, courts, and other actors. Glance at the home page and you'll know right away that out of 1,059 known Trump policy actions, 214 are no longer in effect. And that 220 have been acted on in some manner by the Biden-Harris Administration, plus 92 addressed by the courts. Digging a little deeper, you can now easily find how many, and which, policies have been revoked, enjoined, modified, delayed, or otherwise acted on. Discover at your fingertips which ones remain in place."

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