25 February 2022

Regional Focus: United States

Blog posts & press:

The Board of Immigration Appeals Will Now Provide the Public with Access to Its Unpublished Decisions (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

Deploring the Violence, Abandoning the Victim (Just Security, Feb. 2022) [text]
- Discusses fleeing gang violence in Central America as a basis for asylum.

Judicial Imperialism and the “Remain in Mexico” Ruling (Lawfare Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

More migrants are dying along the US-Mexico border, but it’s hard to say how big the problem actually is (The Conversation, Feb. 2022) [text]

Reports: 

Centering Race and Structural Racism in Immigration Policy Research: Considerations and Lessons from the Field (Urban Institute, Dec. 2021) [text]

The Continuing Impact of the Pandemic on Immigration Court Case Completions (TRAC, Feb. 2022) [text]

Deadly Inertia: Needless Delay of “Particular Social Group” Regulations Puts Asylum Seekers at Risk (Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Feb. 2022) [text]

The Dehumanizing Work of Immigration Law (Brennan Center, July 2021) [text]

“How Can You Throw Us Back?” Asylum Seekers Abused in the US and Deported to Harm in Cameroon (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2022) [access]
- A French version is also available.

MPP as a Microcosm: What’s Wrong with Asylum at the Border and How to Fix It (Refugees International, Feb. 2022) [text]

Articles:

"Mounting Backlogs Undermine U.S. Immigration System and Impede Biden Policy Changes," Migration Information Source, 23 Feb. 2022 [text]

"Ready to Stay: A Comprehensive Analysis of the US Foreign-Born Populations Eligible for Special Legal Status Programs and for Legalization Under Pending Bills," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 4 Feb. 2022 [open access]

"Re-Defining Particular Social Group in the United States: Looking to International Guidance in the Wake of the Matter of A-B- Vacatur," Fordham International Law Journal, vol. 45, no. 3 (2022) [full-text]

Resource:

'Remain in Mexico': Overview and Resources (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2022) [access]

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