Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Federal government is challenging Texas’s buoys in the Rio Grande – here’s why these kinds of border blockades wind up complicating immigration enforcement (The Conversation, July 2023) [text]

- See also related CNN article.

Nativism and Islamophobia might explain why some Asian Pacific Americans have anti-refugee attitudes (USAPP Blog, July 2023) [text]

States Continue to Lead on Inclusive Immigration Policies: A 2023 Midyear Review of State Legislative Sessions (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2023) [text]

Stays in CBP Custody are Getting Longer Due to ‘Phone Booth Asylum’ Policy (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2023) [text]

Teaching Asylum Process at the Border (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2023) [text]

The True Impact of Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Asylum, Religion, and the Tests for Our Compassion," New York Univ. Law Review, vol. 98, Online Feature (April 2023) [full-text]

At the Breaking Point: Rethinking the U.S. Immigration Court System (Migration Policy Institute, July 2023) [text]

Central American Migration: Root Causes and U.S. Policy (Congressional Research Service, updated July 2023) [text]

The Department of Homeland Security’s “Metering” Policy: Legal Issues (Congressional Research Service, updated July 2023) [text]

Facing an Impossible Choice: The Asylum Ban and CBP One (National Immigration Project and Together & Free, July 2023) [access]

Immigration Judge Hiring and Projected Impact on the Immigration Courts Backlog (Congressional Research Service, July 2023) [text]

"In the Twilight Zone: Record Number of U.S. Immigrants Are in Limbo Statuses," Migration Information Source, 2 Aug. 2023 [text]

Refugee Protection Travesty: Biden Asylum Ban Endangers and Punishes At-Risk Asylum Seekers (Human Rights First, July 2023) [access]

Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure (Congressional Research Service, updated July 2023) [text]

Travel Bans: Mormons and Muslims, William & Mary Law School Research Paper, no. 09-472 (SSRN, July 2023) [text]

Multimedia:

Straining under the Backlog: Fixing a U.S. Immigration Court System in Crisis, 20 July 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (10 July 2023)