25 January 2024

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Republicans are pushing for drastic asylum changes – an immigration law scholar breaks down the proposal (The Conversation, Jan. 2024) [text]

"Why Wealthy Nations Need to Preserve the Rights of Refugees," Forbes, 9 Jan. 2024 [text]

"With Border Deal Near, Parole and Money Take Center Stage in Senate Talks," New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024 [text]
- See also related update from WOLA and *post on ImmigrationProf blog.

Reports:

Changing Partisan Opinions on Immigration (UC Berkeley, Sept. 2023) [text]

Humanitarian Parole Authority: A Legal Overview and Recent Developments (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2024) [text]

*Migration at the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Challenge Decades in the Making (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2024) [text]

No Right to Life: Lives Lost and the Legalized Violence That Shaped a Humanitarian Crisis in the Arizona Borderlands, CLALS Working Paper, no. 44 (Loyola Univ. Chicago & American Univ., Nov. 2023) [text via SSRN]

Shifting Realities at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Immigration Enforcement and Control in a Fast-Evolving Landscape (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2024) [text]

A Ten-Year Look at Inadmissible Migrants and Paroled Migrants at Ports of Entry (TRAC, Jan. 2024) [text]

Too Few Immigration Attorneys: Average Representation Rates Fall from 65% to 30% (TRAC, Jan. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Asylum seeker trauma in a student-run clinic: reducing barriers to forensic medical evaluations," Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 32, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

"Biden at the Three-Year Mark: The Most Active Immigration Presidency Yet is Mired in Border Crisis Narrative," Migration Information Source, 19 Jan. 2024 [text]

"Identifying resilience-promoting factors for refugee survivors of torture," Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 32, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

"Jesus was a Refugee: Religious Values Framing Can Increase Support for Refugees among White Evangelical Republicans," Political Behavior, Latest Articles, 12 Jan. 2024 [open access]

"Remote evaluations for humanitarian parole of asylum seekers to the United States: The case of MA," Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 33, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Resource:

Immigration Legislation Database (National Conference of State Legislatures) [access]
- "This database covers bills and resolutions related to immigration and immigrants, including a wide range of topics such as education, employment, health, licensing and public benefits, among others. It includes enacted legislation and adopted resolutions from 2024 to the present and is updated annually or as legislation is identified by NCSL staff. Legislation tracked from 2008 to 2023 is linked at the bottom of this page."

*UPDATED

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