27 March 2025

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunities:

Call for registration: The Dual Role of Immigration & Citizenship Law: Exploring Inclusion, Exclusion and Reform for 2025 and Beyond, Newark, NJ, 3-4 April 2025 [info]

Webinar: Immigration Actions in First 100 Days of Trump Second Term, 24 April 2025 [info]

Call for registration: 2025 AILA Annual Conference and Webcast on Immigration Law, Denver/Online, 18-21 June 2025 [info]
- Early bird deadline is 21 May 2025.

Short pieces:

4 Ways Trump is Going after Legal Immigrants (Intelligencer, March 2025) [text]

Executive Order: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2025) [text]
- Monitor the ImmigrationProf Blog for more updates on this unfolding story. The Just Security Blog also has extensive analysis of this new action and other relevant posts can be found on AILA's Featured IssueAP NewsThe Conversation, and Immigration Impact.

The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Lawyers (The Asylumist Blog, March 2025) [text]

Green Card Applications for Refugees and Asylees Suspended by Trump Administration (Documented NY, March 2025) [text]

How worried should legal immigrants be about Trump’s deportations? (Vox, March 2025) [text]
- See also related Intelligencer post.

International Law Under Pressure: An Analysis of the First Six Weeks of the 2025 Trump US Administration (Verfassungsblog, March 2025) [text]
- See esp. subsection 9, "Defunding the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)" and subsections 13-15, under "Immigration and Refugee Policies."

The Khalil Case and the Difference Lawful Permanent Resident Status Makes (Lawfare Blog, March 2025) [text]

The Missing Due Process for Gang Allegations (Just Security Blog, March 2025) [text]

Naturalized Immigrants Probably Voted Republican in 2024 (Cato At Liberty Blog, March 2025) [text]

Shifting Priorities: How the Official English Executive Order Could Affect Language Access Efforts (MPI, March 2025) [text]

Trump Administration Terminates Lawful Status of Nearly 500,000 Foreign Nationals, Throwing Families, Employers, and Communities into Turmoil (AILA, March 2025) [text]

Trump Administration to Asylum Officers and IJs: Go Faster (The Asylumist Blog, March 2025) [text]

With Liberty and Justice for All: The Importance of “Know Your Rights” Education (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2025) [text]

For more info on these and other developments, check out TRAC News and this post on keeping up.

Reports & journal articles:

Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border: February 2025 (Strauss Center, March 2025) [text]
- See also related Newsweek article.

Immigrant Families Express Worry as They Prepare for Policy Changes (Urban Institute, March 2025) [text]

"Lighten the Load: Why the Government Should Bear the Burden of Proving the Validity of an Alien's Appellate Waiver During a Removal Order Collateral Attack," William & Mary Law Review, vol. 66, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

"Tapping Ancient Wartime and Security Laws, Trump Administration Dramatically Expands Immigration Powers," Migration Information Source, 21 March 2025 [text]

Multimedia:

Best Practices: How to Respond to Mass Deportation Tactics, 13 March 2025 [access]

Catholic Social Teaching and Work with Migrants and Refugees at a Time of Uncertainty, 24 March 2025 [access]
- Here's the program. Additional videos are available via the playlist on the right.

The State of Play: An Update on Immigration Policy Changes, 18 March 2025 [access]
- Note: This older article was referenced during the webinar.

Resources:

Navigating Trump's Second Term (IRAP) [access]

Related posts:

No comments: