21 July 2025

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

*Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

"Here are the 3rd-countries where the Trump admin is deporting migrants," Axios, 16 July 2025 [text]

ICE memo approves third‑country removals with six‑hour notice (JURIST News, July 2025) [text]

A law from the era of Red Scares is supercharging Trump administration’s power over immigrants and noncitizens (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

"More immigration judges are being fired amid Trump's efforts to speed up deportations," NPR, 15 July 2025 [text]

The Supreme Court and Donald Trump Battle Over Immigration: Will the Law Prevail? (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2025) [text]

Supreme Court Decision Sparks Confusion, Creates New Hurdles for Federal Court Review of Removal Orders (Immigration Impact Blog, July 2025) [text]

Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated (Gallup News, July 2025) [text]
- See also similar findings in recent CNN poll.

"Trump says he wants to deport ‘the worst of the worst.’ Government data tells another story," AP News, 12 July 2025 [text]

Understanding DHS’s and ICE’s New Powers in Comparative Perspective (Just Security, July 2025) [text]
- See also related podcast recording below.

Law review articles:

"Comparative Visions for a U.S. Group-Based Asylum Proposal," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 57 (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"A New Opportunity to Reformulate the Definition of a Particular Social Group Post Chevron," Intercultural Human Rights Law Review, vol. 20 (Forthcoming, 2025) [full-text via SSRN]

"Probable Cause Deportation," Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, vol. 59 (Forthcoming, 2026) [preprint]

"Racial Disparities in Crime Based Removal Proceedings," Minnesota Law Review, vol. 109, no. 5 (2025) [full-text]

"Understanding the Use of Policy Narratives in Protests Among Russian Asylum Seekers in Guam," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 24 Feb. 2025 [ResearchGate]

"We Can't Apply from the Grave: Why the Asylum Standard of Proof Fails Those Who Need It Most," American Univ. Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, vol. 32, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

Resources:

Free/Open Books for Immigration and Crimmigration (Kit Johnson) [access]
- An update of Crimmigration Law: An Open Casebook as well as a supplement to both this casebook and an immigration law casebook will be posted later this month on the author's website. In the meantime, paperback versions are available for purchase.

Immigration Judge Dashboard (Center for Gender & Refugee Studies) [access]
- "The IJ Dashboard is a CGRS technical assistance (TA) tool that allows registered users to access aggregated anonymized case outcome data for asylum and other fear-based claims reported by other advocates." Read more about it in this related article.

Report on the Trump Administration's 2025 Changes to Immigration Law (New York City Bar, updated June 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

What Just Happened, The Budget Bill and the Future of DHS and ICE (Just Security Podcast, July 2025) [access]

*UPDATED

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