06 August 2025

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Big Budget Act Creates a ‘Deportation Industrial Complex’ That Will be Hard to Dismantle (Just Security, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Can the U.S. deport someone who’s lived here for 30 years without an immigration hearing?," Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2025 [text]

Deportation tactics from 4 US presidents have done little to reduce the undocumented immigrant population (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

Due process: What it means in US law and its implications for migrant rights (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

Green Card Interviews for Asylees – or – The End of the “Pause” (The Asylumist Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

Immigration and Refugee Policy Under Trump (Refugee Watch Online, July 2025) [text]

Immigration courts hiding the names of ICE lawyers goes against centuries of precedent and legal ethics requiring transparency in courts (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

The impact of reassigning 6,700 federal workers to immigration (Niskanen Center, Aug. 2025) [text]

Masked and armed agents are arresting people on US streets as aggressive immigration enforcement ramps up (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

One in Five ICE Arrests Are Latinos on the Streets with No Criminal Past or Removal Order (CATO At Liberty Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

Race and empathy help explain why not all refugees are welcomed equally (United States Politics & Policy Blog, July 2025) [text]

A Reminder from Brad Swanson in the Nation: "What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan" (ImmigrationProf Blog, July 2025) [text]

Should I Stay or Should I Go? On the Morality of Working in Immigration Enforcement (The Asylumist Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Trump is Building a Machine to Disappear People," New York Times, 23 July 2025 [text]

"Trump’s losing support fast on what used to be his most winning issues," MSNBC, 27 July 2025 [text]

Unpacking Florida’s immigration trends − demographers take a closer look at the legal and undocumented population (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Before ICE: A Guide for Parents at Risk of Deportation or Detention (Documented, July 2025) [text via ImmigrationProf Blog]

"Beyond ICE: State and Local Authorities Become Central to Trump Administration Deportations Strategy," Migration Information Source, 30 July 2025 [text]

Immigration Law: An Open Casebook, Version 3.0 (Kit Johnson) [access via ImmigrationProf Blog]

Managing migration under pressure: Lessons from the Biden presidency to build a migration policy in the national interest (Brookings, July 2025) [text]

Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America (American Immigration Council, July 2025) [text]

Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban: Who is Affected and What It Could Cost the U.S. Economy (American Immigration Council, Aug. 2025) [text]
- See also related press release.

Ukraine Assistance: U.S. Coordinated on a Broad Range of Aid to Displaced Persons and Refugees Amidst Various Challenges (US Government Accountability Office, July 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

United States: Human rights situation of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, 24 July 2025 [access]
- Public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. See more info from Refugees International and testimony from Human Rights First.

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