Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Asylum Cooperative Agreements and the Fiction of the Safe Third Country (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

- See also related CBS News article.

DOJ’s Dangerous Silence in the Face of Federal Immigration Agents’ Violent Tactics (Just Security, Jan. 2026) [text]

- See also related listing of "use of force policies issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, and the Department of Justice" and a Marshall Project report on the repeated use of deadly force by immigration agents. 

The Most Important Immigration Stories of 2025 (CATO At Liberty Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

No Hearing Necessary: Pretermission and Third-Country Deportations in Immigration Court (bklg Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans during World War II (The Conversation, Jan. 2026) [text]

Trump v. Illinois: A Narrow Supreme Court Decision with Broad Implications (Just Security, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the federalization of National Guard forces in response to protests against ICE.

**Visit the Americas Migration Brief and ImmProf Blog for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.**

Multimedia:

Year in review: Trump's immigration policy (NPR Politics Podcast, Dec. 2025) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (19 Dec. 2025)