26 January 2026

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

2025 was the 2nd Safest Year for Border Patrol and ICE Agents (CATO AT Liberty Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

The Categorical Approach to Removal Post Loper-Bright (ILJ Online, Dec. 2025) [text]

Dirty (Baker’s) Dozen: 13 Harmful Trump 2.0 Administration Immigration, Citizenship, and Refugee Policies, as of January 20, 2026 (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2026) [text]

ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north (The Conversation, Jan. 2026) [text]
- See also related OHCHR press release.

ICE, Lies, and Videotape (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]
- See also related Just Security posts (here and here). 

In light of harsh repression in Iran, the US should grant Temporary Protected Status to Iranians already here (Niskanen Center, Jan. 2026) [text]

Most of the 1 million Venezuelans in the United States arrived within the past decade (The Conversation, Jan. 2026) [text]

New Ban Bars Half of Legal Immigrants, Even Citizens’ Spouses & Kids (CATO AT Liberty Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Noncitizens Were Underrepresented in Welfare Fraud Convictions in 2024 (CATO AT Liberty Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Show Your Work: Visualizing the Deportation Data Problem (Austin Kocher Substack, Jan. 2026) [text]

Trump’s immigration crackdown faces growing disapproval from voters (The Hill, Jan. 2026) [text]
- See also related CS Monitor article.

Trump’s Remigration Agenda and Its Implications (RLI Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

The Two Million Deportation Myth: How Aggressive ICE Enforcement Distorts Immigration Data (Center for Migration Studies, Jan. 2026) [text]

‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge (The Conversation, Jan. 2026) [text]

What a Proper Investigation of Alex Pretti’s Killing Would Look Like (Just Security, Jan. 2026) [text]

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

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