Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Asylum or Exile? A Look at How the Trump Administration is Changing U.S. Asylum Policies," University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, vol. 52, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2020; posted Feb. 2021) [full-text]

"Legal Snags and Possible Increases in Border Arrivals Complicate Biden’s Immigration Agenda," Migration Information Source, 25 Feb. 2021 [text]

"The Migrant Protection Protocols: A Death Knell for Asylum," UC Irvine Law Review, vol. 11, no. 3 (2021) [full-text]

"Unseen Policies: Trump’s Little-Known Immigration Rules as Executive Power Grab," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"'What does a torture survivor look like?' Nonverbal communication in US asylum interviews and hearings," Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, Latest Articles, 13 Feb. 2021 [free full-text]

Multimedia:

Biden's Immigration Agenda: Immediate Actions Taken, 4 Feb. 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

Covering Central American Migration at a Crossroads, 11 Feb. 2021 [access]

- Note: The recording does not cover the entire discussion.

What to Expect on Immigration from the Biden Administration, 17 Feb. 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording, slides and handouts.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (8 March 2021)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Blog posts:

Sanctuary Policies, Immigration, and Public Safety (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

Through the Looking Glass, Darkly: The Supreme Court’s Muslim Travel Ban Decision (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

US: Newly Released Files Show Fast-Track to Deportation (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2020) [text]

Reports:

Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Petitioners v. Innovation Law Lab, et al., Respondents [text]

- Other friend of the court briefs can be accessed via the Supreme Court docket page for this case.

Cruelty, Coercion, and Legal Contortions: The Trump Administration’s Unsafe Asylum Cooperative Agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Jan. 2021) [text]

Factsheet: Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) (Bridge Initiative, Nov. 2020) [text]

- Note: The Bridge Initiative is a multi-year research project on Islamophobia housed in Georgetown University.

Factsheet: Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) (Bridge Initiative, Nov. 2020) [text]

Measuring In Absentia Removal in Immigration Court (American Immigration Council, Jan. 2021) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Obscure but Powerful: Shaping U.S. Immigration Policy through Attorney General Referral and Review (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2021) [text]

Priorities for the 117th Congress: Humanitarian Engagement for Displaced Populations (Refugees International, Jan. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Bringing Racial Justice to Immigration Law," Northwestern University Law Review (Forthcoming 2021) [preprint]

"Critical Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccination of Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants," American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Ahead of Print, 13 Jan. 2021 [open access]

“U.S. 'Asylum Cooperative Agreements' with Central American Countries Are Unlawful,” Human Rights Brief, vol. 27, no. 2 (Winter 2020) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 122.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (Biden Administration) (29 Jan. 2021)

Regional Focus: United States

Opportunity:

Workshop: Immigration Law in the Time of COVID, 29 January 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Biden’s Migration Policy Options (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

‘Death to Asylum’ Rule Halted in the Last Days of the Trump Administration (Immigration Impact, Jan. 2021) [text]

Fixing Asylum Part 4: Immigration Court (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

Salvaging US Refugee Law in 2021: The Case for Tackling the Problem of Discretionary Asylum (Just Security Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

Trump’s Drastic Immigration Court Fee Hikes Are Blocked in Court (Immigration Impact, Jan. 2021) [text]

“We Need Someone to See Us”: To Save Lives, the Biden Administration Should Quickly Restore Refugee Protection (Human Rights First Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

We tracked Trump’s immigration assault for 200+ weeks — what now? (Migratory Notes, Jan. 2021) [text]

A World in which Facts Matter (Asylos Blog, Dec. 2020) [text]

Reports:

Achieving America’s Immigration Promise: ABA Recommendations to Advance Justice, Fairness and Efficiency (American Bar Association, Jan. 2021) [text via Immigration Prof Blog]

Chaos, Cruelty, & Illegality: The Trump Administration’s Record on Asylum (Human Rights First, Jan. 2021) [text]

Forced into Danger: Human Rights Violations Resulting from the U.S. Migrant Protection Protocols (Physicians for Human Rights, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Protecting the Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Women’s Refugee Commission’s Recommendations to the Biden Administration (Women's Refugee Commission, Jan. 2021) [text]

Review of the Department of Justice’s Planning and Implementation of Its Zero Tolerance Policy and Its Coordination with the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Roadmap to Recovery: A Path Forward after the Remain in Mexico Program - Executive Summary (HIAS, Jan. 2021) [text]

The State of the Immigration Courts: Trump Leaves Biden 1.3 Million Case Backlog in Immigration Courts (TRAC, Jan. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Asylum Search: How the Supreme Court's Potential Ruling in the East Bay Sanctuary v. Barr Case May Change Our Interpretation of Asylee Rights Through the Honduras Deal," Fordham Undergraduate Law Review, vol. 2, no. 8 (2020) [full-text]

"Back and Forth: The Migrant Protection Protocols," The Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2021) [full-text]

Resources:

Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy: New Realities Call for New Answers (Migration Policy Institute) [access]

- Follow link for some of the research undertaken as part of this initiative.

Tracking Joe Biden's plans for refugees, asylum seekers and COVID-19 (International Rescue Committee, updated Jan. 2021) [access]

Tracking Notable Executive Branch Action During the Trump Administration (AILA) [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States (5 Jan. 2021)

- Regional Focus: US Immigration Policy under a New Administration (11 Nov. 2020)

News: New MPI Report on US Immigration Policy

The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) has published a report entitled "Dismantling and Reconstructing the U.S. Immigration System: A Catalog of Changes under the Trump Presidency," which comprehensively documents "more than 400 executive actions on immigration, spanning everything from border and interior enforcement, to refugee resettlement and the asylum system, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the immigration courts, and vetting and visa processes." It concludes in part: "Much of the White House's immigration agenda has been realized in the form of interlocking measures, with regulatory, policy, and programmatic changes driving towards shared policy goals. Though these largely administrative actions could, in theory, be undone by a future administration, this layered approach, coupled with the rapid-fire pace of change, makes it likely that the Trump presidency will have long-lasting effects on the U.S. immigration system."

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (29 July 2020)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (29 July 2020)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Interlocking Set of Trump Administration Policies at the U.S.-Mexico Border Bars Virtually All from Asylum," Migration Information Source, 27 Feb. 2020 [text]

"Barricading the Immigration Courts," Duke Law Journal Online, vol. 69 (Feb. 2020) [full-text]

"Darkside Discretion in Immigration Cases," Administrative Law Review (Forthcoming, 2020) [preprint]

"Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past?,"  American Economic Review: Insights, vol. 2, no. 1 (March 2020) [preprint]
- See also related appendix and earlier version of paper.

"Jus Post Bellum and Responsibilities to Refugees and Asylum Seekers," E-International Relations, 6 Feb. 2020 [full-text]

"Lawyers for the Undocumented: Addressing a Split Circuit Dilemma for Asylum-Seekers," Ohio State Law Journal (Forthcoming, 2020) [preprint]

"No End in Sight: What Happens When Immigrant-rights Advocates Reach a Breaking Point?," Virginia Quarterly Review, vol. 96, no. 1 (2020) [full-text]

"President Trump and Migration at 3," Migration Letters, vol. 17, no. 1 (Jan. 2020) [full-text]

"Reverse Migration to Mexico Led to US Undocumented Population Decline: 2010 to 2018," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 26 Feb. 2020 [open access]

"Seeking a Better Life: Asylum Law, the Migration Crisis and Available Legal Remedies," Inquiries Journal, vol. 12, no. 2 (2020) [full-text]

"The Use of Executive Orders and Proclamations to Create Immigration Policy: Trump in Historical Perspective," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 3 March 2020 [open access]

"What’s Wrong with Temporary Protected Status and How to Fix It: Exploring a Complementary Protection Regime," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 26 Feb. 2020 [open access]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (11 March 2020)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

*DHS Reveals New Details of Secretive Asylum Programs PACR and HARP (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2020) [text]

EOIR Proposes Huge Fee Increase (The Asylumist Blog, March 2020) [text]
- See also EOIR press release.

How Border Apprehensions, ICE Arrests and Deportations Have Changed under Trump (Pew's Fact Tank Blog, March 2020) [text]

"Immigration Officers Say Asylum Deal with Guatemala is Unlawful," New York Times, 6 March 2020 [text]

"Interlocking Set of Trump Administration Policies at the U.S.-Mexico Border Bars Virtually All from Asylum," Migration Information Source, 27 Feb. 2020 [text]

The Public-Charge Rule: Broad Impacts, But Few Will Be Denied Green Cards Based on Actual Benefits Use (MPI Commentary, March 2020) [text]

Summary: Appointment of USCIS Director Cuccinelli Violates Federal Vacancies Reform Act, Court Rules (Lawfare Blog, March 2020) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

"The Supreme Court Just Allowed Trump to Continue Sending Migrants Back to Mexico," Vox, 11 March 2020 [text]

"The Trump Administration is Gagging America’s Immigration Judges," The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2020 [text]
- See also related Just Security blog post.

Reports:

*Disinformation and Spin: Trump Administration Deploys Troops to Border, Paints Asylum Seekers and Attorneys as Threat: Fact Sheet (Human Rights First, March 2020) [text]

The Global Compact on Migration (GCM) and U.S. Policy (Congressional Research Service, Feb. 2020) [text]

Immigration (Congressional Research Service, Feb. 2020) [text]

Public Narratives and Attitudes Towards Refugees and Other Migrants: US Country Profile (ODI, March 2020) [text]

Safe Third Country Agreements with Northern Triangle Countries: Background and Legal Issues (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2020) [text]

Temporary Protected Status: Overview and Current Issues (Congressional Research Service, Feb. 2020) [text]
- Note: TPS was just extended for Somalia and Yemen. See also related factsheet.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (26 Feb. 2020)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (26 Feb. 2020)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Blog posts:

How Labels Affect the Perception of Migrants in the United States (ImmigrationProf Blog, May 2019) [text]

Trump Threatened Sanctuary Cities, and They Shrugged—Here’s Why (Fixgov Blog, May 2019) [text]

White House Releases Immigration Plan, Little Hope for a Comprehensive Deal without North Star (ImmigrationProf Blog, May 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Bordering a 'Crisis': Central American Asylum Seekers and the Reproduction of Dominant Border Enforcement Practices," Journal of the Southwest, vol. 60, no. 4 (Winter 2018) [ResearchGate]

The Department of Homeland Security’s Reported “Metering” Policy: Legal Issues (Congressional Research Service, April 2019) [text]

Eight Key U.S. Immigration Policy Issues: State of Play and Unanswered Questions (Migration Policy Institute, May 2019) [text]

"How to Decrease the Immigration Backlog: Expand Representation and End Unnecessary Detention," University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, vol. 52, no. 3 (2019) [full-text]

Immigration-related Policy Changes in the First Two Years of the Trump Administration (Migration Policy Institute, May 2019) [text]

Overstays Exceeded Illegal Border Crossers after 2010 Because Illegal Entries Dropped to Their Lowest Level in Decades (Center for Migration Studies, April 2019) [text]

The Role of Contact and Values in Public Attitudes toward Unauthorized Immigrants (American Immigration Council, April 2019) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

"Searching for Humanitarian Discretion in Immigration Enforcement: Reflections on a Year as an Immigration Attorney in the Trump Era," University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"The Trump Administration and the War on Immigration Diversity," Wake Forest Law Review, vol. 59 (2019) [SSRN]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (8 May 2019)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: United States

All Trump All the Time: A Conversation with Roberto Suro, Professor of Journalism and Public Policy at the University of Southern California (Tempest Tossed, Nov. 2018) [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

"As Midterm Vote Nears, Trump Reprises a Favorite Message: Fear Immigrants," New York Times, 1 Nov. 2018 [text]
- See also related Daily Beast article.

Asylum and Related Protections for Aliens Who Fear Gang and Domestic Violence, Legal Sidebar (Congressional Research Service, Oct. 2018) [text]

Asylum Reform, Not Troops, is the Solution to Current Border Reality (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Exclusive: Even Before the Caravan, Trump Took Steps to Use Travel Bans to Limit Asylum," Vox, 6 Nov. 2018 [text]

The Power to Exclude (SSRN, Oct. 2018) [text]

President Trump's Efforts to Turn Back the Clock and Change the Racial Demographics of Immigration (ImmigrationProf Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Reality Check: How the U.S. Asylum Process Works," Axios, 29 Oct. 2018 [text]

Religion and Refugees are Deeply Entwined in the US (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Rhetoric in Media and Politics," NPR, 28 Oct. 2018 [text]
- See also stories about the influence of Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric on convicted bombers plotting to kill Somali refugees and the Nigerian army quoting Trump's words to justify shooting rock-throwing protesters.

"Study Group on Immigrant Representation: The First Decade," Fordham Law Review, vol. 87, no. 2 (Nov. 2018) [full-text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (U.S.) (2 Nov. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (30 Oct. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (30 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plantiffs' Cross-motion for Summary Judgment (UNHCR, Sept. 2018) [text]
- Submitted in the case of Grace, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III.

Checkpoint Nation: Border Agents are Expanding Their Reach into the Country’s Interior (Investigative Fund, Sept. 2018) [text]

"Deporter-in-Chief: Obama v. Trump," Excerpts from American Presidents, Deportations, and Human Rights Violations: From Carter to Trump (Cambridge Univ. Press, Forthcoming, Nov. 2018) [preprint via SSRN]
- See also related blog post.

"The Executive Power of Political Emergency: The Travel Ban," University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, vol. 87, no. 3 (2018) [SSRN]

Tracking Over 2 Million ICE Arrests: A First Look (TRAC, Sept. 2018) [text]

The U.S. Asylum System in Crisis: Charting a Way Forward (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2018) [text]
- See below for related webinar.

Audiovisual media:

The U.S. Asylum System in Crisis: Charting a Way Forward, Webinar, 27 Sept. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for audio.

Will Immigration Policy be a Deciding Factor in the Midterm Elections? (Brookings Now Blog, Oct. 2018) [info]
- Follow link for video.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (9 Oct. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Australia

Achieving Change in Australian Refugee Policy: A Case Study in the Limits of Law and Political Activism? (Refugee Research Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]

"Australia and People Seeking Asylum Who Arrive by Boat," Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises (Oxford Univ. Press, Sept. 2018) [free full-text]

"Australia’s Extraterritorial Asylum Policies and the Making of Transit Sites," Chapter in Critical Perspectives on Migration in the Twenty-First Century (E-International Relations, Aug. 2018) [open access]

Australia’s Man-made Crisis on Nauru: Six Years on (Refugee Council of Australia & Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Sept. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Australia’s Refugee Policy: Not a Model for the World," International Studies, vol. 55, no. 1 (2018) [Academia]

"The Economic Cost of Australia’s Asylum Policies," Right Now Magazine, 21 Aug. 2018 [text]

Europe Wants to Process Asylum Seekers Offshore: The Lessons It Should Learn from Australia (Order from Chaos Blog, Aug. 2018) [text]

"Factors That Inhibit and Facilitate Wellbeing and Effectiveness in Counsellors Working with Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Australia," Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, vol. 12 (Aug. 2018) [open access]

"First Asylum Seekers Reach Australia Since 2014," VOA News, 27 Aug. 2018 [text]

"An Interview with the Honourable Peter Dutton, Australia's Minister of Home Affairs," International Migration, vol. 56, no. 5 (Sept. 2018) [free full-text]

"A Look into Australian Policy on Asylum Seekers and Refugees: A Humanitarian Effort or a Violation of Human Rights?," Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Politics, Economics and World Affairs, vol. 1, no. 1 (2018) [full-text]

Offshoring Asylum and Migration in Australia, Spain, Tunisia and the US: Lessons Learned and Feasibility for the EU (Centre for European Policy Studies, Sept. 2018) [text]
- Scroll to p. 9 for the Australia case study.

"Refugees in Indonesia Don't Want to Get on Boats. They Want Basic Rights," The Guardian, 30 Aug. 2018 [text]

"To Stop Italy’s Xenophobic Treatment of Refugees, the UN Should First Hold Australia Accountable," QZ, 23 Sept. 2018 [text]

"Where Now for Immigration Policy?," Inside Story, 29 Aug. 2018 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Oceania (20 Aug. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Event:

The U.S. Asylum System in Crisis: First Steps for Rescue, Webinar, 27 September 2018 [info]
- "This webinar will mark the publication of an important MPI report that analyses the factors that have brought the U.S. asylum system to a crisis point and proposes common-sense steps that can be implemented now to jump-start rescuing it."

Blog posts & commentary:

The Beat Goes On: Attorney General Reviews More BIA Rulings (ImmigrationProf Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]

Blueprint: How to Address the Global Refugee Crisis and Safeguard U.S. National Security (Human Rights First, Sept. 2018) [text]

 In a Speech to New Immigration Judges, Attorney General Sessions Attacks Immigration Lawyers and Judicial Independence (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]
- See also related NYT article.

An Open Letter to the “Complicit” Asylum Officer (The Asylumist Blog, Sept. 2018) [text]

People Leave Footprints: Millions More Unauthorized Immigrants Cannot Be ‘Hidden’ in Data Estimates (Migration Policy Institute, Sept. 2018) [text]

Revoking Status from Those Who Fled Violence (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Sept. 2018) [text]

Audiovisual media:

Let Me Count the Ways (This American Life, Sept. 2018) [access]
- Discusses the "quiet bureaucratic war that’s even targeting legal immigrants." Follow link for audio and transcript.

Tempest Tossed Podcasts (Zolberg Institute, 2018) [access]
- "In-depth conversations what’s happening on the ground and how to understand current policy debates” in the U.S.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (6 Sept. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (6 Sept. 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Australia

2018 Lowy Institute Poll (June 2018) [text]
- See esp. views on immigration.

Boats and Beyond: A Frank Talk about Refugee Policy and Solutions, Sydney, 26 May 2018 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

"The Case of the Disappearing Athletes," New York Times, 29 May 2018 [text]

Fairness and Efficiency in the Migration ‘Fast Track’ Process (AUSPUBLAW Blog, May 2018) [text]

"Food-based Social Enterprises and Asylum Seekers: The Food Justice Truck," Nutrients, vol. 10, no. 6 (June 2018) [open access]

Forging Futures: How Young People Settling in Victoria are Faring (Centre for Multicultural Youth, April 2018) [text]

"Memory and Family in Australian Refugee Histories," Immigrants & Minorities, vol. 36, no. 2 (2018) [free full-text]
- Introductory article to special issue.

"Refugee Policy: A Cruel Bipartisanship," Chapter in Double Disillusion : The 2016 Australian Federal Election (ANU Press, 2018) [open access]

States of Refuge: Access to Health, Housing and Education for People Seeking Asylum and Refugees in Australia (Liberty Victoria, July 2018) [text]

"There’s a Workable Alternative to Australia’s Asylum Policy," The Guardian, 31 May 2018 [text]

"The Uncertain Future of Australia’s Pacific Solution," San Diego International Law Journal, vol. 19, no. 2 (2017) [full-text]

UNHCR Fact Sheet on Situation of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (UNHCR, July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Unveiling the Public Interest: The Parameters of Executive Discretion in Australian Migration Legislation, Research Paper, no. 2018-64 (Univ. of Adelaide, ) [text via SSRN]

With Empty Hands: How the Australian Government is Forcing People Seeking Asylum to Destitution (Refugee Council of Australia, June 2018) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (25 May 2018)

Tagged Publications.

News: Supreme Court Hears Travel Ban Case

Update:

Here are the audio and the transcript of today's oral arguments.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the "travel ban" case today. This ImmigrationProf blog post highlights the questions to be considered and provides links to previews of the matter and other materials, while this Vox article provides a history of the various iterations of and rulings on the travel ban to date.

Here is some additional commentary:

Official Intentions and Political Legitimacy: The Case of the Travel Ban, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper, no. 2018-22 (Univ. of Virginia, April 2018) [text via SSRN]

The Overlooked Legal Challenge to Trump’s Travel Ban (Harvard Law Review Blog, April 2018) [text]

"Republicans to the Court: Strike Down the Travel Ban," New York Times, 24 April 2018 [text]

The Supreme Court Should Rethink Deference to the Executive in the Travel Ban Case (Just Security Blog, April 2018) [text]

The Travel Ban and Presidential Power (Lawfare Blog, April 2018) [text]

"The Travel Ban's Ignominious Precedents," The Atlantic, 16 April 2018 [text]

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: United States

Deconstructing the Invisible Wall (AILA, March 2018) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

"Even as Congress Remains on Sidelines, the Trump Administration Slows Legal Immigration," Migration Information Source, 22 March 2018 [text]

"Getting it Righted: Access to Counsel in Rapid Removals," Marquette Law Review (Forthcoming) [full-text via SSRN]

"How America Fell Behind the World on Immigration," Politico Magazine, 19 March 2018 [text]

"Leveraging Social Science Expertise in Immigration Policy," Northwestern University Law Review, vol. 112 (Forthcoming, 2018) [preprint]

On the Brink of Deportation (NRC, March 2018) [text]

"The President's Immigration Courts," Emory Law Review (Forthcoming, 2018) [full-text]

Senate Confirms Kevin McAleenan as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Immigration Impact, March 2018) [text]

Tips from a Former Asylum Officer (The Asylumist Blog, March 2018) [text]

The U.S. Immigration Debate: Backgrounder (Council on Foreign Relations, updated March 2018) [text]

"When ICE Tries to Deport Americans, Who Defends Them?," New Yorker, 21 March 2018 [text]

Related posts:
- News/Funding Opportunities: U.S. State Department (16 March 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States (16 March 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

News/Funding Opportunities: U.S. State Department

News:

The U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, was fired on 13 March 2018. The following references highlight some of the refugee- and migration-related actions taken by, as well as the damage done to, the State Department during his brief tenure.

Articles & blog posts:

• "At Trump’s State Department, Eight of Ten Top Jobs Are Empty," Bloomberg, updated 13 March 2018 [text]
• "How Rex Tillerson Wrecked the State Department," New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2017 [text]
• The Personnel Crisis Awaiting the Next Secretary of State (Just Security Blog, March 2018) [text]
• "Refugee Skeptic Lands Top State Department Refugee Job," Politico, 8 March 2018 [info]
• "Rex Tillerson Has Been Fired. Experts Say He Did Damage That Could Last 'a Generation'," Vox, 13 March 2018 [text]
• "State Dept. Seeks Tougher Visa Scrutiny, including Social Media Checks," Reuters, 4 May 2017 [text]
• "State Department Tells Refugee Agencies to Downsize U.S. Operations," Reuters, 21 Dec. 2017 [text]

State Dept. statements:

• Resuming the United States Refugee Admissions Program with Enhanced Vetting Capabilities, 24 Oct. 2017 [text]
• Status of the Central American Minors Program, 8 Nov. 2017 [text]
• U.S. Ends Participation in the Global Compact on Migration, 3 Dec. 2017 [text]
• Presidential Proclamation Fully Implemented Today, 8 Dec. 2017 [text]
• Spokesperson Nauert on Mr. Isaacs' Nomination for IOM Director General, Announced in State Department Press Briefing, 1 Feb. 2018 [Twitter]

Funding opportunities:

Despite everything, the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration has continued to issue notices of funding opportunities for NGOs; here are the latest:

NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 12 April 2018.

Request for Concept Notes for NGO Projects Benefiting Urban Refugees in South Africa [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 12 April 2018.

NGO Programs Benefiting Asylum Seekers and Vulnerable Migrants from Venezuela [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 16 April 2018.

Tibetan Refugees in India and Nepal [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 17 April 2018.

Global Programming to Further Innovation in Addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Conflict-Affected Humanitarian Emergencies [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 4 May 2018.

Reception and Placement Program [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 14 May 2018.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: Australia

"Australia: A Welcoming Destination for Some," Migration Information Source, 15 Feb. 2018 [text]

Changing Australian Attitudes to People Seeking Asylum & Refugees, with Jana Favero of the ASRC (The Strife, Feb. 2018) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Heading North, Staying North? The Increasing Importance of International Migrants to Northern and Remote Australia (Lowy Institute, Jan. 2018) [text]

The Legitimisation of Australia’s Deterrent Migration Policy (e-International Relations, Jan. 2018) [text]

Nurturing Strengths, Challenging Myths: People Seeking Asylum and the Role of Support and Advocacy Organisations (Univ of Newcastle, Jan. 2018) [text]

People Seeking Asylum and Higher Education in Australia: Post-National Symposium Report (Curtin University, March 2018) [text via APO]

Playing God: The Immigration Minister's Unrestrained Power (Liberty Victoria's Rights Advocacy Project, May 2017) [text]

Punishment not Protection: Australia’s Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Papua New Guinea (Amnesty International, Feb. 2018) [text]

"Scathing UN Migration Report Mars Australia's First Week on Human Rights Council," The Guardian, 1 March 2018 [text]

"Scott Morrison's Delay Tactics Tore Refugee Families Apart, Advocates Say," The Guardian, 30 Jan. 2018 [text]

Update on Humanitarian Situation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers on Manus Island (UNHCR, Feb. 2018) [text]
- Includes link to latest fact sheet.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (23 Jan. 2018)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: United States

Brief Argues Attorney General Lacks Impartiality Necessary to Decide Immigration Cases (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

"Chevron's Liberty Exception," Iowa Law Review (Forthcoming, 2018) [full-text via SSRN]

Criminal Immigrants in Texas: Illegal Immigrant Conviction and Arrest Rates for Homicide, Sexual Assault, Larceny, and Other Crimes (Cato Institute, Feb. 2018) [text]
- Study found that "In Texas in 2015, the criminal conviction and arrest rates for immigrants were well below those of native-born Americans. Moreover, the conviction and arrest rates for illegal immigrants were lower than those for native-born Americans. This result holds for most crimes."

"Detained and Divided: How the US Turned on Vietnamese Refugees," The Guardian, 3 March 2018 [text]

The Doctrine of Consular Nonreviewability in the Travel Ban Cases: Kerry v. Din Revisited (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Feb. 2018) [text via SSRN]

The End of TPS: Policy Options, Social Impacts, Washington, DC, 14 Feb. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for video.

Immigrants Rights Group Sues U.S. Government over Family Separation at the Border (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2018) [text]
- See also related Washington Post editorial.

Key Facts about U.S. Immigration Policies and Proposed Changes (Pew Research Center, Feb. 2018) [text]

The Last-In, First-Out Policy Ain’t Exactly Last-In, First-Out (The Asylumist Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

Your Affirmative Asylum Case Was Denied. Now What? (Part 1) (The Asylumist Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

DACA update:

DACA Deadline Passes, Congress Fails to Act and Fate of ‘Dreamers’ Remains Uncertain: 6 Essential Reads (The Conversation, 6 March 2018) [text]

The March 5 DACA Deadline is Here—What Does It Mean for Dreamers? (Immigration Impact Blog, 5 March 2018) [text]

March 5 is Supposed to be the DACA “Deadline.” Here’s What That Means for Immigrants (Vox, updated 5 March 2018) [text]

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- Regional Focus: United States (16 Feb. 2018)

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News & developments:

DHS Announces Extension of TPS for Syria (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, 31 Jan. 2018) [text via AILA]

Migrant Deaths Remain High Despite Sharp Fall in US-Mexico Border Crossings in 2017 (IOM, Feb. 2018) [text]

Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen Statement on the National Vetting Center (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, 6 Feb. 2018) [text]

USCIS to Take Action to Address Asylum Backlog (USCIS, 31 Jan. 218) [text]

White House Releases Its Framework on Immigration Reform and Border Security (White House, 25 Jan. 2018) [text via AILA]

Blog posts & commentary:

The Asylum Office is Getting Tougher (Probably) (The Asylumist, Feb. 2018) [text]

Debunking 3 Myths Behind ‘Chain Migration’ and ‘Low-skilled’ Immigrants (The Conversation, Feb. 2018) [text]

Decoding the White House Immigration Framework (Immigration Impact, Jan. 2018) [text]

DHS Extends Temporary Protected Status for Syrians, but Leaves Some without Protections (Immigration Impact, Feb. 2018) [text]

Researcher Postcard: Are Would-be New Americans Part of Trump’s ‘New American Moment’? (Kaldor Centre, Feb. 2018) [text]

State of the Union Speech Highlights President Trump’s Vision for Massive Reductions in Immigration (Immigration Impact, Jan. 2018) [text]

Trump’s Immigration Wishlist Risks Running Afoul of U.S. Treaty Obligations (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

US: Census Bot Tweets Immigrants’ Profiles (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2018) [text]

Voters to Trump: You’re on Thin Ice with Immigration Policy (FIXGOV Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

White House Principles on Immigration (AILA, Jan. 2018) [access]
- Follow link for statement and analysis.

Who’s Next? United States’ Removal of Rights and Protections for Salvadoran Immigrants (Human Rights Brief, Feb. 2018) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"DREAM Act-Eligible Poised to Build on the Investments Made in Them," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 6, no. 1 (2018) [open access]

"How Immigration Became So Controversial," The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2018 [text]

No Safety in a Warzone: Why TPS is Needed for Syria (CLINIC, Feb. 2018) [text]

"Presidential Power to Protect Dreamers: Abusive or Proper?," Yale Law & Policy Review Inter Alia, 29 Jan. 2018 [full-text]

Temporary Protected Status: Overview and Current Issues (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (26 Jan. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (26 Jan. 2018)

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Publications:

The Application of the “One Central Reason” Standard in Asylum and Withholding of Removal Cases (Congressional Research Service, Dec. 2017) [text]

Border Patrol Termination Rates: Discipline and Performance Problems Signal Need for Reform, Policy Analysis, no. 825 (Cato Institute, Nov. 2017) [text]

"Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in the United States," Migration Information Source, 10 Jan. 2018 [text]

"MS-13 as a Terrorist Organization: Risks for Central American Asylum Seekers," Michigan Law Review Online, vol. 116 (Oct. 2017) [full-text]

"The Muslim Ban and Separation of Powers Doctrine in Trump's America," Chapter in State, Religion and Muslims: Between Discrimination and Protection at the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Levels (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Non-Discrimination in Refugee and Asylum Law (Against Travel Ban 1.0 and 2.0)," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 31, no. 3 (2017) [SSRN]

USCIS v. EOIR: Jurisdiction over Asylum Applications for Individuals Who Were in Expedited Removal Proceedings or Issued Notices to Appear: Practice Advisory (American Immigration Council, Dec. 2017) [text]

"When Deportation is a Death Sentence," The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2018 [text]

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- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (16 Jan. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States (4 Jan. 2018)

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Regional Focus: Australia

#WorldRefugeeWeek: How Australians Feel about Refugees (The Interpreter Blog, June 2017) [text]
- Reports on results of recent Lowy Institute poll, which explores Australian attitudes towards the world.

As Trump Ups the Ante, Executive Powers Should Worry Australians Too (The Conversation, June 2017) [text]

Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program 2017-18: Community Views on Current Challenges and Future Directions (Refugee Council of Australia, May 2017) [text]

Factsheet: Australia–United States Resettlement Arrangement (Kaldor Centre, updated June 2017) [text]

For $70m, Government Gets off Lightly, but Settlement Still Highlights Responsibility for Manus (The Conversation, June 2017) [text]

Minister to Get Unprecedented Power if Australia’s New Citizenship Bill is Passed (The Conversation, June 2017) [text]

Offshore Detention: What the Landmark Settlement Fails to Resolve (The Interpreter Blog, June 2017) [text]

"The Origins and Incoherence of Australia's Asylum Seeker Policy," Eureka Street, vol. 27, no. 12 (June 2017) [text]

Polling Shows Australians Don’t Trust Trump on Refugee Swap (The Australia Institute, May 2017) [text]

Strengthening Australia’s Assisted Voluntary Return Migration Program (Lowy Institute for International Policy, June 2017) [text]

An Urgent Need for International Action on Australia’s Refugees (Just Security Blog, June 2017) [text]

Who Volunteers for People Seeking Asylum? Findings from a Survey of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre's Volunteers (Refugee Research Blog, June 2017) [text]

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- Regional Focus: Australia (2 June 2017)

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