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ImmigrationProf Blog
TRAC Report on MPP Data
During the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland (DHS) implemented the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)—also known as ‘Remain in Mexico’—in January 2019 in an effort to restrict those seeking asylum…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Susan Gzesh @ Just Security — What the US Owes Central American Refugees
Over at Just Security, immprof Susan Gzesh (U. Chicago) asks Why Must Central American Asylum Seekers Risk Their Lives to Reach the US? There is an Alternative.Gzesh starts with a…
The Asylumist
Celebrate Mother’s Day by Helping Asylum-Seeker Moms
By Jason Dzubow
Mother’s Day is coming up – on May 9, 2021. If you need a nice gift idea for the mother(s) […] The post Celebrate Mother’s Day by Helping Asylum-Seeker Moms…
UK Human Rights Blog
The Weekly Round-Up: are immigrants and asylum seekers getting their day in court?
In the news: The rights of immigrants and asylum seekers have been at the forefront of the news this week, with the Home Secretary coming under fire both in the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Health Inequity and Tent Court Injustice by Craig Mousin
Health Inequity and Tent Court Injustice by Craig Mousin, AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E132-139AbstractUnited States law promises refugees they will not be deported until they receive fair, impartial review and determination of…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Rules Woman Eligible for Asylum Because Domestic Abusers Persecuted her for Feminist Opinions
By Tracy Thomas
ABA Journal, Woman is Eligible for Asylum Because Domestic Abusers Persecuted her for Feminist Opinions, 9th Circuit Says woman who was persecuted by domestic abusers because of a feminist political opinion…
The Faculty Lounge
Still annoying Dems and Repubs….
Since the issue of unaccompanied minors is at the center of many current debates, I want to share my recent essay in The Conversation published this morning. I am certain,…
UK Human Rights Blog
The Weekly Round-up: Asylum System Overhaul
By Hugo Murphy
In the news: Home Secretary Priti Patel pledged a ‘fair but firm’ overhaul of the UK’s asylum system in the Commons on Thursday. The proposed measures aim to crack down on the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
There’s an Immigration Crisis, But It’s Not the One You Think
In this Politico Q & A, Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute, offers some interesting thoughts about immigration, asylum, and immigrant integration. It nicely summarizes the issues facing…
ImmigrationProf Blog
An Asylum Primer: “Nothing any U.S. president says is going to stop people from fleeing violence.”
In Forbes, Stuart Anderson speaks with Dree Collopy, chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) National Asylum and Refugee Liaison Committee and author of the book Asylum Primer (2019…