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3 Million Cases are Now Pending in the Immigration Courts, Is That a Bad Thing?

The Public Relevance of Geography: Why Academic Geographers Should Engage Beyond Academia

ICE Fails to Post Detention Data in Over a Month—Again

Judge Won't Prevent Immigration Agency from Using CBP One (For Now)

Growing Numbers of Afghan Migrants Face Deportation in Court

Health Outcomes of Afghan Migrants in the DMV

Two New Research Articles Out Now, One Examines Afghan Refugees and Another Examines Vulnerable Migrant Youth

ICE Detained Population Highest Since Start of COVID-19 Pandemic

US Refugee Resettlement Program Starts to Bounce Back After Being Gutted by Trump Administration

Did ICE Forget Something? Agency Fails to Publish Detention Data in a Month

Mexico Unveils New Deportation Campaign

Immigration Courts Get Record Number of New Deportation Cases in August

New Research Reveals Inside Story of Vulnerable Immigrant Children Seeking Protection in U.S.

Is your immigration paperwork stalled? There's a lawsuit for that.

How to Lie with Infographics: A Case Study in Immigration Misinformation

ICE's "Non-Punitive" Immigrant Detention Centers Inflict Plenty of Punishment

Immigrant Detention Update: New Lawsuit Challenges ICE Detention, Latest Numbers on Detained Migrants, Malaysia Criticized for Detaining Unaccompanied Children

The Detention Center Prosperity Gospel Fails to Work Miracles in Rural Communities

Meet the Haven Asylum Lab + Monday Morning Migration Roundup

Will CBP One Survive Escalating Court Battles?

Messy Numbers in Asylum Ban Ruling Add Confusion, Reflect Deeper Questions about Migrant Protection and the Use of Data in Law

Biden's Asylum Ban is Unlawful Says Federal Judge

The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter

Four New Reports Examine Key Parts of US Immigration System

Upcoming Events & Conferences You Won't Want to Miss

Asylum Seeker Killed in Guatemala after Omaha Immigration Judge Ordered Him Deported

Immigration Updates: Podcast on Border Technology, Non-binary Gender Option on USCIS Forms, New ICE Detention Data, Threads, & Improvements to Substack Navigation

New Research by AILA Reveals Anatomy of an Asylum Case + Online Event This Friday

Immigrant Victims of Crime Wait Years in Growing Visa Backlog

Immigration Reading List Summer 2023 (Reader Contributions)

The Friday Immigration News Wrap-Up

Wednesday Vibes: Improvements to this Newsletter 👏, Immigration Book Recommendations📚, and One Thing You Might Not Know About TRAC 🤫

Reader contributions needed! What are your most highly-recommended books about immigration? 📚

Does U.S. Immigration Policy Contribute to Organized Crime in Mexico?

CBP One Expands Number of Appointments, Turns App On Again at Laredo Port of Entry

CBP One and Border Logistics: Field Notes from Lily Axelrod at AILA Conference + Meet Marisa Limon Garza from Las Americas

Glitches in the Digitization of Asylum

CBP One Switched Off for Some Asylum Seekers in Northern Mexico After Reports of Migrant Extortion

New Reporting and Analysis on the 2.2 Million Cases Pending in the US Immigration Court Backlog

Biden Admin to Create Regional Migrant Processing Centers in Latin America, Raising Potential Barriers to Public Transparency

ICE On My Wrist: Immigrants Will Start Wearing Electronic Monitoring Watches This Month

Join me at the Annual Latino Public Affairs Forum in Washington, DC, on April 27 and 28

The United States and Canada are Home to More Than a Third of all Immigrant Detention Facilities Globally in Recent Years

W.E.B. Du Bois Created These Infographics About Black America for the World's Fair in Paris 1900

Private Prisons Are Bad Investments, but Biden's Detention Policies Could Boost the Industry

Your First Look at the New DHS Portal for Submitting Civil Rights Violations

Visit the US-Mexico Border Wall Exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

Fire at Migrant Detention Facility in Juarez, Mexico, Takes the Lives of 39 People

Good news! I am joining the Immigration Lab at American University as a Research Fellow

7 Books that Will Help you Understand Immigration

A Visual Study of Texas' Shoddy Private Border Fence

Event Announcement: Panel Discussion on Electronic Monitoring with American Bar Association + Other Events & New Books

A Visual Study of Arizona's Container Wall

Immigration History Calendar - Now Live!

ICE's Data on Alternatives to Detention Raises Ongoing Quality Concerns + Recap of New Immigration Data