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Why Asylum Matters: The Story of Edafe Okporo
This new memoir by a Nigerian asylum seeker reminds us of what is at stake in Congress's attempts this week to shape the future of the asylum system.
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Watch My Conversation about the Immigration Court Backlog with Pedro Echevarria on C-SPAN
I spoke with Pedro Echevarria on The Washington Journal this morning about the record backlog of pending cases in immigration courts and the asylum…
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Immigration Bill Flops Just Hours After Released
A proposed immigration bill released to the public by a Senate committee on Sunday has already been declared “dead on arrival”.
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How to Lie with Infographics: A Case Study in Immigration Misinformation
A new infographic posted on social media by Families of New York makes a series of false, incomplete, or just plain incomprehensible claims about asylum…
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Will CBP One Survive Escalating Court Battles?
CBP's smartphone app, used mainly to manage asylum seekers, faces even stronger challenges in a new lawsuit. What if the agency had built a better app?
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Messy Numbers in Asylum Ban Ruling Add Confusion, Reflect Deeper Questions about Migrant Protection and the Use of Data in Law
The Biden administration’s Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (CLP) policy was struck down this week by Judge Tigar in the Northern District of…
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Biden's Asylum Ban is Unlawful Says Federal Judge
A federal judge said on Tuesday that the Biden administration's Circumvention of Legal Pathways rule undermines Congress's crystal clear intent to allow…
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Four New Reports Examine Key Parts of US Immigration System
Four new reports look at rural immigrant detention centers, systemic dysfunctions of immigration courts, consequences of Biden's new asylum policies…
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Asylum Seeker Killed in Guatemala after Omaha Immigration Judge Ordered Him Deported
Omaha is now the toughest court in the country for asylum seekers, MPI hosts discussion on immigration courts in crisis, an interview with an…
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New Research by AILA Reveals Anatomy of an Asylum Case + Online Event This Friday
Even the best attorneys require 50-75 hours over several months to complete an asylum case. The Biden administration's attempts to speed up asylum cases…
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Glitches in the Digitization of Asylum
Read my latest academic article—not paywalled!—which examines the consequences of CBP One for asylum seekers at the southern border.
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Biden Admin to Create Regional Migrant Processing Centers in Latin America, Raising Potential Barriers to Public Transparency
Asylum seekers may soon find that instead of waiting until they arrive at the US-Mexico border to meet with a US immigration official, they can schedule…
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