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In Conversation with Elliott Young and Seraya Talbott-Carey: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Migration & Asylum Lab's New 2025 Country…
As government human rights reporting becomes less comprehensive, historian Elliott Young's applied scholarship fills critical information gaps with…
Aug 21
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Meet the Scholars Producing Critical Country Conditions Reports at the Migration & Asylum Lab
Join me for a conversation with Elliott Young and Seraya Talbott-Carey from Lewis & Clark's Migration & Asylum Lab about documenting country conditions…
Aug 16
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DHS Ends TPS for Upward of 500,000 Haitians, Agency Sows Confusion Over Reasons
DHS said publicly that conditions in Haiti are safe enough to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians, then said the opposite in the Federal…
Jun 27
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LIVE: The Asylum Denial Machine Explained
Watch now | In this Substack Live event, I break down the latest data from the immigration courts, specifically the shocking spike in asylum denials…
Jun 19
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The Asylum Denial Machine
In April, immigration judges set two alarming records by closing over 11,000 asylum cases and denying 80% of them in a single month. An avalanche of…
Jun 19
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Immigration Judges Closed and Denied More Asylum Cases in March Than Any Month on Record
In a record-breaking month, immigration judges fast-tracked asylum denials at a record pace, raising questions about due process, the politicization of…
May 11
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New Guidance Encourages Judges to Toss Out Asylum Claims Without a Hearing
EOIR Acting Director Sirce Owen is transforming the immigration courts one memo at a time.
Apr 17
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Trump Declares War on Immigration Attorneys
In one of his most dangerous moves so far, Trump instructed the DHS and the DOJ to use "professional ethics" as a mechanism for silencing lawyers who…
Mar 22
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"Community is How We Get Through the Darkness": Unexpected Lessons from an Immigration Conference
The 10th Annual Asylum and Immigration Law Conference was held at New York Law School this week, but most of the lessons I learned weren't on the…
Feb 8
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Saying the Thing Out Loud: Trump's Latest Refugee Order Embraces White Victimhood
While the refugee system is suspended for the rest of the world, a new order from President Trump creates a special exception for white South Africans…
Feb 8
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Trump's New Immigration Policies Already Affecting Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Humanitarian migrants are among those first hit by the Trump administration's new immigration policies.
Jan 22
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Senate Holds Hearing on 'Remain in Mexico', Maligned Policy Could Become Law
The Migrant Protection Protocols created major barriers to asylum during the first Trump administration. Republicans are seeking to revive the policy…
Jan 16
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