Articles
10/25/20, Detroit News: A legitimate fear of death doesn’t always matter in the US asylum system
10/24/20, Guardian: EU border force ‘complicit’ in illegal campaign to stop refugees landing
10/23/20, New York Times: Inside the Refugee Camp on America’s Doorstep
10/23/20, New York Times: Trump Tried to Blur Responsibility for His Family Separation Policy in Final Debate
10/22/20, BBC: US election 2020: Trump’s impact on immigration – in seven charts
10/22/20, NPR: The Difficulties Behind Reuniting Migrant Children With Their Families
10/22/20, New York Times: Court blocks Trump from getting undocumented immigrants’ census data for his reapportionment plan.
10/21/20, Immigration Impact: Naturalization Fees: A Poll Tax Hidden in Plain Sight
10/21/20, CNN: ‘I waited 21 years for this moment’: How six first-time voters view the election
10/21/20, BuzzFeed News: “The Unicorn”: How One Man Successfully Gained Asylum In Trump’s America
10/21/20, America Magazine: Pope Francis calls Trump’s family separation border policy ‘cruelty of the highest form’
10/21/20, CNN: Experts project increase in migrants at US-Mexico border as pandemic devastates Latin America
10/21/20, USA Today: Asian Americans in San Francisco are dying at alarming rates from COVID-19: Racism is to blame
10/20/20, NBC News: Lawyers say they can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by Trump administration
10/20/20, Times-News: North Carolina sanctuary churches offer shelter, advocacy to immigrants
10/20/20, AP: Trump administration adds criminal disqualifiers to asylum
10/20/20, Des Moines Register: Although Trump administration cuts refugees, Republican Polk County supervisor works to aid them
10/19/20, Washington Post: Supreme Court to review Trump’s border wall funding and ‘Remain in Mexico’ program
10/19/20, Immigration Impact: The Senate Reveals CBP Violated the Law by Rounding Up Migrants — In Guatemala
10/19/20, Christianity Today: The Most Diverse Small Town in America Mourns Refugee Cuts
10/19/20, New York Times: Migrant Workers Restricted to Farms Under One Grower’s Virus Lockdown
10/18/20, New York Times: Refugees Who Assisted the U.S. Military Find the Door to America Slammed Shut
10/16/20, Univision: Trump administration “surreptitiously” deported Venezuelans through a third country
10/16/20, El Paso Times: A new El Paso shelter for migrant children opened its doors. But where are the kids?
10/16/20, New York Times: A Regulatory Rush by Federal Agencies to Secure Trump’s Legacy
Opinion
10/24/20, New York Times editorial board: New Visas Limits Would Be a Self-Inflicted Wound for the U.S.
10/23/20, CNN: Refugees like my ancestors are part of what made America great
10/23/20, New York Times: The Complexity in ‘Where Are You From?’
10/21/20, Washington Post editorial board: Let’s not mince words. The Trump administration kidnapped children.
10/20/20, Hill: In Aurora, Colorado, we welcome immigrants. This is why your city should, too
Policy Resources
ILRC Report: Denying the Right to Vote: Politicization of the Naturalization Process as a Novel Form of Voter Suppression
MPI Feature: Impacts of Climate Change as Drivers of Migration
IZA World of Labor: Integrating refugees into labor markets
UC Press: Divided by the Wall: Progressive and Conservative Immigration Politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Multimedia
Moving Beyond Pandemic (MPI podcast): Human Smuggling in an Age of Pandemic
Educational Resources & Opportunities
Ryerson University webinar series: Sanctuary: What’s Next? An International Forum For, With and By Undocumented Migrants
An invitation for academics, activists and policy makers to come together and set a new agenda for urban strategies for undocumented residents. This pioneering online series features six seminars, open to the international community and based on perspectives across three cities – San Francisco USA, Toronto Canada & London UK:
- Race, Migration and Policing: 5th November 12:00 – 13:30 EST
- Intersectional solidarities and coalition building: 6th November 12:00 – 13:30 EST
- Anti-deportation and anti-detention: 12th November 14:00 – 15:30 EST
- Decent work 13th November: 12:00 – 13:30 EST
- Access to health 19th November: 12:00 – 13:30 EST
- Access to education 20th November: 12:00 – 13:30 EST