Articles
5/31/24, NPR, It’s not just young voters. New citizens will head to the polls this year, too
6/1/24, Arizona Daily Sun, Sunshine Mission reopens after staffing shortage, Episcopal Church and Flagstaff shelter fill in
6/2/24, New York Times, Faith-based groups that assist migrants become targets of extremists
6/3/24, New Humanitarian, As Darien migration goes global, language becomes a major challenge
6/3/24, Borderless, Ana: A Ukrainian refugee’s story on the trauma of war
6/3/24, Voice of America, On immigration reform, US has accomplished next to nothing in decades
6/3/24, New York Times, Trump’s harder line on immigration appears to resonate, polls show
6/4/24, Truthout, Hundreds of doctors demand Biden end solitary confinement in immigration prisons
6/4/24, White House, Fact sheet: President Biden announces new actions to secure the border
6/4/24, New York Times, In shift, Biden issues order allowing temporary border closure to migrants
6/4/24, Washington Post, Biden announces new asylum cap in bid to deter illegal crossings
6/4/24, The Hill, Biden announces order limiting at the southern border: Here’s what it will do
6/4/24, NPR, Biden’s new executive order denies asylum claims to most migrants crossing the border unlawfully
6/5/24, Associated Press, UN migration and refugee agencies cite ‘fundamental’ right to asylum after US moves to restrict it
6/5/24, Washington Post, Border agents begin turning back migrants under new Biden restrictions
6/5/24, Houston Landing, ‘Don’t want to get stuck’: Migrants at Juarez border feel the pressure of asylum changes
6/5/24, NPR, Michigan suit is challenging denial of lost wages for injured undocumented workers
6/5/24, Borderless, We are home: becoming American in the 21st century
6/5/24, Christian Science Monitor, Italy and Albania have an unusual agreement to shelter migrants. Could it inspire other nations?
6/5/24, Sahan Journal, Small in numbers, Cameroonian community is beginning to make a mark on Minnesota
6/6/24, NPR, Some Democrats say Biden’s ban on most asylum-seekers goes too far
6/6/24, Washington Post, This Catholic leader shelters migrants. Texas says he runs ‘stash houses.’
6/6/24, New Humanitarian, The race against time to re-open Gaza’s Nasser Hospital
Opinion
6/5/24, The Conversation (Op-ed), Biden’s immigration order won’t fix problems quickly — 4 things to know about what’s changing
6/5/24, The Hill (Op-ed), Biden’s immigration backpedal is a big mistake
6/5/24, New York Times (Op-ed), To win on immigration, Biden must move the debate beyond the border
6/6/24, Forbes (Op-ed), New book finds immigrants innovate, integrate and benefit Americans
Research and Reports
6/6/24, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Think Immigration: A Small Window into Immigration Detention: The Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman 2023 Annual Report
6/5/24, Human Rights First and partners (ACLU, AILA, NIJC, NIP, WRC), Joint Analysis of Biden Border Proclamation
6/5/24, Migration Policy Institute, A Small Country with a Huge Diaspora, Ireland Navigates Its New Status as an Immigration Hub
5/30/24, Migration Policy Institute, Is the Humanitarian Protection System Falling Apart or Quietly Evolving?
Multimedia
6/4/24. This Week in Immigration (podcast), Ep. 171: Do Legal Pathways Reduce Illegal Entries? And the Economic Impact of Immigration Restrictions
6/4/24, New Humanitarian (photo essay), Slam poems and dance shows: how Congolese creatives are responding to the M23 conflict
5/31/24, Migration Policy Institute / Changing Climate, Changing Migration (podcast), Migration, Climate Change, and Security in the Pacific