Immigration

How Democratic Govts Become Complicit in Transnational Repression: Another Rwanda-US Case

In this one, the US government may have fallen prey to disinformation planted by an autocratic regime, and the pattern isn't rare.

Apr. 28, 2023 Yana Gorokhovskaia and Nate Schenkkan

Biden and Trudeau walk together wearing dark suits and flanked by a line of U.S. and Canadian flags.

Europe Can Show the United States and Canada How to Share Responsibility for Asylum Seekers

Responsibility sharing arrangements should pull together resources and hosting commitments from multiples stakeholders.

Apr. 24, 2023 Elena Chachko and Katerina Linos

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wears a dark suit and red tie while sitting in the East Room of the White House.

Republicans Are Calling to Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Here’s Why Their Case is Bunk

The arguments to impeach Sec. Mayorkas boil down to disapproval of the Biden administration’s relaxation of Trump-era immigration policies.

Mar. 13, 2023 Frank O. Bowman, III

Asylum seekers wait at a fence to cross into the United States at El Chaparral crossing port on the US/Mexico Border in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on February 29, 2020.

Troubling Signs in Biden Administration’s Recent Efforts to Reimplement Migrant Protection Protocols Program

"Understanding the significance of the [Supreme Court's Migrant Protection Protocol] ruling ... will be key for the administration to mount the strongest possible defense for the…

Feb. 21, 2023 Tom Jawetz

US President Joe Biden walks with El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser along the US-Mexico border wall

Biden’s Embrace of Trump’s Transit Ban Violates US Legal and Moral Refugee Obligations

"The new transit ban would violate the United States’ protection obligations to refugees, which are long-standing and solidly based in both international and domestic law."

Feb. 8, 2023 Karen Musalo

Bus faces the camera in foreground. Dome of US Capitol Building in background.

In Weaponizing Asylum Seekers, DeSantis & Abbott Unwittingly Demonstrate the Possibility of Safe Transit Policies for Migrants

Ironically, the governors' actions show that the US could implement policies that better reflect the realities of migration - by treating migrants has human beings rather than…

Sep. 30, 2022 Jaya Ramji-Nogales

A collage of two images. The left depicts Ron DeSantis, and the right depicts groups of immigrants waiting on line.

Was DeSantis Shipping Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard a Crime?

"Our analysis may be a useful guide – for criminal investigators, press, potential whistleblowers or witnesses, the public and other stakeholders."

Sep. 26, 2022 Norman L. Eisen and Fred Wertheimer

People stand on a railing overlooking the Chinese Dongfeng missile. The missile looks like a large white rocket with a pointed tip.

Anti-Asian Prejudice Undermines U.S. National Security: Revisiting the U.S. Government’s Deportation of Qian Xuesen

The U.S. deported a scientist who then built missiles for China. His legacy shows the cost of racial discrimination.

Sep. 6, 2022 Nicholas Sung

An Afghan woman and man walk with children along an airplane strip in the night.

The World Should Protect Afghan Refugees Fleeing the Taliban’s Oppression

The international community must urgently do more to help Afghan refugees.

Aug. 30, 2022 Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari

People demonstrate for the liberation of 13 convicted environmentalists with a banner depicting murdered Honduran environmental leader Berta Caceres as they arrive for a hearing in the country's capital, Tegucigalpa, on February 28, 2019. Thirteen environmental leaders of the Guapinol community, Tocoa municipality, Colon department, who oppose the mining exploitation of the Montana de Botaderos National Park by the company Inversiones Los Pinares, were arrested on charges of usurpation, burning, aggravated theft and illicit association. (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images)

The US Must Help Fight the Criminalization of Activism in Central America, Not Make It Worse

Without safeguards, promoting private-sector investment to slow migration risks fueling a crisis for human rights defenders.

Aug. 22, 2022 Rachel Margolis

Image: A group of about 12 men, all wearing white cowboy hats, sit around a conference table. Texas Governor Greg Abbott sits at the end of the table, speaking, in front of the seal of the state of Texas and flanked by American and Texas flags. AUSTIN, TX - JULY 10: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a border security briefing with sheriffs from border communities at the Texas State Capitol on July 10, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

The Biden Administration’s Options for Responding to Abbott’s Unconstitutional Border Enforcement Executive Order

The Texas governor has invoked war powers to respond to migrant arrivals at the border - potentially usurping federal prerogatives.

Jul. 13, 2022 Katherine Yon Ebright and Joseph Nunn

Immigrants from Ecuador warm themselves by a fire after sunrise along a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, as they await processing by the U.S. Border Patrol, after crossing from Mexico on May 22, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona.

The Absurdity and Destruction of the Push to Force Title 42 Continuation

"The forced continuation of Title 42 serves to prevent border officers from upholding immigration law, and leads to more disorder, human suffering, and the subversion of law."

Jul. 1, 2022 Eleanor Acer