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Five migrant children look through a barbed wire border fence at Polish border guards. The migrants are camped near the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on November 17, 2021. (Photo by MAXIM GUCHEK/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Desperate Migrants as “Armed Bands”? A Response to Sari and Hudson

Characterizing migrants as “armed bands” shapes the legal vocabulary - with potentially dire consequences. A call for empathy and restraint in legal discourse.
Legal blind justice Themis metal statue with scales on chains

Litigation Tracker: Major Decisions Facing the Biden Administration

The Biden administration must decide whether to change course or maintain the Trump administration’s litigation approach in major Trump-era cases concerning national security…
Migrants aiming to cross into Poland gather at the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region on November 16, 2021. - Belarus OUT (Photo by Maxim GUCHEK / BELTA / AFP) / Belarus OUT (Photo by MAXIM GUCHEK/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Stirring Trouble at the Border: Is Belarus in Violation of International Law? – Part 2

Is Belarus violating its bilateral and human rights commitments at the border?
Image: Polish law enforcement officers stand at the frontier at the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing where migrants gathered aiming to cross into Poland, in the Grodno region on November 16, 2021. (Photo by MAXIM GUCHEK/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Stirring Trouble at the Border: Is Belarus in Violation of International Law? – Part 1

Belarus has been criticized for using desperate migrants to pressure EU borders. But is it breaking international law by doing so?
A Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary unit (MEU) passes out water to evacuees lined up against a wall during the evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport during the evacuation on August 21, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

American Society Will Not Abandon Our Afghan Allies

If we claim to honor their service, we must not leave our veterans to hold the weight of our collective national commitment on their own.
Afghan refugee women embrace at the old Vathy camp, as one is waiting to be transferred to the new Samos RIC, the first of five new 'closed' migrant camps, on the island of Samos, Greece, on September 20, 2021.

Living in Limbo: The Impact of Greece’s Safe Third Country Policy on Afghan Asylum Seekers

Designating Turkey as a safe third country is Greece's latest attempt to shift its obligations under international and European law.
Bill Browder, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and two others speak while sitting at a press conference in London on November 20, 2018. People sit facing them with recording equipment.

Abuse of Interpol for Transnational Repression: Assessing the FY22 NDAA’s Provisions for Prevention

The act needs work, but could set a new standard in limiting Interpol abuse for assassinations, abductions, financial blacklisting and more.
Refugees walk through the rainforest in the Darien Gap in route towards the United States on October 05, 2021 near Acandi, Colombia. Some of the adults carry large backpacks while others carry small children on their backs.

US Brutality Against Haitian Migrants Highlights US-Mexico Collusion and Repositioning in Latin America

Mexico intensifies crackdown on migrants and trade alliance with US, while renewing bid for Latin American leadership.
US Capitol building at night.

How Congress Can Improve Visa Bans

Inconsistent legal frameworks for visa restrictions have meant that some of their targets can be publicly identified, while others cannot. Congress has an opportunity to close…
Two tall greyscale rectangles cast dark shadows representing the Twin Towers. Text reads, “How Perpetual War Has Changed Us: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11”

Immigration Policy Before and After 9/11: From the INS to DHS – Where Did We Go Wrong?

Creating DHS, escalated the adversarial approach to immigration by blurring the lines between national security and immigration enforcement.
Salvadors Police officers stand guard in front of the Supreme Court of Justice in San Salvador, on May 2, 2021.

Islands of Advances in a Sea of Setbacks: Central American Rule of Law

The Biden administration’s promise to attack the root causes of migration from Central America just got harder to keep.
Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants crowd into the Herat Kabul Internet cafe to apply for the SIV program on August 8, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The United States Is the Only Place for Afghan Allies, Not Foreign Bases

As the US scrambles to evacuate its allies, sending them to third countries risks leaving them in limbo without needed resources.
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