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What Just Happened: At Guantanamo’s Migrant Operation Center
Sending anyone from the United States to Guantanamo raises a host of legal, moral, and policy questions.
The Just Security Podcast: What Just Happened Series, Potential U.S. Military Domestic Deployment for Immigration Enforcement
Analyzing legal and policy implications of President Trump using US military resources to support immigration enforcement at the border.
What Just Happened: Unpacking Exec Order on National Emergency at the Southern Border
An expert explainer on the Executive Order Declaring National Emergency Southern Border and deployment of troops.
The Just Security Podcast: How Border Technologies Impact Migration
Judith Cabrera and Petra Molnar discuss how border technologies are impacting migration and what to expect from the incoming Trump administration.
Birthright Citizenship and Undocumented Immigrants
"If the new administration goes through with this proposal whether by executive action or legislation, courts should and most likely would strike it down."
Fair and Fast Asylum Processing: Lessons from Switzerland
The central premise of the successful Swiss reforms – that fairness, contributes, rather than detracts from efficiency – holds valuable lessons for other countries that want…
How the Inter-American Court Could Advance Protection for Climate-Displaced Individuals
The Inter-American Court's guidance could become an invaluable tool for shaping a principled and pragmatic international response to the pressing human rights challenge of climate-related…
With Watershed Election, Claudia Sheinbaum Must Address Mexico’s Human Rights Crisis
Winning the most votes ever and controlling Congress and most state legislatures, the first woman to hold the office will have the power.
The Just Security Podcast: ‘The Walls Have Eyes’ Book Talk — Surviving Migration in The Age of Artificial Intelligence
Petra Molnar’s book "The Walls Have Eyes" is a sweeping portrait of how new technology is transforming borders around the world.
Deaths, Torture, and Arbitrary Detention in the Wake of the Islamic State in Syria: The US Responsibility to Act
More than 56,000 people, including 30,000 children, are being held with US support and many face systematic torture and grossly inhumane conditions.
Did Macron and Tusk Just Chart a Path for Liberals Elsewhere on Immigration?
Countries will be better off with measured limits than with far-right demagogues in power or a total capitulation to anti-immigrant rhetoric.
What Should Courts Do If a Future President Invokes the Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants?
Congress can repeal the Alien Enemies Act to safeguard against Trump's threat to conduct mass deportations without hearings.