Monthly Archives: March 2022

In some good news for National Trans Day of Visibility, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals said that widespread violence against trans people in Honduras is a basis for a grant of asylum. [National Immigrant Justice Center] “The Tenth Circuit … Continue reading →

More than four million Ukrainians have fled their country in the past five weeks. More than six million are internally displaced. More than 76,000 Afghans were evacuated to the United States last summer, and tens of thousands more were evacuated to other … Continue reading →

NOTE: This will be the last Immigration News post until March 29–I’m taking a spring break. As Russian bombs and missiles continue to target civilian homes, hospitals, schools, and shelters in Ukraine, more than 3.3 million Ukrainians have fled the … Continue reading →

The United States has options to help Ukrainian refugees. We are not doing so. The disastrous dysfunction of our immigration and refugee system is not President Biden’s fault—but fixing it is his responsibility.  [Washington Post] “U.S. officials have offered technical … Continue reading →

A March 11 memo from DHS to offices of field operations says Ukrainians at the southern border can be admitted, despite the asylum seeker bar of Title 42. The memo says in part: “The Department of Homeland Security recognizes that … Continue reading →

TPS for Afghans: it’s not a solution, just a very temporary stopgap. Congress needs to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act to give 36,000 Afghan evacuees a path to permanence. 

Racism permeates the U.S. immigration and refugee system. But the United States is not alone: European nations welcome European refugees and continue to push away and refuse African and Asian refugees. 

U.S. immigration policy remains one of exclusion, not welcome. Even people who are clearly qualified to obtain or renew visas face long waiting times, stretching from months to years to lifetimes. For those seeking safety through asylum, there is no … Continue reading →

UPDATE Saturday, March 12: I posted this blog at 10:03 p.m. on Friday night, having waited and hoped for a reversal of the Title 42 policy that would mean expelling unaccompanied minors. That order came even later–but it did come. … Continue reading →

While the Biden administration remained unmoved by story after story of suffering of Central American, Haitian, and other asylum seekers under the Title 42 ban. The Title 42 ban uses the pretext of COVID public health concerns to bar all … Continue reading →