Resources
Immigration and Detention Centers
- Salon: COVID-19 in ICE detention: An asylum-seeker on getting coronavirus in a for-profit immigration jail (July 18, 2020)
- UPenn Law – The Regulatory Review: Comparing Nations’ Responses to COVID-19 (April 20, 2020)
- Pdf version: Journal of Law and the Biosciences: COVID-19 Emergency Measures and the Impending Authoritarian Pandemic (Sept. 2020)
- Just Security: Coronavirus Border Expulsions: CDC’s Assault on Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Minors (Apr. 13, 2020)
- Pdf version: PJES v Wolf Report and Recommendation (25 Sept 2020)
Comparative and International Issues
- SSRN: International Law on Pandemic Response: A First Stocktaking in Light of the Coronavirus Crisis (Mar. 26, 2020)
- Council on Foreign Relations: Challenges of Global Governance Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 21, 2020)
- UPenn Law News: The Regulatory Review tracks legal responses to COVID-19 from around the world (Jun. 3, 2020)
- Brookings: Reopening the World: The WHO, international institutions, and the COVID-19 response (Jun. 16, 2020)
Webinar
Live: Wednesday, November 4 2020, 12-1pm
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Blog Posts
COVID-19 Containment or Callous Political Ploy? Reflections on Trump’s Pandemic-Era Restrictions on Immigration, Green Cards, and Asylum Claims
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of American life, but one facet of federal policy that may appear ...
Unprecedented Expulsion of Immigrants at the Southern Border: The Title 42 Process
In March, President Trump relied on a little-used public health rule to drastically restrict immigration at the United States’ land ...
COVID-19 and Undocumented Workers: A Catastrophic Confluence
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate workers and families across the United States, undocumented immigrants remain particularly vulnerable. Most ...