Category: policy briefs & papers

  • Changes in Refugee Protections During the Second Trump Administration

    Changes in Refugee Protections During the Second Trump Administration

    Read my foreword to UC Berkeley School of Law Human Rights Center’s newest report, Architecture of Cruelty, Third Country Removal and the Second Trump Administration. STEPPING OFF THE BUS, I expected to see migrants heading north. I had arrived in Tapachula, Mexico — right near the border with Guatemala and…

  • When Soft Pressure Hardens

    When Soft Pressure Hardens

    Honored to contribute to the ABA’s Judge’s Journal – one of the nation’s foremost judicial journals and the authoritative source on innovations in the justice system. Read my essay about the need for a strong and independent immigration court. Pressure, pushing down on me, pressing down on you. —David Bowie…

  • The Practitioner’s Companion

    The Practitioner’s Companion

    As a Senior Advisor with AfghanEvac, I had the opportunity to create a a practitioner’s companion to their country-conditions and program-context report Protection Promised. This practical guide is for immigration attorneys and accredited representatives who are using Protection Promised as country-conditions and program-context evidence. It connects that record to the…