MPI, Oct. 25, 2023 "The Biden administration’s immigration playbook has become increasingly clear. Amid record arrivals of asylum seekers and other migrants coming without prior authorization to enter the United States, it is limiting access to protections...
Cornell Law School - register here "Nov 7, 2023 10:15 AM in Mountain Time (US and Canada) A conversation between Muzaffar Chishti , senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, and Stephen Yale-Loehr , Professor of Immigration Law Practice, Cornell...
Prof. Jacob Hamburger, Prof. Stephen Yale-Loehr, Oct. 8, 2023 "As major cities across the country struggle to welcome thousands of migrants who are in desperate need of housing and social services, mayors and governors are calling on the Biden administration...
Joe Anuta, Politico, Oct. 5, 2023 "Joe Biden’s loudest Democratic critic on immigration is taking his message south of the border. After repeatedly blasting President Joe Biden over his handling of the migrant crisis that’s overwhelming American...
Sarah Lynch, Inc., Oct. 3, 2023 "City officials are seeking federal help as the migrant influx intensifies--and business leaders are joining the call. In August, over 120 business executives from JPMorgan Chase, Macy's, Paramount Global, and more signed...
Jules Ownby, EL PAÍS USA, Oct. 2, 2023 "Secret offices, weeks of waiting, calls from private numbers and confidentiality agreements. These are some of the features of the new U.S. immigration program known as Movibilidad Segura, or Safe Mobility,...
[ Editor's Note: I put "surge" in quotes because migration into the USA has ebbed and flowed for 200 years. As one famous person said, be not afraid.] Cornell Keynotes, Sept. 22, 2023 "Global crises are driving a surge in migration to the...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, Sept. 11, 2023 "In recent weeks, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has made a series of increasingly uninformed and disparaging comments about migrants arriving in New York. In a town hall meeting on September 6, Adams said of...
JACOB HAMBURGER AND STEPHEN YALE-LOEHR, June 3, 2023 "With the end of the COVID-19 emergency on May 11, the Title 42 border restrictions have been officially lifted. Although the situation at the border is not the chaotic scene that many had predicted, the...
Elizabeth Ruiz, 10News, May 15, 2023 "Now that Title 42 will no longer be in place, the Biden administration has come up with a new asylum policy. Immigration expert Stephen Yale-Loehr says it's an attempt to control the surge in migration at the border...
Lindsay Lennon, Cornellians "We have more migration across the world today than we ever have in the past, and it’s going to continue,” says Professor Stephen Yale-Loehr ’77, JD ’81, an expert on immigration law who served on the task force. “We need to understand...
Ariane de Vogue, CNN, Dec. 19, 2022 "“This is a longstanding problem, more people are fleeing persecution, gang violence, failed states and climate change than ever before,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr of Cornell Law School , who has been critical of the policy...
DHS, Apr. 27, 2023 "Today, the Department of State (State) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are announcing sweeping new measures to further reduce unlawful migration across the Western Hemisphere, significantly expand lawful pathways for protection...
Deepak Bhargava, Rich Stolz, Aug. 24, 2022 "Climate change and mass migration are reshaping politics, economies, and livelihoods around the world—and they are increasingly connected. Climate change has already forced people across the globe to leave their...
Muzaffar Chishti, Jessica Bolter, MPI, May 25, 2022 "The United States is witnessing a significant increase in unauthorized maritime migration from the Caribbean, which has been largely overshadowed by rising arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico land border. While...