All Posts in #Immigration
Falk College Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern Explores Ways to Benefit Farmworkers and Farmers
Laura-Anne Minkoff Zern, an associate professor of Nutrition and Food Studies in Falk College, says the focus of her field—food system sustainability and fair access to healthy food—often overlooks one key element: The people who labor to grow that food….
“Sector Chief Gloria Chavez readies El Paso Border Patrol for end of Title 42, return of asylum”
Austin Kocher, research assistant professor in the Newhouse School with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), was quoted in the El Paso Times story “Sector Chief Gloria Chavez readies El Paso Border Patrol for end of Title 42, return of…
“Tens of thousands of Afghan allies are resettled throughout U.S. but still lack permanent relief.”
Austin Kocher, research assistant professor in the Newhouse School with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), was quoted in the Daily Kos story “Tens of thousands of Afghan allies are resettled throughout U.S. but still lack permanent relief.” Kocher, an…
‘Avalanche’ of recent immigration cases adds to record U.S. backlog, report finds
Austin Kocher, research assistant professor in the Newhouse School with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), was quoted in the Border Report story “‘Avalanche’ of recent immigration cases adds to record U.S. backlog, report finds.” According to research from TRAC,…
Asylum Grant Rates Increase Under Biden Administration
Under the new Biden administration, asylum seekers are seeing greater success rates in securing asylum. While the percent of immigrants who were denied asylum went up each year during the Trump administration to a high of 71 percent in FY…
What Is Causing the Rise in Immigrants Granted Asylum Under Biden Administration?
Austin Kocher, research assistant professor at Newhouse with the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), was featured in the Time Magazine piece, “The Rate of Successful Asylum Cases Shot Up This Year. But That’s Probably Not Due to Biden.” Kocher discussed…
What ‘Sensitive Locations’ Now Being Referred To As ‘Protected Areas’ Really Means
Austin Kocher, research assistant professor at Newhouse with the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), wrote commentary for The Hill “Will ‘protected areas’ really be safe from immigration enforcement? Probably not.” In Kocher’s commentary, he discussed the lack of protection being…
Why Many Immigrants Are Aging Out of the DACA Program
Austin Kocher, research assistant professor at Newhouse with the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), was interviewed by NPR’s Morning Edition, “New rule shields DACA from being challenged in court.” Kocher explains this new rule saying, “So by putting the original…
The Current Unsustainable Position On Immigration
Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School wrote a Washington Post commentary, “Avoiding past mistakes is key to Congress passing immigration reform that works.” Cohen, the author of this commentary, stated, “Policymakers have promised to regroup…
TRAC research featured in article, “The debate over immigration often relies on murky assumptions about the law.”
Research on by the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse was featured by The Washington Post article titled “ The debate over immigration often relies on murky assumptions about the law.” The article reference’s TRAC’s immigration related data, which shows that “six…