Prof. Jaya Ramji-Nogales says deportations to third countries like Eswatini, which recently signed an agreement to accept deportees without due process, “should not be happening” and are “not legitimate under US law.” Read More

As Trump seeks systemic change, does the US have an obligation to refugees? In a move experts say will test the reach of executive power, President Trump has placed the US Refugee Admissions Program, created by Congress with bipartisan support, on indefinite suspension. While what happens next is unclear, Prof. Jaya Ramji-Nogales thinks “the long-term ramifications for both the United States and the rest of the world will be unfortunate, to say the least.”

Immigrants seeking political asylum must navigate a system under severe strain, says Assoc. Dean Ramji-Nogales, who notes the lack of political will to supply what the system needs to function. Read More

As officials on the Southern border prepare for an influx of asylum-seekers, Assoc. Dean Jaya Ramji-Nogales notes that one reason for the situation there is the removal of safe pathways elsewhere, leaving them no other choice. Read More

As the right to asylum erodes around the world, Assoc. Dean Jaya Ramji-Nogales describes it as “our moral obligation to other humans who are in need of protection because they are facing harm.” Read More

Prof. Jaya Ramji-Nogales joined other contributing authors to celebrate the launch of Is the International Legal Order Unraveling? Read More

When Govs. DeSantis and Abbott sent migrants to DC and Massachusetts, they demonstrated that providing safe passage from the border to the interior – a practice preferred by immigration advocates – is in fact possible, writes Assoc. Dean Jaya Ramji-Nogales. Read More

The US welcomes refugees from Afghanistan but turns away Haitians. Why? Assoc. Dean Jaya Ramji-Nogales joins Borderlines to talk about the special rules arising from the US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more at Berkeley Law.  

Associate Dean Jaya Ramji-Nogales shines a light on the Biden administration’s continuation of a Trump-era asylum policy, Title 42, in violation of domestic and international law. Read more at Just Security.

Dean Ramji-Nogales, author of “The End of Asylum: The Trump Administration’s War on Asylum and What Congress and the Biden Administration Can Do About It,” calls the #MPP a “travesty of justice” for asylum seekers in this #longread from @MotherJones. Read more at Mother Jones.