Reading List

Essential Resources

• “Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Southern Border - Case Study,” YouTube, 7:26, posted by CFR Education, Aug 10, 2020.
• “What’s the Difference Between a Migrant and a Refugee?,” YouTube, 4:12, posted by CFR Education, June 18, 2019.
• Paul J. Angelo, “Why Central American Migrants Are Arriving at the U.S. Border,” Council on Foreign Relations, March 22, 2021.
• “Why are People Fleeing the Northern Triangle?” YouTube video, 2:00, posted by the Council on Foreign Relations, April 23, 2021
• Claire Felter, Danielle Renwick, and Amelia Cheatham, “The U.S. Immigration Debate,” Council on Foreign Relations, June 6, 2023.
• Claire Klobucista, James McBride, and Diana Roy, “How Does the U.S. Refugee System Work?” Council on Foreign Relations, February 15, 2023.
• Diana Roy, Amelia Cheatham, and Claire Klobucista, “How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders?” Council on Foreign Relations, July 26, 2023.
• “No Refuge: Why Refugees Have Shrinking Options,” Council on Foreign Relations.
• Amelia Cheatham, “Central America’s Turbulent Northern Triangle,” Council on Foreign Relations, October 1, 2019.
• "Fleeing For our Lives,” Amnesty International.
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Additional Resources

• Shannon K. O’Neil, “Migrants at the U.S. Border: How Biden's Approach Differs From Trump's,” Council on Foreign Relations, February 17, 2021.
• Vanda Felbab-Brown, “Border Security and Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” Brookings Institution, February 11, 2019.
• José W. Fernández, “More Aid Won’t Stop Central America’s Migrant Crisis: What U.S. Aid Can and Can’t Achieve in the Northern Triangle,” Foreign Affairs, April 30, 2020.
• Dara Lind, “The Migrant Caravan, Explained,” Vox, October 25, 2018.
• “No Refuge: Why the World’s Swelling Refugee Population Has Shrinking Options,” Council on Foreign Relations.
• “What’s the Economic Impact of Refugees in America?” PBS.
• Ryan Nunn, Jimmy O’Donnell, and Jay Shambaugh, “A Dozen Facts About Immigration,” Brookings Institution, October 9, 2018.