In the News

The Asylumist is periodically quoted in the media:

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “The White House’s New Executive Order on Immigration,” Political Misfits, June 4, 2024

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “Legal Chaos at the Texas Border,” Political Misfits, March 22, 2024

Joshua Philipp, “Investigation: Federal Officers Working Under the Influence of the CCP,” Epoch Times, March 19, 2024

“Lawmaker: Investigate US Customs Officer Who Targeted Shenyun,” NTD TV, March 13, 2024 

Phillip Linderman, “Biden’s Unlikely Better on Immigration: Canada’s Trudeau,” The American Conservative, March 5, 2024

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “Presidential Border Visits,” Political Misfits, March 1, 2024

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “The Draft Border Deal,” Political Misfits, January 31, 2024

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “Border Policy Changes,” Political Misfits, January 19, 2024

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “Immigration Policy Changes,” Political Misfits, December 7, 2023

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “Texas Immigration Law,” Political Misfits, November 21, 2023

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “Texas Migrant Bussing,” Political Misfits, October 23, 2023

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “Biden’s Border Wall,” Political Misfits, October 6, 2023

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Federal Judge Declares DACA Illegal,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, September 18, 2023

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “The Divide Between the New York City Mayor’s Office and the Biden Administration Over Immigration,” Political Misfits, September 7, 2023

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “What Comes Next in Immigration Policy,” Political Misfits, July 26, 2023

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “Legal Battles Over Migration,” Political Misfits, June 10, 2023

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Biden and Amlo agree to send immigrants back to Mexico,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, May 5, 2023

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “Biden sends troops to border,” Political Misfits, May 4, 2023

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “How migrant children can come to be trapped in indentured servitude in the US,” Political Misfits, April 19, 2023

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “New Immigration rules unlikely to fix much,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, January 12, 2023

Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou, “El Paso declares a state of emergency over immigration,” Political Misfits, December 19, 2022

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Afghan Asylees Still Mired in Bureaucracy,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, November 5, 2022

“Vaz V. Neal: Policing Immigration Attorney Incompetence And Misconduct,” Yale Journal on Regulation, October 17, 2022

“Top Lawyer Hall of Fame,” Washingtonian Magazine, September 16, 2022 

Frederick N. Rasmussen, “Judge David W. Crosland III, an immigration judge with the U.S. Department of Justice and civil rights activist, dies,” Baltimore Sun, August 21, 2022

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “How Biden Could Fix the Border Crisis,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, May 19, 2022

Scott Bixby, “‘Fatally Flawed’ Immigration Court System Should Be Taken Out of Its Misery,” Daily Beast, April 12, 2022

Jason Dzubow, “Opinion: Let affirmative asylum seekers move to the front of the line,” Washington Post, December 6, 2021

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Biden Breaks Promises on Immigration,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, December 3, 2021

Stephen Robbins and Matthew Archambeault, “The Asylumist: The Book,” Redirect, November 4, 2021

Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber, “Helping Afghan Refugees,” Political Misfits, September 4, 2021

Zheela Noori, “Jason Dzubow, immigration attorney, discusses visa options for Afghans,” Voice of America English and Dari, September 1, 2021 

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Biden embraces ‘expedited removal of family units,'” By Any Means Necessary Radio, July 30, 2021

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Certain Trimp-era asylum restrictions rescinded,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, June 18, 2021

Amy Taxin, “US ends strict Trump-era asylum rules for violence victims,” Washington Post, June 16, 2021

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “New book ‘Asylumist’ tells how to navigate US asylum,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, May 26, 2021

Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber, “Asylum Seeking in the US,” Political Misfits, May 25, 2021

Wyatt Reed, “The Illegals,” Press TV, April 14, 2021

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Internal report condemns DHS detention conditions,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, April 3, 2021 

Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber, “US ramps up talk of economic war with China. What will the repercussions be for workers and the global economy?” Political Misfits, March 13, 2021

Mansoor Qureshi, “What to Expect from Biden’s Immigration Policies?” Capital Corner, February 13, 2021

Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber, “ICE Goes Rogue,” Political Misfits, February 11, 2021

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “ICE flouts new policies, citing union deal,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, February 4, 2021

Michelle Newblom, Sophia Singh & Colin O’Keefe, “The Lexblog Community 2020 Year in Review,” LexBlog, December 23, 2020

Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber, “Deciding Who Counts,” Political Misfits, December 1, 2020

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Biden pick oversaw family separation under Obama,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, November 16, 2020

Evan Craighead, “Whistleblower Revealed ‘Victims of Persecution’ Being Forcibly Sterilized at ICE Facility,” Sputnik New, September 16, 2020 

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Immigration lawyer shocked by ICE hysterectomies,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, September 15, 2020 

Jacqueline Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “ICE Deporting International Students in Online Classes,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, July 8, 2020

Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber, “Threats for Journalist; Protesters; Tik Tok Terror; Progressives Win,” Political Misfits, June 27, 2020

Bob Schlehuber and Jamarl Thomas, ” Meltdown May, Sneaky Deportations, Pressing the Poor, Zombie Brexit,” Political Misfits, May 21, 2020

Jacquie Luqman & Sean Blackmon,”Trump’s Threats to Immigrants and Iranians Distract from COVID-19 Woes,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, April 22, 2020

Jacquie Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “As Russia and China Blamed for Corona Virus, Top Senators Got Rich Off the Crisis,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, March 20, 2020

Jacquie Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “‘Remain in Mexico’ to Remain in Place,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, March 12, 2020

Bob Schlehuber and Jamarl Thomas, “Superdelegate Sneaks, Sanctuary Cities, Muzzling Media,” Political Misfits, February 27, 2020

Jacquie Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “Pompeo, Trump Refuse to Present Evidence of Iranian ‘Imminent’ Threat,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, January 8, 2020

Jacquie Luqman & Sean Blackmon, “When Will Black Voters Divorce the Democratic Party,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, December 21, 2019

Eugene Puryear & Sean Blackmon, “First Public Impeachment Hearings Offer This Single New Insight,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, November 13, 2019

Manuel Madrid, “Trump Officials Give Permanent Promotion to Asylum-Denying Miami Immigration Judge,” Miami New Times, November 1, 2019

Eugene Puryear & Sean Blackmon, “John Bolton leaves the Trump administration; Bahamians seek refuge in the US; Theater Review ‘Fabulation, Or The Re-education of Undine,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, September 10, 2019

Eugene Puryear & Sean Blackmon, “US military is lookin’ for a few good Nazis,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, August 8, 2019

Victoria Macchi, “US Moves to Restrict Asylum for Southern Border Arrivals,” Voice of America, July 15, 2019

Eugene Puryear & Sean Blackmon, “Americans Ignore History Because… Tanks!!!,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, July 5, 2019

Jenny Manrique, “Dallas: Hondureño que sobrevive a maras obtiene asilo tras complicado proceso,” Al Dia Dallas, June 18, 2019

Eugene Puryear & Sean Blackmon, “Mistrial in Immigration Activist Scott Warren’s Harboring Migrants Case,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, June 12, 2019

Eugene Puryear & Sean Blackmon, “Trump Cuts Basic Services for Migrants at Border,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, June 7, 2019

Scott Bixby, “Judges Say Trump Shutdown Broke Immigration System for Years,” Daily Beast, January 29, 2019

Jason Dzubow is listed as a top immigration lawyer in Washington, DC, Washingtonian Magazine, January 11, 2019

Rebekah Entralgo, “How the government shutdown is making the U.S. immigration system even worse,” Think Progress, January 7, 2019

Scott Bixby, “Lawyer Says Shutdown Delays Making Asylum Seekers ‘Suicidal,'” Daily Beast, January 7, 2019

Molly McKitterick, “(Im)migration News Recap,” Voice of America, December 21, 2018

Aline Barros, “US Says Asylum-Seeking Migrants to Wait in Mexico,” Voice of America, December 20, 2018

Eugene Puryear & Sean Blackmon, “A Bit of Hate Before Giving Thanks,” By Any Means Necessary Radio, November 21, 2018

Ailsa Chang, “Thousands Could Be Deported as Government Targets Asylum Mills’ Client,” NPR (Planet Money), September 28, 2018

Amanda Prestigiacomo, “Ann Coulter Warns Trump: Don’t Fall for ‘Child Actors’ at Border,” Daily Caller, June 18, 2018

Jack Davies, “How Cambodia’s political refugees are being betrayed by the US legal system,” Southeast Asia Globe, June 11, 2018

John Washington, “ICE Is Sending a Message to World’s Asylum Seekers: The US Is No Place of Refuge,” The Nation, May 29, 2018

Emma Roller, “The Sadistic Process of Applying for Asylum in the U.S.,” Splinter News, April 5, 2018

Betsy Woodruff, “Want Asylum in America? Get Ready for Hell,” Daily Beast, April 5, 2018

Lucy Westcott, “Donald Trump’s New Policies Could Make It Harder for Torture Survivors to Get Asylum,” The Intercept, April 3, 2018

Amy Taxin, “U.S. will target asylum backlog by reviewing newer cases first,” Chicago Tribune, February 3, 2018

Amy Taxin, “U.S. tries to target asylum-seeker backlog by reviewing newer cases first,” Associated Press, January 31, 2018

Betsy Woodruff, “The Trump Administration is Waging Guerrilla War on Legal Immigration, Attorneys Say,” Daily Beast, December 26, 2017

David Bier, “The Trump administration’s stealth attack on legal immigration,” Washington Post, August 28, 2017

Manuel Madrid, “Rolling the Dice on Deportation,” The American Prospect, June 9, 2017

Alice Salles, “ICE May Deport Refugee Who Helped Them Catch Criminals,” Carbonated TV, May 9, 2017

Gabe Ortiz, “ICE is trying to deport a Sudanese refugee who was almost killed for helping them,” Daily Kos, May 8, 2017

Betsy Woodruff, “This Ice Informant Is About to Get Deported,” Daily Beast, May 8, 2017

Betsy Woodruff, “Trump’s Pick for Refugee Czar Never Resettled Refugees,” Daily Beast, April 10, 2017

Susan Du, “‘I’m an Illegal Immigrant,’ Mona Ali is tired of hiding from the American Dream,” City Pages, April 5, 2017

Jason Markusoff, “Why Canada’s status quo at the border can’t last,” Maclean’s, March 13, 2017

Jason Dzubow, “The Frightening Human Cost of Trump’s Latest Muslim Ban,” The Forward, March 7, 2017

Douglas Quan, “Manitoba border town’s generosity is tested amid spike in asylum-seeking ‘border jumpers’ since Trump elected,” Vancouver Sun, February 8, 2017

Victoria Macchi, “Refugees Play an Important Role in Foreign Relations,” Voice of America, February 2, 2017

Sear Zia, Interview on TV Ashna, Voice of America, February 1, 2017

Mikaela Lefrak, “Airport Detentions: What We Know So Far,” WAMU Public Radio, January 30, 2017

Reena Flores, “As Trmp takes office, refugees nervously await clearer policies,” CBS News, January 20, 2017

Esther Yi Hsi Lee, “Refugees wait with baited breath for Trump administration’s immigration plans,” Think Progress, January 19, 2017

Victoria Macchi, “Ahead of Inauguration, Refugee Ball Called a Reminder, Not a Protest,” Voice of America, January 18, 2017

Cherri Gregg, “Montco Native to Hold Pre-Inaugural Ball for Refugees,” CBS News Philadelphia, January 16, 2017

Michael Matzo, “At inaugural week Refugee Ball, they won’t be toasting Trump,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 16, 2017

Tim Stellar, “For Turks, post-coup purges make US safe harbor,” Arizona Daily Star, September 5, 2016

Molly Hulsey, “Asylum-seekers sue DHS over application deadline,” World, July 6, 2016

Allissa Wickham, “4 Bad Habits that Immigration Attorneys Need to Break,” Law 360, June 30, 2016 (password protected)

Batya Ungar-Sargon, “El drama humano en las cortes de inmigracion,” El Diario, December 22, 2015

Batya Ungar-Sargon, “Those Seeking Better Life, Agency Pledged to Detect Fraud Clash in Immigration Court,” City Limits, December 18, 2015

Jason Dzubow is listed as a top immigration lawyer in Washington, DC, Washingtonian Magazine, November 5, 2015

“Two child policy to [reduce] protect[ion for] Chinese in the United States,” Next Media, October 31, 2015 (this one is in Chinese)

Joseph Ax, “End of China’s one-child policy may slow U.S. asylum cases: experts,” Reuters, October 29, 2015

J. Weston Phippen, “Young, Illegal, and Alone,” The Atlantic, October 15, 2015

News Hour, “Refugees in Europe,” Al Jazeera English, September 4, 2015 (sorry, no link is available)

Brianna Lee, “Immigration Reform 2015: US Asylum Backlogs Soaring, Testing Patience for Those Fleeing Persecution,” International Business Times, July 20, 2015

Sean Lyngaas, “Syrian asylum-seekers face long waits in backlogged U.S. system,” Washington Post, June 13, 2015.

Ali Velshi, “Border Backlog: America’s Broken Immigration Courts,” Al Jazeera America, June 9, 2015.

Michael Matza, “Many factors contribute to backlog of asylum seekers,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 16, 2015

Amel Ahmed, “US asylum laws endanger Mexican victims of drug gangs,” Al Jazeera, November 18, 2014

Stephen Robbins and Matthew Archambeault, Coast to Coast (Episode 10), October 24, 2014

Dara Lind, “You can’t fix the child migrant crisis without understanding asylum. Here are 6 facts,” Vox.com, July 30, 2014

Dara Lind, “Hillary Clinton wants child migrants sent back. Here’s what that would look like,” Vox.com, June 19, 2014

Sandra Dibble, “Rising number of Mexicans seek asylum,” San Diego Union Tribune, March 12, 2014

Rabah H. Fillali, “U.S. Welcomes Syrian Refugees,” Al Hurra (Voice of America), February 22, 2014 (this one is in Arabic)

“BIA Pro Bono Screener Named Top D.C. Immigration Attorney,” Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., January 30, 2014

Jason Dzubow is listed as a top immigration lawyer in Washington, DC, Washingtonian Magazine, December 31, 2013

Ahmad Zeidan, “Google Launches Search Engine to Compare Constitutions from Around the World,” Radio Netherlands Worldwide, October 4, 2013 (this one is in Arabic)

Jill Replogle, “Rise in Asylum Seekers at Border Prompts Congressional Inquiry,” KPBS San Diego, August 22, 2013

Brian Beutler, “What Extradition Proceedings Against Ed Snowden Would Look Like – And How the U.S. Might Get Around Them,” TPM Media, June 11, 2013

Talk of the Nation, “Who Gets Asylum, Who Doesn’t and How That May Change,” National Public Radio, June 4, 2013

Listening Post, “Sex, lies and Wikileaks,” Al Jazeera, August 25, 2012 (my comments appear at about 9:50)

Jason Dzubow, “Obama can help bi-national couples,” Washington Blade, June 20, 2012 (a response opposing my Op Ed is here)

Nico Colombant, “Africa Asylum, Green Card Scams Hinder Process,” Voice of America, March 2, 2012

Jason Dzubow is named one of the best immigration lawyers in Washington, DC, Washingtonian Magazine, December 30, 2011

Jason Dzubow, “Unfilled Positions Reduce Productivity,” U.S. News and World Report (Debate Club), December 28, 2011

Paul Canning, “Update: Denial of US Asylum to Gay Saudi Diplomat,” Care2, November 15, 2011

Erica Pearson, “President Obama’s Immigration Plan Could Force ‘Devastating’ Delays,” New York Daily News, December 7, 2011

Willi Kozanek, “Lugen fur positiven Asylbescheid,” da Standard, August 30, 2011 (this one is in German)

Celeste Katz, “DSK Accuser Likely to Face Deportation Hearings,” New York Daily News, August 24, 2011

Erica Pearson, “Some Immigration Judges Cruel, Some Kind in New York’s Chancy ‘Refugee Roulette,'” New York Daily News, August 1, 2011

Suketu Mehta, “The Asylum Seeker,” The New Yorker, August 1, 2011 (you must have a subscription to the New Yorker to access this page, or you can see an unformatted version here)

Ginger Adams Otis, “Life Inside the Asylum,” The New York Post, July 17, 2011

Jason Dzubow, “Go After the Lawyers,” New York Times (Room for Debate), July 12, 2011

Shankar Vedantam, “From Eritrea to the U.S.: Complex Migration Routes Worry U.S. Officials,” Washington Post, April 24, 2011

Shankar Vedantam, “Immigrant Laid Off After She Was Unable to Renew Her Virginia Driver’s License,” Washington Post, April 15, 2011

Deborah Interviews Jason Dzubow, Immigration Law Channel, April 14, 2011

N.C. Aizenman, “More Immigrants Seeking Asylum Cite Gang Violence,” Washington Post, November 15, 2006

Gary Feuerberg, “New Law Firm Established in Washington, DC; Takes on Federal Bureaucracy,” Epoch Times, May 28, 2006