Research and Writing
Julia Neusner, Unbearable Heat: Climate Displacement and Hardened Borders in the Americas. Dejusticia, February 2024.
Julia Neusner and Tana Ganeva, No Vacancies at the Hotel Roosevelt, Truthdig, August 2023.
Julia Neusner, To Protect Climate-Displaced People, the United States Must Restore Asylum Access, JURIST, Apr. 2023.
Julia Neusner, Daniel Salazar, Ama Francis, David Cremins, Charlotte Finegold, and Nastaran Far, Climate of Coercion: Environmental and Other Drivers of Cross-Border Displacement in Central America and Mexico . Human Security Initiative, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, and International Refugee Assistance Project, March 2023.
Julia Neusner, In San Diego, Remain in Mexico revamp is a due process disaster. Daily Journal, May 2022.
Julia Neusner, Kennji Kizuka, Eleanor Acer, Ana Ortega, and Alejandra Aguilar Ruiz, Human Rights Stain, Public Health Farce: Evasion of Asylum Law and Title 42 Abuse Must End— and Never Be Revived. Human Rights First, December 2022.
Julia Neusner, A Year After Del Rio, Haitian Asylum Seekers Expelled Under Title 42 Are Still Suffering. Human Rights First, Sep. 2022.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka, Fatally Flawed: “Remain in Mexico” Policy Should Never Be Revived. Human Rights First, September 2022.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka, The Nightmare Continues: Title 42 Court Order Prolongs Human Rights Abuses, Extends Disorder at U.S. Borders. Human Rights First, June 2022.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka, Extending Title 42 Would Escalate Dangers, Exacerbate Disorder, and Magnify Discrimination. Human Rights First, April 2022.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka, Two Years of Suffering: Biden Administration Continues Use of Discredited Title 42 Order to Flout Refugee Law. Human Rights First, March 2022.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka, Restarting Orderly Process Critical to Managing Arrival of Asylum Seekers at Arizona Border. Human Rights First, February 2022.
Julia Neusner, Kennji Kizuka, and Ana Orteaga, A Shameful Record: Biden Administration’s Use of Trump Policies Endangers People Seeking Asylum. Human Rights First, Jan. 2022.
Julia Neusner and Ana Ortega, “Nothing Humane About This Process:” Biden Administration Launches “Remain in Mexico” Revamp at El Paso Port of Entry. Human Rights First, Dec. 2021.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka, Inhumane Again: Remain in Mexico Rollout Confirms Endemic Flaws of Unfixable Policy. Human Rights First, Dec. 2021.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka, Border Restrictions Lift, But Biden Administration Blocks Protection for Asylum Seekers and Children. Human Rights First, November 2021.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka,“Illegal and Inhumane”: Biden Administration Continues Embrace of Trump Title 42 Policy as Attacks on People Seeking Refuge Mount. Human Rights First, Oct. 2021.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka, Biden Administration’s Dangerous Haitian Expulsion Strategy Escalates the U.S. History of Illegal and Discriminatory Mistreatment of Haitians Seeking Safety in the United States. Human Rights First, Sept. 2021.
Julia Neusner, Rebecca Gendelman, Kennji Kizuka, and Ana Ortega, Human Rights Travesty: Biden Administration Embrace of Trump Asylum Expulsion Policy Endangers Lives, Wreaks Havoc. Human Rights First, Aug. 2021.
Julia Neusner and Emem Maurus, To Protect the Lives of LGBTQ Asylum Seekers, the Biden Administration Must Fully End Title 42. Human Rights First, July 2021.
Julia Neusner and Kennji Kizuka, Disorderly and Inhumane: Biden Administration Continues to Expel Asylum Seekers to Danger While U.S. Border Communities Stand Ready to Welcome. Human Rights First, July 2021.
Julia Neusner, “They Lied to Us”: Biden Administration Continues to Expel, Mistreat Families Seeking Asylum. Human Rights First, May 2021.
Julia Neusner, Kidnapped, Raped, and Robbed: Dangerous Title 42 Expulsions to Mexico Continue. Human Rights First, May 2021.
Rebecca Gendelman, Julia Neusner, and Kennji Kizuka, Failure to Protect: Biden Administration Continues Illegal Trump Policy to Block and Expel Asylum Seekers to Danger. Human Rights First, 20 April 2021.
Julia Neusner, “We Need Someone to See Us”: To Save Lives, the Biden Administration Should Quickly Restore Refugee Protection. Human Rights First, Jan. 2021.
Julia Neusner, After Two Years, “Remain” Remains, and its Human Toll Keeps Rising. Daily Journal, 25 Jan. 2021.
Julia Neusner, Rebecca Gendelman, and Kennji Kizuka, Humanitarian Disgrace: U.S. Continues to Illegally Block, Expel Refugees to Danger. Human Rights First, December 2020.
Julia Neusner, Anika Ades, and Rebecca Gendelman, Amy Coney Barrett’s Troubling Record on Asylum and Immigration. Human Rights First, Oct. 2020.
Chelsea Berkey, Julia Neusner, Ben Polsky, and Jillayne Ren, Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for Sexual Exploitation in the Balkans. United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Women Forward International. June 2020.
Julia Neusner, Trade Liberation and Labor Bondage: U.S. Agreements with Mexico and Colombia. 9 Journal of Global Rights and Organizations, Spring 2019.
Julia Neusner, Stanford Law Students Helping Asylum Seekers at the US-Mexico Border. Stanford Lawyer, July 2019.
Legal, Government, and Human Rights Body Submissions
Addressing the Human Rights Implications of Climate Change Displacement: Submission by Human Rights First to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change. Nov. 2022 (coauthor).
Restoring and Extending Protections in the United States for Displaced Persons Impacted by Climate Change: Submission by Human Rights First to the OHCHR Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. June 2022 (lead coauthor).
U.S. Asylum and Border Policies Resulting in Human Rights Violations: Human Rights First’s Submission for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. March 2022 (lead coauthor).
Examining the Court-Ordered Reimplementation of the Remain in Mexico Policy: Human Rights First Statement for the Record. U.S. House, Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. March 2022 (lead coauthor).
Emergency Request for Precautionary Measures Pursuant to Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Behalf of Asylum Seekers Who Have Been or Would Be Expelled from the United States Under the Title 42 Policy. Oct. 2021 (coauthor).
Declaration of Julia Neusner in Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas, Aug. 2021.
Illegal Pushbacks by the United States of People Seeking Refugee Protection: Human Rights First’s Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. Feb. 2021 (lead coauthor).