*New* Call for Articles: RSF “The New Asylum Seekers: Subnational Dynamics of Migration Governance in the United States” (01/07/26)
Posted: 12/4/2025 (Conference)
This issue on “The New Asylum Seekers: Subnational Dynamics of Migration Governance in the United States” underscores how in-land asylum seekers occupy a distinctive position at the intersection of legality and illegality. As they increasingly concentrate in US cities, subnational governments and institutions face urgent practical and political challenges that have become central to the national immigration debate. This issue of RSF examines the ways in which contemporary asylum seekers to the US resemble and differ from other immigrants, past and present; it considers how rising asylum-seeking shapes subnational responses among diverse state and non-state actors; it compares the experiences of asylum-seeking newcomers with long-term unauthorized immigrants; it analyzes the relationships of these groups with the US-born population; and, in turn, it assesses their influence on broader US immigration policies.
We seek original, empirical contributions across a range of social science disciplines and methodologies that respond to the questions below. We encourage contributions that carefully consider potential methodological and data limitations that hinder the advancement of understanding in this field, as well as the opportunities they present for advancing inquiry and theory. For more information, see full ad.
Deadline: January 7, 2026
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Deadline: 01/07/2025