Why It’s Bad to Force Asylum Seekers to Seek Protection Elsewhere
The Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling on Wednesday allowing the Trump administration to implement a ban on asylum seekers at the southern land border. The ban applies to people who transited...
View ArticleTrump Administration Considers Lowering the Refugee Cap to Zero
The Trump administration is considering decreasing the maximum number of refugees accepted into the United States to 10,000 and as possibly low as zero, administration officials confirmed last week....
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Parents and Children Torn Apart by Family Separation Policy Sue the Trump...
WASHINGTON—Five asylum-seeking mothers and their children who were torn apart under the Trump administration’s family separation policy filed a lawsuit today against the United States for the cruel...
View ArticleRefugee Admissions to Hit 40-Year Low Under Trump
President Trump yesterday proposed a reduction in the annual number of refugee admissions to 18,000 persons for 2020. This is the lowest number ever in the 40-year history of the refugee program, and...
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Lawsuit Demands Information on the Expansion of CBP’s Role in the Screening...
WASHINGTON —The American Immigration Council and Tahirih Justice Center filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit today in federal court to compel the government to release records about the Trump...
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FOIA Lawsuit Demands Information About CBP Officers’ Role in Credible Fear...
This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeks to uncover information about the government’s troubling new practice of employing U.S. Custom and Border Protection (CBP) officers to screen asylum...
View ArticleAmerican Communities Benefit From Welcoming Refugees – The White House Wants...
For many small towns and rural communities, opening their doors to refugees is part of a local strategy to reverse population decline, stimulate their workforce, and build diverse communities. There...
View ArticleWhat the Safe Third Country Deals Mean for The Future of Asylum in the United...
The Trump administration announced last week that it had signed an “Asylum Cooperative Agreement” with Honduras, following two similar agreements signed with El Salvador and Guatemala. If any of these...
View ArticleCBP Officers Take on Role of Asylum Officers – This Lawsuit Demands to Know Why
Officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)—a law enforcement agency with a history of misconduct and abuse—are reportedly conducting screenings of asylum seekers pursuing protection in the...
View ArticleThe Perils of the Migrant Protection Protocols
Rape, violence, kidnapping, and lack of basic health care is, unfortunately, a reality for hundreds of asylum seekers subjected to the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) or “Remain in Mexico” program....
View ArticleTemporary Protected Status for Salvadorans Extended, While Liberians Face...
Following an agreement between the governments of the United States and El Salvador, Salvadorans with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be able to extend their status for another year into early...
View ArticleOpposition Mounts to Trump’s Effort to Delay Work Permits for People Seeking...
The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would delay work authorization for people seeking asylum in the United States. The move is drawing opposition from advocates across the country....
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Statement for the House Committee on Homeland Security “Examining the Human...
The American Immigration Council submitted a written statement to the House Committee on Homeland Security for a November 19, 2019 hearing on the “Examining the Human Rights and Legal Implications of...
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A Guide to Policies Affecting Asylum Seekers at the Border
For decades, adults, families, and unaccompanied children have been arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border to seek protection from harm in their home countries. U.S. law allows any noncitizen who is in the...
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Federal Court Blocks Trump Asylum Ban from Being Applied to Thousands of...
SAN DIEGO– A federal judge today blocked the Trump administration’s asylum ban from being applied to thousands of asylum seekers who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the U.S. asylum process...
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Safe Third Country Agreements with Central American Countries Eviscerate...
WASHINGTON— The Trump administration published a new rule Tuesday that seeks to implement safe third country agreements that the United States entered into with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—and...
View ArticleVolunteer Found Not Guilty After Providing Humanitarian Aid to Migrants
Over the last decade, the remains of more than 1,600 people have been found in the Arizona desert. Groups like No More Deaths, whose mission is “ending death and suffering in the U.S.-Mexico...
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Demanding Records About the Migration Protection Protocols Program
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a drastic change to our asylum system with the announcement of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)—also known as Remain in Mexico—on...
View ArticleRepublican and Democratic Officials Continue to Accept Refugees, Rejecting...
Update: On January 15, federal Judge Peter Messitte issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the Trump administration from enforcing its executive order giving state and local governments...
View ArticleWhat Are the Proposed New Bars to Asylum?
In yet another move to gut asylum protections in the United States, the Trump administration proposed a rule last month that would add severe new restrictions on asylum access. The restrictions would...
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