The Biden Ban
In early 2023, the Biden administration proposed a rule that would illegally ban many refugees from seeking asylum in the United States.
Our Response
Refugee Protection Travesty: Biden Asylum Ban Endangers and Punishes At-Risk Asylum Seekers (July 2023)
Lives At Risk: Barriers and Harms As Biden Asylum Ban Takes Effect – joint report with Haitian Bridge Alliance, ACLU, Amnesty International, Amnesty International USA, NILC, NIJC, Tahirih Justice Center, UndocuBlack Network, and the #WelcomeWithDignity campaign for asylum rights. (June 2023)
Public Comments Urge Withdrawal of Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban (April 2023)
Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban: Illegal, Inhumane, and No Solution (February 2023)
Leading by Example, Honoring Commitments: Recommendations for the Biden Administration to Uphold Refugee Law at Home (January 2023)
Biden Administration Plan to Resurrect Asylum Ban Advances Trump Agenda (January 2023)
At Two Months, Biden’s Asylum Ban Threatens Lives
Joint Report Details Restrictions on Access to Asylum at Nogales, Arizona Port of Entry
Joint Delegation Report Details Harms of Biden’s New Asylum Ban
End of Title 42 Brings New Barriers for Asylum Seekers
Biden’s Asylum Ban is a Death Sentence for Refugees
Human Rights First Welcomes Resettlement, Condemns Bars to Asylum Seekers
Biden’s Asylum Ban Would Return U.S. to Trump-Style Policy
Public Comments Urge Withdrawal of Biden Administration’s Proposed Asylum Ban
Human Rights First opposes Biden’s proposal to detain asylum seekers
Letter to President Biden – March 15, 2023
Letter to President Biden – January 18, 2023
After he campaigned on promises to uphold asylum, President Biden’s asylum ban is a grave legal, moral, and political mistake.
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The Trump Ban
During the Trump administration, Human Rights First conducted research into the consequences of a similar asylum ban, which was repeatedly struck down by federal courts.
Our Response
abandon the asylum bans
abandon
Upholding Refugee Law