Fact Sheet

Refugee Admissions and the Asylum Division Backlog

September 21, 2017

 

Recent reports indicate that the Trump Administration plans to admit an all-time low number of refugees in the coming fiscal year. Furthermore, the…

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Backgrounder: Steven G. Bradbury

August 9, 2017

Mr. Bradbury’s most prominent and consequential work was to justify unlawful torture and detainee abuse.

Mr. Bradbury was acting head of the Department of Justice’s…

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Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act Would Return Persecuted Refugees to Danger

July 26, 2017

The provisions included in the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 391) would severely undermine access to asylum in the United States.…

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Human Trafficking Accountability Act

July 24, 2017

S. 1236: A BILL TO DESIGNATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COORDINATORS IN U.S. ATTORNEY OFFICES

PURPOSE

To increase justice for victims and expand accountability for perpetrators of…

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President Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees Harms Our Iraqi Allies

July 18, 2017

Recognizing the importance of protecting Iraqi allies who served alongside the U.S. Military, U.S. agencies, media, and non-governmental organizations, Congress passed the bipartisan Refugee Crisis…

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Summary of ISIS AUMF Proposals

June 19, 2017

There have been many calls for Congress to pass an AUMF against ISIS, and several members of Congress have released AUMF proposals. To ensure that the…

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The Problems with the AUMF and How to Fix Them

June 19, 2017

Introduction

Within days of the 9/11 attacks, Congress passed an authorization for use of military force (AUMF) against those who “planned, authorized, committed, or aided…

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Torture Report Accessibility

June 13, 2017

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION has begun to return copies of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s post-9/11 torture program. The move is a significant…

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