Fact Sheet

The Opposite of Orderly and Humane: Use of Title 42 Spurs Disorder and Undermines Security

February 22, 2022

The Biden administration’s use of Trump administration policies to turn away people seeking protection along the southern border with Mexico is spurring disorder and escalating…

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Restarting Orderly Process Critical to Managing Arrival of Asylum Seekers at Arizona Border

February 8, 2022

U.S. ports of entry have remained closed to requests for asylum throughout the pandemic, forcing some families and adults to cross the border between ports…

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Upholding President Biden’s Asylum Commitments Progress Checklist: One Year After February 2021 Executive Order

February 1, 2022

One year ago, on February 2, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order directing steps to manage migration in North and Central America and…

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Fair, Timely, and Less-Traumatizing Asylum Process

January 25, 2022

The backlogs and delays at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Asylum Office and the immigration courts have reached new record highs,…

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Recommendations to End Separation of Asylum-Seeking and Migrant Families

January 21, 2022

President Biden’s February 2, 2021 Executive Order 14011 (“Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families”) created an Interagency Task Force on…

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The Biden Administration at One Year: Urgent Recommendations for Upholding U.S. Refugee Law, Restoring Asylum, and Saving Lives

January 13, 2022

One year after President Biden took office, his administration has taken steps to end some Trump administration policies that blocked refugees from asylum but has…

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Inhumane Again: Remain in Mexico Rollout Confirms Endemic Flaws of Unfixable Policy

December 16, 2021

As the Biden administration began its rollout of Remain in Mexico (RMX) 2.0 in early December 2021, Human Rights First researchers observed the initial returns…

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Biden Administration Poised to Eliminate Critical Safeguard Amid Escalating Reports of Erroneous Credible Fear Decisions

December 8, 2021

Across the country, non-profit legal services organizations and individual attorneys have received alarming recent reports of asylum seekers from Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and…

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