We found 613 results for “Access to U.S. Asylum”.
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The Trump Administration’s Migrant Persecution Protocols
June 12, 2019
By Kennji Kizuka Coauthored with Victoria Rossi On Thursday, we met Blanca*, who fled homophobic violence in Guatemala with her partner Laura*, and Laura’s son…
Letter
Letter to Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary McAleenan RE: White House Memorandum Proposing Additional Asylum Restrictions
June 5, 2019
White House Memorandum Proposing Additional Asylum Restrictions Dear Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary McAleenan: The undersigned organizations write to express our deep concern and…
Fact Sheet
Courts and Congress Misled About Trump Administration Policy Forcing Asylum Seekers to “Remain in Mexico”
May 10, 2019
Since January 2019, the Trump Administration has forced more than four thousand Central Americans trying to request asylum at the southern border to return to…
Fact Sheet
Callous and Calculated: Longer Work Authorization Bar Endangers Lives of Asylum Seekers and Their Families
April 29, 2019
U.S. immigration law and regulations provide asylum seekers with work authorization documents, which allow them to accept employment after their asylum applications have been pending for at least 180…
Report
Barred at the Border: Wait “Lists” Leave Asylum Seekers in Peril at Texas Ports of Entry
April 22, 2019
While President Trump reportedly demanded that former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristjen Nielsen resign over her failure to block all asylum seekers from entering the country,…
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Asylum Seekers Barred at the Border Make the Choice to Survive
April 22, 2019
By Kennji Kizuka In late February, we interviewed *Daniel at the Karnes family detention center in Texas. Daniel had fled political persecution in Nicaragua and arrived in…
Press
Attorney General Decision Seeks to Jail Refugees Indefinitely
April 17, 2019
New York City—In response to Attorney General Barr’s decision attempting to strip refugees of bond hearings, thereby holding them in detention indefinitely, Human Rights First’s…
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Real Solutions to the Disorder at the Border
April 10, 2019
By Eleanor Acer Anti-refugee rhetoric and policies have characterized the Trump presidency. Now, as he transitions to campaign mode ahead of the 2020 election, he’s doubling-down.…
Fact Sheet
The Real Solution: Regional Response Rather than Border Closures, Mass Incarceration, and Refugee Returns
April 5, 2019
The Trump Administration has purposefully mismanaged the refugee and humanitarian challenges pushing people to flee political repression, human rights abuses, economic deprivation, and climate displacement…
Blueprint
The Real Solution: Regional Response Rather than Border Closures, Mass Incarceration, and Refugee Returns
April 5, 2019
The Trump Administration has purposefully mismanaged the refugee and humanitarian challenges pushing people to flee political repression, human rights abuses, economic deprivation, and climate displacement…
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The Uncertainty and Trauma of Family Detention
March 22, 2019
By Jane Randel Co-President, Karp Randel In late February 2019, I toured two family immigration detention centers in South Texas—one for women and their children…
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The End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act Would Ban Asylum for Central American Children
January 23, 2019
By Kennji Kizuka The Trump-McConnell bill—the “End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act”—is nothing more than a hateful anti-immigration wish list, designed to hold the…