We found 608 results for “Access to U.S. Asylum”.
Fact Sheet
Trump Administration Delivers Asylum Seekers to Grave Danger in Mexico: 200+ Publicly Reported Cases of Rape, Kidnapping, and Assault Just the Tip of the Iceberg
September 17, 2019
Since January 2019, the Trump Administration has expelled 45,000 asylum seekers and migrants, including Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and Central Americans, to Mexico under the so-called “Migrant Protection…
Fact Sheet
Trump Administration’s Third-Country Transit Bar is An Asylum Ban that Will Return Refugees to Danger
September 13, 2019
The Trump Administration’s third-country transit asylum bar, issued as an interim final rule on July 16, 2019, effectively bans asylum for the vast majority of…
Press
New Work Authorization Rule for Asylum Seekers Could Have Devastating Consequences
September 6, 2019
Washington, D.C.—In response to a proposed new regulation that would eliminate requirements that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decide on first-time applications for employment…
Fact Sheet
CAIR Coalition v. Trump: A Case Summary
August 28, 2019
The Trump administration has launched an unprecedented assault against asylum seekers. In its latest move, it issued a sweeping asylum ban, barring from asylum eligibility…
Press
New Trump Administration Rule an Attempt to End Asylum
July 15, 2019
Washington, D.C.—In response to the anticipated release of a new interim final rule from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security attempting to ban those…
Blog
The Trump Administration’s Migrant Persecution Protocols
July 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…
Fact Sheet
Is Guatemala Safe for Refugees and Asylum Seekers?
July 1, 2019
The Trump Administration is pursuing an agreement with Guatemala under which the United States would turn away asylum seekers from Honduras, El Salvador and other…
Blog
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,…