We found 601 results for “Access to U.S. Asylum”.
Fact Sheet
Upholding And Upgrading Asylum: A Summary of Recommendations for the Biden Administration
October 12, 2023
Download the summary or read the full set of recommendations here. Nearly three years after President Biden took office, his administration should double down on…
Press
Human Rights First Urges Mexican Supreme Court to Find “Remain in Mexico” Illegal
October 5, 2023
WASHINGTON – With Mexican NGO Fundación para la Justicia y el Estado Democrático de Derecho (FJEDD) bringing to the Mexican Supreme Court a constitutional challenge…
Report
“I Felt Not Seen, Not Heard”
September 19, 2023
Gaps in Disability Access at USCIS for People Seeking Protection People seeking asylum in the United States navigate a complex process to apply for asylum…
Blog
Asylum Ban Increases Threats of Sexual Violence Against LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers
August 22, 2023
By Claire Hunt, Human Rights First intern Facing persecution and violence in their home countries, many LGBTQ+ people are forced to flee their homes and…
Fact Sheet
Rhetoric v. Reality:
August 1, 2023
Biden Administration Should Correct Misleading Narrative on Asylum Eligibility In promulgating recent policy that unlawfully bans and blocks refugees from asylum protections in the United…
Press
Federal Court Finds Asylum Ban Unlawful
July 25, 2023
WASHINGTON – Judge Jon Tigar of the California Northern District Court today ruled that the Biden administration’s asylum ban policy is unlawful, but delayed the…
Report
“You Suffer A Lot”
July 19, 2023
Immigrants with Disabilities Face Barriers in Immigration Court DOWNLOAD Immigrants with disabilities face many barriers as they navigate deportation proceedings in U.S. immigration courts, where…
Press
At Two Months, Biden’s Asylum Ban Threatens Lives
July 12, 2023
WASHINGTON – Two months into the Biden administration’s asylum ban, Human Rights First today released “Refugee Protection Travesty: Biden Asylum Ban Endangers and Punishes At-Risk…
Report
Refugee Protection Travesty
July 12, 2023
Biden Asylum Ban Endangers and Punishes At-Risk Asylum Seekers Executive Summary On May 12, 2023, the Biden administration began implementing its new bar to asylum…
Fact Sheet
Biden Administration Asylum Ban
June 28, 2023
Widely Opposed Misstep Violates Law and Fuels Wrongful Deportation of Refugees On May 16, 2023, the Biden administration published a final rule (“asylum ban”) that…
Press
Joint Report Details Restrictions on Access to Asylum at Nogales, Arizona Port of Entry
June 9, 2023
WASHINGTON DC – Today, Human Rights First, the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, and the Kino Border Initiative released “A Line that Barely Budges:…
Report
A Line that Barely Budges
June 9, 2023
U.S. Limiting Access to Asylum This report documents impediments facing people attempting to seek asylum at the U.S. port of entry in Nogales, Arizona following…