We found 628 results for “Access to U.S. Asylum”.
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Correcting the Record: The Reality of U.S. Asylum Process and Outcomes
November 3, 2023
Human Rights First has researched and documented the impacts of the asylum ban, heightened screening standards, and deportation in reports from July and October 2023.…
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Upholding And Upgrading Asylum
October 30, 2023
Recommendations for the Biden Administration Nearly three years into his administration, the President should pursue effective and humane strategies that adhere to refugee law to…
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New Report Details Asylum Ban’s Role in Violence in Mexico
October 13, 2023
WASHINGTON – Kidnappings and horrific violence against people waiting in Mexico to seek asylum under the Biden administration’s asylum ban are escalating, Human Rights First…
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Inhumane and Counterproductive
October 12, 2023
Asylum Ban Inflicts Mounting Harm Executive Summary Five months after the Biden administration initiated its new bar on asylum, the policy continues to strand vulnerable…
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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…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“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…
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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…