We found 928 results for “Seeking Asylum”.
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Leading Public Health Experts Gravely Concerned About New Proposal to Deny Asylum
August 6, 2020
Experts including epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists find that Trump administration’s rationale for proposed rule denying refugees protection is a misuse of science and public…
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Human Rights First Denounces New Fees for Asylum in the United States
July 31, 2020
WASHINGTON — While the Trump administration continues to block many refugees from asylum in this country, Human Rights First condemns the new final rule requiring asylum seekers to…
Fact Sheet
New Asylum Ban, Recycled Pretext: Proposed Rule Would Illegally, Unjustly Bar Many Asylum Seekers on Public Health Grounds
July 29, 2020
Asserting specious public health justifications, a sweeping new rule proposed by the Trump administration on July 9, 2020 would expand and make permanent the administration’s…
Fact Sheet
Some Considerations and Resources for People Considering Leaving Hong Kong to Seek Asylum
July 23, 2020
Caution: Before departing to seek asylum abroad, you should try to speak with an attorney that specializes in refugee and immigration law in the country…
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Human Rights First Praises Passage of the NO BAN Act
July 22, 2020
WASHINGTON — Today the House of Representatives took the historic and courageous step to pass the NO BAN Act, which rescinds religiously and racially motivated…
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New Report Details Transit Ban Asylum Denials and Family Separations, Proposed Rule Would Revive Illegal Ban Despite Court Rulings
July 15, 2020
WASHINGTON – A year since the Trump administration’s third-country transit asylum ban was issued, this ban has caused the United States to deny asylum to…
Report
Asylum Denied, Families Divided: Trump Administration’s Illegal Third-Country Transit Ban
July 15, 2020
One year ago, on July 16, 2019, the Trump administration issued a rule barring asylum for virtually all refugees who travel through another country on…
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Trump Administration Expands Public Health Pretext to Block Asylum-Seekers
July 8, 2020
New proposed rules paradoxically ban people from places with high incidence of COVID-19, even as the United States leads the world in number of cases…
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The Second Trump Asylum Ban Has Been Defeated in Court
July 1, 2020
Washington, D.C. – On June 30, Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down President Trump’s second asylum…
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Human Rights First Decries Erosion of Protections for Asylum-Seekers in Supreme Court Ruling
June 25, 2020
WASHINGTON – In its decision today in Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam, a majority of the Supreme Court ruled that asylum seekers placed in expedited removal…
Testimony
Statement for the Record of Human Rights First on Customs and Border Protection Oversight
June 24, 2020
U.S. Senate, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Hearing on Customs and Border Protection Oversight June 25, 2020 Thank you for the opportunity to…