We found 923 results for “Seeking Asylum”.
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Congress Must Stop Administration’s Assault on Asylum
February 23, 2018
By Olga Byrne This piece was originally published on Medium. Last week, Congress failed, yet again, to secure a legislative compromise that would provide legal status to…
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New Guidelines for Asylum Processing Will Harm Refugees Stuck in the Backlog
January 31, 2018
New York City—Human Rights First warned that changes announced today by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to process asylum applications in reverse order—with the newest…
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Administrative Holds DACA Hostage to Undermine Asylum, Refugee System
January 26, 2018
New York City—Human Rights First today denounced the Trump Administration’s immigration framework—billed as a “legislative fix” for protecting DACA recipients—as a shameful and dishonest ploy…
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Report Documents Administration’s Shameful Criminal Prosecution of Asylum Seekers at Border
January 19, 2018
New York City—A new report released today shows that amid President Trump’s campaign to block refugees seeking protection from this country, his administration has increased the criminal…
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Punishing Refugees and Migrants: The Trump Administration’s Misuse of Criminal Prosecutions
January 18, 2018
As the world continues to face the largest displacement crisis since World War II, President Trump’s first year in office has been marked by xenophobic,…
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Goodlatte Bill Aims to Divide Families and Harm Refugees in Need of Protection
January 10, 2018
New York City—Human Rights First today urged Congress to reject the “Securing America’s Future Act” introduced today by Representatives Goodlatte, Labrador, McCaul, and McSally, which…
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Trump and the Criminalization of Asylum
January 5, 2018
Originally published on Huffington Post In early September of 2017, U.S. Marshals ushered twenty-four defendants into an El Paso, Texas courtroom. Shackled around the wrists,…
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Asylum Seekers and Vulnerable Migrants Greeted with Shackles and Prison Sentences
December 13, 2017
On Friday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to United States v. Sanchez-Gomez, thereby committing to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that a policy of mass shackling defendants in court…
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Sessions Outlines Measures that Threaten Fairness in Immigration Court
December 7, 2017
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today said that Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement on the immigration court system threaten due process and fairness in the asylum system. “The…
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Immigration Detention is Making Kids Sick
November 22, 2017
Last week, I volunteered with the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project in Dilley, Texas—the home of the largest family immigration detention center in the…
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Asylum Seekers Wrongfully Prosecuted at the Border
November 17, 2017
By Olga Byrne Last week, I was in federal court for the Western District of Texas to observe criminal proceedings against individuals charged with violating section 1325…
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EOIR Oversight Hearing Statement for the Record
November 1, 2017
Dear Chairman Labrador, Ranking Member Lofgren, and Members of the Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to submit a statement for the record for the…