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Comment on this storyComment A reporter from Mexico who fled the country after exposing corruption in its military has been granted eligibility for U.S. asylum, ending a years-long effort by the U.S. government to deport him, the National Press Club said Thursday. Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto received notice this . . .
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for allegedly discriminating against asylum recipients and refugees in hiring. “The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider […]
A former official in northwestern Russia’s republic of Komi has sought asylum in the United States after fleeing Russia to avoid being drafted into the war in Ukraine, according to the Russian-language broadcaster RTVI. Denis Sharonov, 48, served as the republic of Komi’s agriculture minister between 2020 and January 2022, a month before Russia invaded […]
[1/3]Asylum seekers, mostly from Venezuela, rest in the shade of a tent set up by Mexican authorities near the border as they try to cross into the U.S. without an appointment, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, July 2 (Reuters) – U.S. and Mexican officials are discussing a new […]
New York, NY, June 26, 2023 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and six partner agencies (Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados México, Refugee Health Alliance, Kino Border Initiative, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Espacio Migrante, and Immigrant Defenders Law Center) released a new report, Limits on Access to Asylum After Title 42: One Month of […]
States across the Americas must put an immediate end to the anti-Black discrimination, including race-based torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, against Haitian people seeking safety and international protection, said Amnesty International on World Refugee Day. “Racist migration and asylum policies only exacerbate the harm already inflicted on people forced to endure and […]
CIUDAD JUÁREZ – It was well before dawn Sunday morning when Olga Maldonado, her nieces Yulisa, Marcela Maldonado and Kevin Hernandez and the children, ages 3 to 10 years old, rose to prepare for their asylum meeting with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “Nervous, but excited,” was how Olga described her feelings, slipping on plain […]
CIUDAD JUÁREZ – It was well before dawn Sunday morning, when Olga Maldonado, her nieces Yulisa, Marcela Maldonado and Kevin Hernandez and the children, ages 3 to 10-years old, rose to prepare for their asylum meeting with the U.S. Customs and Border Protections. “Nervous, but excited,” was how Olga described her feelings, slipping on plain […]
CIUDAD JUÁREZ – It was well before dawn Sunday morning, when Olga Maldonado, her nieces Yulisa, Marcela Maldonado and Kevin Hernandez and the children, ages 3 to 10-years old, rose to prepare for their asylum meeting with the U.S. Customs and Border Protections. “Nervous, but excited,” was how Olga described her feelings, slipping on plain […]
HOUSTON (AP) — The April visit to a Houston clinic was just one of a never-ending assembly line of medical appointments Abdul Wasi Safi has had since his January release from an immigration detention center. The former . . .