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In a two-page letter sent to governors across the country, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked his peers Tuesday to join his fight against President Joe Biden’s new asylum measures by sending funding and all available law enforcement to the southern border. “In the federal government’s absence, we, as Governors, must band together to combat President […]
A delegation of prominent national civil and immigrant rights leaders led by the Haitian Bridge Alliance visited locations in the Texas Rio Grande Valley and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas to bear witness to the end of Title 42 and the implementation of number of punitive policies along the border, including a new asylum ban. […]
El Paso, Texas — The Biden administration has finalized a sweeping restriction on asylum that it plans to use to ramp up swift deportations of migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border after the Title 42 pandemic-era emergency policy sunsets on Thursday, according to internal documents obtained by CBS News. Hundreds of U.S. asylum officers were […]
The mandatory use of the CBP One mobile application as the sole means of entering the United States to seek international protection is a clear violation of international human rights law, Amnesty International said today. In a new policy briefing, Amnesty International has raised serious human rights concerns regarding the mandatory use of CBP One. […]
New York, NY, April 28, 2023 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) welcomes aspects of yesterday’s announcement by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State that expand safe, legal pathways to the U.S. and facilitate humane and orderly processes for asylum-seekers. But as the administration rightly prepares to end expulsions of asylum […]
WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) – The Biden administration next week will begin testing faster asylum screenings for migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday, part of preparations for the end of COVID-19 border restrictions in May. U.S. asylum officers will conduct initial asylum screenings for a small […]
WASHINGTON — Migrants who enter the United States illegally will be screened by asylum officers while in custody under a limited experiment that provides them access to legal counsel, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday. The new approach will start with a tiny number of migrants next week. Officials said the trial run is part […]
Growing number of Chinese migrants seek asylum at U.S.-Mexico border NBC News Source link
By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York 24 March 2023, 00:15 GMT Updated 38 minutes ago The US and Canada have reached a deal to reject asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings, officials say. Large numbers of migrants have been making unsanctioned crossings on Roxham Road at the US-Canada border.
WASHINGTON — The United States and Canada have reached an agreement that will allow both countries to divert asylum seekers from their borders at a time when migration has surged across the hemisphere, a U.S. official familiar with the agreement said Thursday. The deal, which is set to be announced Friday by President Biden and […]