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WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, on Sunday pressed Democratic President Joe Biden to take action to manage an expected wave of asylum seekers at America’s southern border when COVID-era restrictions are set to end this week. U.S. border cities are bracing for an influx of asylum seekers after a […]
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528, USA Director Ur Jaddou United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security 5900 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, MD 20746, USA
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — Restrictions that have prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. in recent years remained on track to expire in a matter of days after an appeals court ruling Friday, as thousands more migrants packed shelters on Mexico’s border with the U.S. The ruling from the D.C. […]
As the Biden administration prepares to end the use of a Trump-era border measure that restricts access to asylum, most Americans continue to support protections for immigrants who are fleeing persecution and torture abroad. By 55% to 23%, Americans say the U.S. should continue to offer asylum to people who arrive at the border, if […]
November 15, 2022 By Oxfam A federal court today struck down Title 42, which was used by the federal government to expel asylum seekers. The ruling applies to families and single adults. The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Oxfam America, RAICES, Texas Civil Rights Project, the ACLU of Texas, and […]
US authorities have subjected Haitian asylum seekers to arbitrary detention and discriminatory and humiliating ill-treatment that amounts to race-based torture, said Amnesty International today in the new report, ‘They Did Not Treat Us Like People’: Race and Migration-Related Torture and Other Ill-Treatment of Haitians Seeking Safety in the USA. These human rights violations, along with […]
Reynaldo Cruz Diaz was in his element. One recent weekend, the Cuban journalist was reporting on a vintage baseball game at Muzzy Field in Bristol. Players wore historic uniforms, used authentic equipment and followed the rules of the late 19th century. “I’m pretty sure that when I post the pictures and all that, people in […]
When Alyssa Serrano MAIPD ’22 starts her career this fall as a program officer at a Washington, D.C.–based resettlement agency, she’ll bring a wealth of firsthand experience. The 2022 International Policy and Development alum and Coverdell Fellow helped resettle Afghan refugees with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and, most recently, completed a Jan Knippers Black […]
In the United States, Asylum is a place on a map. Today, the roughly 1,000-person, predominantly white, scattered township sits quietly along the Susquehanna River, about 60 miles north-west of Scranton, Joe Biden’s birthplace. But more than two centuries ago, Asylum hosted the crème de la crème of French society – displaced aristocrats, military officers, […]
US authorities have subjected Haitian asylum seekers to arbitrary detention and discriminatory and humiliating ill-treatment that amounts to race-based torture, said Amnesty International today in the new report, ‘They Did Not Treat Us Like People’: Race and Migration-Related Torture and Other Ill-Treatment of Haitians Seeking Safety in the USA. These human rights violations, along with […]