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Refugee Status
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The Right Coast
Trump’s starting to win big on controlling the southern border
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled to permit the administration to go on refusing to accept applications for asylum from migrants who have passed through another country without being denied…
For Good
Pro Bono for Immigrant Families: Protecting Access to Counsel
Last week, Proskauer -- along with co-counsel Democracy Forward, and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. -- filed a complaint on behalf of seven asylum seekers, their minor children and…
PrawfsBlawg
Asylum injunction stayed, everyone confused
Main Thursday, September 12, 2019Asylum injunction stayed, everyone confusedSam Bray and I agree on the impropriety of universal injunctions--I am the NAIA version of Sam as opponent of universality. But…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
Migrant “Protection” Protocol: A Report from the Front Lines
By Cyrus Mehta
by Stacy Caplow and Maryellen Fullerton* The laws and policies protecting refugees and asylum seekers in the United States are under sustained assault. Since 1980, Congress has provided that noncitizens…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Medical Deferments: Working to Stop the Cruelty
Activists and advocates continue to put pressure on the Trump Administration to fully restore the practice of granting medical deferments to non-citizens who are receiving life-saving medical treatment in the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Trump Administration Pushes Out Top US Asylum Official
The Trump administration has not exhibited any sensitivity toward relief known as asylum, which is available under U.S. law to noncitizens who have fled persecution in their native country. Here…
The Asylumist
Asylum for People With Serious Medical Conditions
By Jason Dzubow
In the latest outrageous move against non-citizens, the Trump Administration seems to be eliminating a long-standing program that allows people with serious medical conditions and their caregivers to remain in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Increasing Numbers “Remain in Mexico” Awaiting Immigration Court Hearings
Immigrants waiting for their Immigration Court hearings under the "Remain in Mexico" MPP protocols have been rapidly increasing in number. Case-by-case court records obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to End Asylum
The National Immigrant Justice Center has put together a "A Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to End Asylum." The timeline notes that "[s]ince President Trump’s inauguration, the federal government…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Criminals Target Migrants In Mexico Seeking U.S. Asylum
NPR reports that migrants subject to the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy are not safe and are targets of criminals.According to NPR, the Cartel of the Northeast operates with…