John, I wish I could tell you that we left threats to our asylum system behind in the old year, but in Congress’ first week back in session in 2024 the negotiations to tear it down continue to escalate. We need your help to ensure senators and representatives continue to hear from us that we expect them to uphold access to asylum protection in the United States. |
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Right now, a bipartisan group of Senators is negotiating a deal that would pair temporary funding for foreign military aid with extreme, permanent changes to U.S. immigration and asylum law. The Biden administration is at the negotiating table and has signaled support for trading away refugee protections. These negotiations are playing out right as the United States stands on the brink of yet another possibility of partial or full government shut down, with many legislators seeking to continue the decades-long pattern of using taxpayer dollars to fund the jailing and deportations of immigrants at the expense of fair processing and adjudications. The legislative provisions under discussion would destroy life-saving protections for people seeking safety, effectively dismantle the U.S. asylum system, and exacerbate the humanitarian displacement currently playing out around the globe. We need your help to urge lawmakers to reject bad-faith deals meant to make it impossible to seek safety in the United States and deport people back to danger. Send a quick message to your members of Congress telling them: Do NOT accept extreme anti-asylum and anti-immigrant measures. Take action now to protect people seeking safety: https://immigrantjustice.org/SaveAsylum |
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Thank you for taking action to save asylum and protect people seeking safety. -Heidi Altman
National Immigrant Justice Center |
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