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Your weekly summary from the Council
LATEST ANALYSIS
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
- The Trump administration is proposing another regulation that would make it nearly impossible for most applicants to successfully claim humanitarian protection in the United States. This is just the latest in a series of policies dismantling the U.S. humanitarian protection system.
Read more: Policies Affecting Asylum Seekers at the Border
- One of the programs that is expected to be restricted under an anticipated proclamation by President Trump is the Exchange Visitor Program. Currently, exchange visitors come from more than 200 countries and territories through the J-1 visa. Here’s what you need to know about the program and how it works.
Read more: The Exchange Visitor Program and J-1 Visas
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“The Trump administration’s proposed regulation would represent the end of the asylum system as we know it. It directly conflicts with the immigration statute, upends years of caselaw, and intentionally raises asylum standards to unreachable heights…
…Asylum has already been greatly weakened by years of sustained attacks from the Trump administration, and this regulation would be the final blow to our once proud legacy of the United States as a refuge for vulnerable and persecuted populations of the world.”
– Beth Werlin, executive director of the American Immigration Council
Read more: Asylum in the United States
ACROSS THE NATION
- The D.C. District Court granted the American Immigration Council’s motion for a preliminary injunction in litigation demanding information about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The order followed a hearing where the Council argued a preliminary injunction was necessary to compel the agency to comply with the law and release documents on the steps ICE has taken to protect detained individuals.
Read more: The Impact of COVID-19 on Noncitizens and Across the U.S. Immigration System
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