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Trump Administration Considers Lowering the Refugee Cap to Zero Extending a welcome to people fleeing danger has long been an American value. Continuing to lower the refugee cap is a reversal of this tradition. It sentences people to death, damages diplomatic relationship, and weakens our economy. By Katy Murdza | Read More »
Why It’s Bad to Force Asylum Seekers to Seek Protection Elsewhere The Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling on Wednesday allowing the Trump administration to implement a ban on asylum seekers at the southern land border. Although the ruling is a temporary development while litigation continues, the impact of the ban will be immediate and strike a devastating blow to those seeking protection. By Royce Murray | Read More »
USCIS Wants to Make it Harder for Asylum Seekers to Get Work Permits Under current law, USCIS must grant or deny an initial asylum applicant’s employment authorization application within 30 days. Under the proposed rule, USCIS would have no time frame in which it must decide the initial application. By Emily Creighton | Read More »
President Trump is using a humanitarian catastrophe as an opportunity to peddle stereotypes about foreigners, rather than helping fellow human beings in need. This is an extraordinarily cynical and short-sighted response. By turning a natural disaster into political expediency, President Trump may be delaying life-saving assistance to many Bahamians. By Walter Ewing | Read More » Chaos and Dysfunction at the Border: The Remain in Mexico Program Firsthand Last week, I visited El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico to witness the effects of the program firsthand. What I saw was chaos, dysfunction, and a policy that has removed what little remaining due process protections existed in immigration court. By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Read More » |
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