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Urgent Actions the Biden Administration Must Take Following Supreme Court Decision on MPP

Commentary
Aug 30, 2021

Following a Supreme Court decision blocking the termination of the Remain in Mexico policy, we joined a letter urging the Biden administration to issue a new memo explaining its decision to terminate the policy and to take all lawful and necessary steps to continue the policy's wind-down.

"End this Travesty": Organizations Tell President Biden to Stop Undermining Refugee Protections

Sign-on Letter
Aug 06, 2021

On the 70th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, we joined a letter urging the Biden administration to restart asylum processing at the border, reject the use of expedited removal and immigration detention, and launch legal representation and community-based case support initiatives.

The Justice Department Must Review EOIR Personnel and Install New Leadership

Sign-on Letter
May 19, 2021

We joined a letter urging the Justice Department to conduct a review of all Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) personnel decisions made under the Trump administration, install new leadership to all key posts, and diversify the immigration judge corps.

Inside the So-Called “Safe Third”—and Trump’s Latest Attack on Asylum-Seekers

Commentary
Dec 04, 2019

This piece critiques the United States' agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, allowing the return of asylum seekers to those countries, which are patently unsafe for refugees and migrants.

Recommendations for Wind Down of the Migrant Protection Protocols

Sign-on Letter
May 18, 2021

We joined a letter to the Biden administration welcoming steps taken to begin winding down the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), while raising concerns about the slowing pace of processing and offering recommendations to bring those subject to MPP to safety.

Family Fleeing: Family Membership as a Basis for Asylum

Commentary
Apr 01, 2020

This article analyzes the existing state of U.S., foreign, and international law on persecution on account of “membership in a particular social group” defined by family and explores how this theory can be applied in practice in the wake of the 2019 Attorney General ruling in Matter of L-E-A-.

The Trump Administration Must Not Use Pandemic as Excuse to Endanger Refugees

Commentary
Mar 27, 2020

This article calls on the Trump administration to reverse its Title 42 expulsion policy and instead protect the health of asylum seekers during COVID-19 by expeditiously paroling them into the U.S., reducing needless detention, and putting a moratorium on all deportations.

48,000 Asylum Seekers Have Been Put in Harm’s Way by the Trump Administration

Commentary
Oct 03, 2019

This piece describes the devastating consequences of the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) (also known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy), which forces people seeking asylum to await their court dates in perilous conditions south of the border.