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Urgent Actions the Biden Administration Must Take Following Supreme Court Decision on MPP
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
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.
Title 42 Must End for All
We joined a letter urging the Biden administration to fully rescind Title 42, comply with U.S refugee law, and ensure that Black, LGBTQ, and other adult asylum seekers,as well as families and children, have swift access to the U.S. asylum system.
The Justice Department Must Review EOIR Personnel and Install New Leadership
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
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
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
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
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.
Restore asylum for women fleeing abuse and death
This op-ed urges Congress to pass the Refugee Protection Act which, among other crucial provisions, would restore acces to asylum for women and girls fleeing gender-based violence.
48,000 Asylum Seekers Have Been Put in Harm’s Way by the Trump Administration
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.