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CGRS Comment in Response to DHS Request for Comments: Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers

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Author: 
CGRS
Date: 
Oct 19, 2021
Language: 
English
Issue Area: 
Asylum Procedures
Due Process and the Courts
U.S.-Mexico Border
Publication Type: 
Executive Branch Comment

We submitted a comment analyzing and urging the Biden administration to withdraw its proposed rule creating a new system for adjudication of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) claims, which undermines U.S. legal obligations to protect refugees.

Attachments: 
Download USCIS-2021-0012-5047_attachment_1.pdf