The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) is a leading voice in the movement to rebuild the U.S. asylum system and expand access to protection for women, children, LGBTQ+ people, and others seeking refuge. Our Policy & Advocacy team serves as a critical resource on asylum to policymakers, journalists, and the public. We provide rapid analysis of policy developments and offer practical recommendations for decision-makers at all levels of government, advising our leaders on how to ensure the United States lives up to its legal and moral commitments to people fleeing persecution.
We and our coauthors released a set of recommendations for the U.S. government for expanding access to protections for refugees and migrants in Central America and Mexico.
The article discusses conditions in El Salvador which lead to forced migration, critiques U.S. asylum policy, details measures that have resulted in the denial of protection, provides modest reform proposals, and ends with recommendations for addressing the root causes of migration.
The article discusses the failure of protection for gender-based claims in asylum law in the United States.
We joined our coauthors in releasing a report about the implementation of the Mexical legal reforms that prohibit detention of migrant children.
El presidente Biden tomó las primeras acciones para empezar a reconstruir el acceso al asilo en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos y reformar un sistema migratorio socavado luego de cuatro años del gobierno de Trump.
El 2 de febrero de 2021 el presidente Joe Biden firmó tres órdenes ejecutivas relacionadas con la migración, buscando establecer procesos para revertir algunas de las políticas del gobierno Trump y empezar a reconstruir el sistema de inmigración del país, incluyendo un sistema de asilo justo y ef
CGRS Legal Director Blaine Bookey provides a breakdown of President Biden's first round of actions on immigration, their impact on people seeking asylum, and what the new administration should do next.
El presidente Joe Biden inició su gobierno el 20 de enero de 2021 emitiendo una serie de órdenes ejecutivas, algunas de ellas relacionadas con la migración.
On the week of President Biden's inauguration, this op-ed calls on the president to fulfill his promises to people seeking safety, restart asylum at the border, and turn the page on Trump-era cruelty.
Este documento es una hoja informativa sobre el estado actual de algunas políticas migratorias en Estados Unidos que impactan a personas en necesidad de protección internacional y lo que esperamos en el gobierno de Joe Biden.