CGRS Update: Summary of New Asylum Fees (July 2025)
Factsheet
July 11, 2025
This resource summarizes the new and/or increased asylum fees imposed by the July 2025 “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
Policy Analysis and Recommendations
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.
The IACtHR’s Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency: An Important Step for the Protection of Climate-Displaced Individuals
Report
July 7, 2025
This analysis unpacks the Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights, highlighting key findings on cross-border displacement and offering recommendations to enhance protection and support advocacy.
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Human Rights Body Submission
June 18, 2025
Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food outlining how climate change, land dispossession, and extractive policies in Honduras are driving hunger, displacement, and violence, and undermining the rights of Indigenous and rural communities.
Presentación al Relator Especial sobre el derecho a la alimentación
Human Rights Body Submission
June 18, 2025
Petición presentada al Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho a la Alimentación, en el que se expone cómo el cambio climático, el despojo de tierras y las políticas extractivas en Honduras están provocando hambre, desplazamiento y violencia, y socavando los derechos de las comun
Third Country Removals: Legal Protections and Compliance Concerns
Factsheet
June 17, 2025
This factsheet outlines the legal framework, limits, and procedural safeguards for U.S. third country removals. It highlights compliance concerns and distinctions from safe third country agreements.
Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
Human Rights Body Submission
June 10, 2025
This submission details the US–El Salvador agreement transferring 288 people to indefinite, incommunicado detention at CECOT, El Salvador’s mega-prison, and urges the UN Special Rapporteur on migrants to demand due process and transparency.
CGRS Input on Externalization of Migration and the Impact on the Human Rights of Migrants
Human Rights Body Submission
June 9, 2025
CGRS submitted input to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, exemplifying how several U.S. externalization policies and enforcement cooperation undermine refugee protections and violate the rights of those fleeing persecution and harm.
Shining a Light on Asylum Adjudication-New Immigration Judge Outcome Tracking Tool
Commentary
June 1, 2025
This article looks at the pernicious impacts of opacity in asylum decisionmaking in U.S. immigration courts and CGRS's newly launched Immigration Judge Dashboard available to advocates.
CGRS Input on Land and the Right to Adequate Housing
Human Rights Body Submission
May 20, 2025
CGRS submitted input to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing for his report on land governance, land management, and the right to adequate housing, highlighting systemic disregard and erosion of collective land ownership rights in Honduras.
CGRS Comment in Response to DOJ Request for Comments: Reducing the Size of the Board of Immigration Appeals, 90 FR 15525
Executive Branch Comment
May 13, 2025
We submitted our analysis of the government’s interim final rule reducing the number of BIA members. Our comment urges the Department of Justice to rescind the rule in its entirety.