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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.
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
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.
Request for precautionary measures to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of asylum seekers who have been or would be expelled from the United States under Title 42
We and our co-authors filed this request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of asylum seekers who have been or would be expelled from the United States under Title 42.
Why is the Biden administration turning its back on asylum seekers?
This op-ed describes the deleterious impacts of Title 42, debunks its purported public health justification, and argues for an end to the policy.
Doble disuación: acceso al asilo en la administración Biden
Este documento resume la forma en la que los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y México obstaculizan y expulsan a las personas que buscan protección internacional, que incluye recomendaciones sobre los pasos que deben tomar ambos gobiernos.
Doubling Down on Deterrence: Access to Asylum Under Biden
This factsheet summarizes how the U.S. and Mexican governments block and expel people seeking international protection and provides recommendations for the U.S. and Mexican governments to restore access to asylum.
Doble disuación: acceso al asilo en la administración Biden
Este documento informativo describe como los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y México obstaculizan y expulsan a las personas que buscan protección internacional, que incluye recomendaciones sobre los pasos que deben tomar ambos gobiernos.
Impacts of U.S. and Mexican migration enforcement on migrant and refugee rights in Mexico
We coauthored a memo summarizing migrant and refugee rights violations in Mexico documented by civil society organizations and journalists between August 2021 and September 2021.
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.
Halting Deportation Flights to Haiti
We joined a letter urging the Biden administration to halt removal flights to Haiti, bring Haitians who were eligible for TPS and wrongly deported back to the U.S., expedite the release of Haitians from immigration detention, and grant humanitarian parole to Haitians at the border.
"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.
