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CGRS Comment in Response to DHS Request for Comments: Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings, 89 Fed. Reg. 41347

Executive Branch Comment
Jun 12, 2024

We submitted our analysis of the government's proposed rule permitting asylum officers to consider the applicability of statutory bars during initial fear screenings. Our comment urges the government to withdraw the rule in its entirety.

Request to Provide a Minimum of 60 days for Public Comment in Response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings

Sign-on Letter
May 21, 2024

CGRS and 77 other organizations called on DHS to extend the comment period to a minimum of at least 60 days after DHS proposed a new rule governing fear screenings by asylum officers with an atypical, abbreviated 30-day comment period.

Immigration Advocacy and National Faith, Progressive, Human and Civil Rights Organizations Oppose Further Senate Movement on Anti-Immigrant Legislation

Sign-on Letter
May 15, 2024

This joint statement expresses opposition to reported plans by Leader Schumer and Senate leadership to bring the failed Lankford-Murphy immigration bill, any of its components or paired with other bills, to the floor for a vote.

Precluding Protection: Findings from Interviews with Haitian Asylum Seekers in Central and Southern Mexico

Report
May 08, 2024

Drawn from over 100 interviews with asylum seekers and local service providers in Tapachula and Mexico City, this report discusses myriad barriers to protection and inhumane conditions facing Haitian asylum seekers in Mexico.

Resumen de las primeras órdenes ejecutivas y anuncios del gobierno Biden relacionadas con la migración

Factsheet
Jan 22, 2021

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.

Resumen de la segunda ronda de órdenes ejecutivas del gobierno Biden relacionadas con la migración y otras actualizaciones

Factsheet
Feb 04, 2021

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

Actualización sobre políticas de asilo y otras políticas migratorias en Estados Unidos un mes después del cambio de gobierno

Factsheet
Feb 26, 2021

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.