Commentary

Una declaración por CGRS sobre el estado de asilo durante el primer año del gobierno Biden.

We joined 25 others organizations on a statement about the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection.

This piece describes how the Justice Department's immigration appeals tribunal has "upended law, policy, and sheer logic" to stack the deck against Central American refugees and calls on the Biden administration to right the course.

This op-ed calls on Attorney General Merrick Garland to vacate the Trump-era Matter of A-B- ruling, which undermined access to asylum for survivors of domestic violence and gang brutality.

This op-ed calls on Attorney General Merrick Garland to vacate the Trump-era Matter of A-B- ruling, which undermined access to asylum for survivors of domestic violence and gang brutality.

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.

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.

This piece breaks down a series of victories at the Ninth Circuit, where the court overturned denials of asylum to women fleeing domestic violence, rejecting the Trump administration's attempt to gut protections for suvivors.

This piece breaks down the First Circuit decision in De Pena-Paniagua v. Barr, affirming the right of domestic violence survivors to seek asylum.