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Asylum

Times of San Diego: Suit seeks access to legal counsel for asylum seekersA lawsuit requested an appellate court to reinstate a judge’s order requiring access to legal counsel for asylum seekers.…

NBC/AP: Forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico unconstitutional, judge rulesThe U.S. government’s practice of denying migrants the chance to apply for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border until space opens…

Lottery winners-Afghanistan

Mother Jones: Crippling delays may keep diversity lottery winners in AfghanistanLast summer, the father of an Afghan nurse won the diversity lottery visa — one of more than 2,000 Afghan winners — meaning…

6,000 attacks

CBS: 6,356 violent attacks reported against migrants waiting in MexicoThousands of migrants waiting in Mexico for processing of their U.S. asylum requests have been violently attacked since President Biden took…

Afghan settlement

CBS: Afghan resettlements in the U.S.The rapid Taliban conquest of Afghanistan and the frantic evacuations have sparked conversation about U.S. efforts to resettle Afghans who aided U.S. forces. Plans to airlift and relocate Afghan allies…

Asylum

Catholic Philadelphia/CNS: Supreme Court orders restoring ‘Remain in Mexico’ policyThe Supreme Court said the Biden administration must restore the “Remain in Mexico” policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in…

TPS Haiti

18-Month Designation of TPS for Haiti Published Last Updated August 3, 2021 Topics Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure Key information: Haiti Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, was newly…

TPS Somalia

An advance copy was made available of a DHS notice of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension and redesignation of Somalia for 18 months, from September 18, 2021, through March 17, 2023. An…

DACA News

In a long-anticipated decision, a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas ruled on Friday that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is unlawful under its current terms. The court granted…

Immigrant in limbo

The New Republic: Separated immigrant families stuck in legal limbo Immigrant families separated during the Trump era are in a legal limbo. Even when reunited, there is no easy way…

Ice Raids

NPR: Nominee to head ICE would face agency in turmoilImmigration and Customs Enforcement became the public face of Trump-era tough immigration policies and now the Biden administration is asking Harris…

Detention and Accompanied Asylum Seekers

USA Today: Study finds U.S. lagging in migrant children protectionA new study finds that — unlike almost 75 percent of high-income countries — the United States doesn’t prohibit or limit…

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