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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. The order was vacated once the “Remain in Mexico” policy was ended by the Biden Administration, but the policy has since been reinstated by the…
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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 Mexico for adjudication of their cases. The decision “will deepen human suffering and continue to erode U.S. laws and values at the U.S.-Mexico border,” said Anna…
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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 the detention of accompanied asylum-seeking minors. The UCLA study also found that the United States does not have legislation protecting accompanied migrant children.
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ABC/AP: Mystery surrounds U.S. asylum picksA Honduran asylum seeker and his family were among the few chosen to enter the United States and plead their case under a temporary U.S. program that tasks immigrant advocacy groups with identifying particularly vulnerable asylum seekers. Final decisions on asylum lie on U.S. authorities, who have yet to disclose…
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BuzzFeed News: Some turned-away asylum seekers get second chanceA Trump-era program sent hundreds of asylum seekers to Guatemala to seek asylum in a country rife with the same violence, poverty and insecurity that they fled. Under the Biden administration, some people are getting a second chance to seek U.S. asylum but immigration advocates say more…
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Courthouse News: Asylum seekers stuck under ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy get second chanceAsylum seekers denied U.S. entry under the “Remain in Mexico” policy and whose cases were closed will get a second chance to pursue claims, said the White House. The new policy is for migrants enrolled in the program whose cases were terminated or…
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The Texas Tribune: DHS asylum officers’ union files brief with 9th Circuit opposing Remain in Mexico The 37-page filing by the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1924 stated: “Asylum officers are duty bound to protect vulnerable asylum seekers from persecution. They should not be forced to honor departmental directives that are fundamentally contrary to…
Read MoreICE halts force-feeding of immigrant detainees in Texas
The U.S. government has suddenly stopped force-feeding a group of men on a hunger strike inside an El Paso immigration detention center, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. The dramatic reversal came Thursday as public pressure was mounting on ICE to halt the practice, which involves feeding detainees through nasal tubes against their will. Last…
Read MoreUSA Today: New asylum restrictions increase profits for smugglers
Some migrants who have been unable to request asylum at U.S. ports of entry are turning to smugglers, hoping the Border Patrol agents who catch them will be more receptive to their pleas. Link to Article
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