By American Immigration Council This case challenges the government’s policy – the Turnback Policy – of turning away asylum seekers at ports of entry (POEs) across the U.S.-Mexico border since 2...
Asylum: Easy Way to Obtain Legal Status in the United States?
By Ronald Castro “To be legal in this country, I will apply for asylum and I’m set.” “I request asylum and they give it to me for sure; it should not be so difficult, because I know a...
Conditions Worsen for New Caravan From Honduras
Photo: Santo Domingo Ingenio, Oaxaca/Mexico – Nov. 8, 2018: Honduran women and children fleeing poverty and gang violence in the second caravan to the U.S. sit in a dump truck taking them to the...
Why a Safe Third Country Agreement with Guatemala is Unsafe and Unworkable
The Trump administration signed an agreement with Guatemala last Friday that appears to allow the U.S. government to send certain asylum applicants to Guatemala, forcing them to seek asylum there....
Attorney General Barr Rolls Back Asylum Protections for Families
Attorney General William Barr issued a decision that significantly restricts the ability of many current asylum seekers to win their cases on Monday. In Matter of L-E-A-, Barr issued a new immigration...
ACLU Statement on Proposed Trump Executive Order on Family Separation
By ACLU | June 18, 2018 NEW YORK – In response to reports that President Trump will issue an executive order on family separation, Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberti...