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Biden Says Reversing Trump Border Policies Will Take Months
President-elect Joe Biden says it will take months to roll back some of President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration.
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Pop-Up School for US Asylum Seekers Thrives Despite Pandemic
It started as a kind of pop-up school on a sidewalk to teach reading, writing and math to Central American children living in a camp of U.S. asylum seekers stuck in Mexico.
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Judge Orders US to Stop Expelling Children Who Cross Border
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop expelling immigrant children who cross the southern border alone, halting a policy that has resulted in thousands of rapid deportations of minors during the coronavirus pandemic
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Migrants Quickly Expelled by Trump Try Repeatedly to Cross
President Donald Trump’s vast reshaping of U.S. immigration policy may be most widely felt in his undoing of asylum
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Supreme Court to Hear Cases Over Trump's Border Wall, ‘Remain in Mexico' Policy
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases involving Trump administration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border: one about a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings and a second about the administration’s use of money to fund the border wall
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How the Trump Administration Has Turned Guatemala Into an Outsourced Asylum
Guatemala is not the home they chose, but it’s the only home they have thanks to the Trump Administration’s Asylum Cooperation Agreement which has turned the violent and poverty-stricken country into an outsourced asylum, according to the New York Times.
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Fallout: How Two Recent Court Decisions Will Impact U.S. Asylum Seekers
Immigration Attorney Christopher Macchiaroli does a deep dive into two recent court rulings relating to the Trump Administration’s ban on asylum-seekers and what lasting impact they may have on those seeking refuge in the U.S.
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Trump Admin Plans to Block Asylum Seekers by Citing Public Health Risk of COVID-19
The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that would allow it to deny asylum to immigrants who are deemed a public health risk.
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Judge Deals Setback to Key Trump Policy Limiting Asylum
A federal judge has knocked down a cornerstone border policy of the Trump administration that denies asylum to people who travel through another country to reach the Mexico border without first seeking protection in that country.
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Judge Overturns Trump Border Rule Requiring Immigrants to Claim Asylum in Another Country
A federal court Tuesday night upheld a challenge to the Trump administration’s asylum restrictions, namely a 2019 rule that requires seekers to ask for asylum closer to home.
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Judge Halts Trump's Order Allowing States to Block Refugees
A federal judge on Wednesday halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that gave state and local officials the ability to shut the door on refugees, and ignited a fierce debate in communities about how welcoming the United States should be....
...U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte in Maryland said in his ruling that the president’s order “flies in the face of clear...
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Denied Asylum, Migrants Return to Place They Fear Most: Home
By now, the young couple thought they’d be in the United States. Somewhere, anywhere, in the United States. They thought they’d have jobs — he’d work construction, maybe she’d be a waitress. They thought they’d be safe. They thought they’d have asylum. Instead, an American judge swiftly denied their asylum requests. The Trump administration, in making asylum an increasingly...
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Letter: Officers Felt Unsafe Enacting Trump Asylum Crackdown
U.S. border officers charged with turning away asylum seekers under Trump administration policy accused their leadership of misleading the public and disregarding concerns for their own safety, according to documents released to The Associated Press. A March 2019 letter sent to the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection demanded that he intervene to ensure the agency’s front-line employees...
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Detained Asylum Seekers Turning to Hunger Strikes, Protests as Their Cases Linger
Immigration cases wind through courts with around a million-case backlog, months pass and civil detainees still find themselves inside facilities where they say they have no rights. As a result, some of them are turning to protest
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Asylum Seekers Jam US Border Crossings to Evade Trump Policy
For months, asylum seekers have been prohibited from filing claims at U.S. border crossings under a much-criticized Trump administration policy....
...Now some are sprinting down vehicle lanes or renting cars to try to make it inside the U.S. Officials say the migrants’ efforts are causing traffic delays at Arizona crossings, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials barricading car lanes for...
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Honduran Youth Pastor Granted Asylum Under Trump's ‘Remain in Mexico' Policy
A Honduran youth pastor who was just granted asylum in San Diego is now working to bring his wife and three children to the U.S.
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Honduran Youth Pastor Forced to Wait in Mexico Under Trump Policy Wins U.S. Asylum
A 35-year-old Honduran pastor fleeing death threats from gangs in his native country sought asylum in the U.S. but was told eight months ago he had to wait in Mexico because of a Trump administration policy, NBC News reports. Earlier this week, Douglas Oviedo’s eyes filled with tears as a San Diego judge told him he had won: He could...
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Baby Found Safe After Car Stolen With Child Inside
Police found a kidnapped 20-month-old toddler safe and still inside a stolen SUV which was parked on a street in Venice.
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Government Shutdown Hinders Immigrants' Asylum Cases
The partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for a border wall is playing havoc with the nation’s already backlogged immigration courts, forcing the postponement of hearings for thousands of immigrants. For some of those asking for asylum in the U.S., the impasse could mean years more of waiting — and prolonged separation from loved ones overseas — until...
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Asylum Seekers Find It's Catch and Can't Release Fast Enough
President Donald Trump says he has ended “catch-and-release” for asylum seekers, but in cities on the U.S. border with Mexico it is catch and can’t release fast enough.