Join us in advocating for restoring life-saving asylum protections and defunding harmful asylum policies. Our goal is to ensure that Members of Congress are educated about the administration’s systematic attacks on the asylum system that has resulted in a complex web of harm against asylum seekers. As the administration wrongfully and immorally uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a guise to dismantle asylum protections, we must raise our voices to hold the administration accountable to restoring asylum protections.
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The Trump administration proposed yet another rule to gut the U.S. asylum system, a sweeping effort in a long line of restrictions and bans. The goal is to end asylum in the United States administratively, without an act of Congress, and keep people fleeing violence and murder in harm’s way. The public has until July 15 at 11:59pm to comment on this proposed rule. Following are tools from various organizations to help you do that.
President Trump issued a new Executive Order to “cancel legal immigration,” claiming that it would help the hard hit economy. The order bans many immigrants from entering the United States and keeps families apart for at least sixty days. Faith leaders reacted strongly, calling his exploitation of the coronavirus public […]
Pre-Supreme Court Decision Toolkit – Write a Letter to the Editor! Guidance on how to write Letters to the Editor and urge the Supreme Court to stand with DACA recipients. DACA Webinars March 10, 2020: Informative webinar along with action steps to stand with DACA recipients as we wait for […]
Since the Trump administration terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September 2017, more than 18,800 DACA recipients have seen their protections expire. As Congress considers proposals to protect dreamers, the White House and some Members of Congress have offered frameworks that would prevent family unification, deprive […]