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Risky ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Faces Legal Challenges
The Department of Homeland Security began implementing a dramatic new policy last month requiring asylum seekers to return to Mexico to await immigration court hearings. Many denounced the so-called “Migrant Protection Protocols,” (MPP) highlighting the extreme dangers that migrants in Mexico face when forced to remain on the southern side of the border. Last week, […]
Read MoreThe Philadelphia Inquirer Opinion: A long walk to a new life: Ragged sneakers remind Cherry Hill immigration lawyer what’s at stake for asylum-seekers
The sneakers are worn and ragged, with bits of dirt and thorn still embedded in the soles. Someone else might have tossed them out. But to Luis Canales, they’re precious. In these shoes he walked thousands of miles, from Honduras to Mexico to Texas, to safety and freedom and all the way to a new […]
Read More4 Ways ICE Doesn’t Hold Immigration Detention Facilities Accountable
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have a long-standing and poor track record when it comes to transparency and accountability in immigration detention. A recent investigation from the DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) confirms these concerns and further exposes problems with ICE’s management […]
Read MoreParents Ripped Apart from Their Children by Family Separation Policy File Claims Against Trump Administration
In their claims, the mothers describe the harrowing circumstances in which immigration officers ripped their children away from them.
Read MoreTrump’s State of the Union Speech Reflects a Fundamental Misunderstanding of Immigration
Speaking before Congress and the nation Tuesday evening, President Trump once again promised bipartisanship and instead delivered division. When it came to immigration, the president neither offered an olive branch nor acknowledged the devastating effects of his administration’s actions to date. Rather than offer solutions to the actual problems facing immigrants across the country, his […]
Read MoreWhy the Government Should End the Migrant Protection Protocols Policy
The Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)—also commonly known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy—will put asylum seekers at grave risk of harm by forcing them to remain in Mexico pending their request for protection. Due to these concerns, immigration advocates submitted a letter to the government with first-hand testimonies of ten families attesting to the violence and harm–including rape, beatings, kidnappings, and ransom–they faced on the Mexican side of our southern border.
Read MoreHow Trump Can Use Immigration to Make the State of the Union Stronger
Immigration will undoubtedly be a central issue during President Trump’s State of the Union address. However, it’s unlikely that any of the proposals the president advances will move us closer to a policy breakthrough. It’s more likely the president will propose ideas that make our immigration system less effective and do little to keep us […]
Read MoreLos Angeles Daily News Opinion: Two years later, the continuing cost of the Muslim ban
Several years ago, a client of mine at the Council on American-Islamic Relations came to the United States from Yemen to study dentistry. After graduating from one of the nation’s most prominent programs, he was hired on as a professor and is now training the next generation of U.S. dentists. Recently, though, my client received devastating news: […]
Read MoreSetting the Record Straight: Asylum Seekers Show Up for Court
Immigration restrictionists have often repeated a bold and erroneous claim: that there is a serious problem of asylum seekers who come to the U.S. border and disappear once released from detention. But both fact-checkers and independent studies show this is not true. In reality, the vast majority of asylum seekers diligently attend all of their […]
Read MoreTwo years after the travel ban, a new study on the contributions made by Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants
Two years ago, on January 27, 2017, the Trump administration enacted a travel ban, which attempted to prevent visitors and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries from coming to the United States. After the ban was challenged in court, the ban was revised and today’s iteration prevents new visitors and immigrants from five predominantly Muslim […]
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