Donald Trump’s administration proposed a cold-blooded new asylum regulation last week that would limit those eligible to qualify for asylum in the United States.
Deportación con escala: Fracaso de las medidas de protección que establece el Acuerdo de Cooperación en materia de Asilo suscrito entre Estados Unidos y Guatemala
Bajo el Acuerdo Cooperativo de Asilo (ACA) con Guatemala, los Estados Unidos ha transferido rápidamente a solicitantes de asilo no guatemaltecos a Guatemala sin permitirles solicitar asilo en los Estados Unidos.
Statement for the Record: Incarceration and Detenti on of Asylum Seekers During COVID-19
Senior U.S. Advocate Yael Schacher highlights three concerns regarding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies on detention, deportation, and expulsion of asylum seekers during the pandemic.
Voices from the Border: Voices from the Guatemala ACA
Refugees International and Human Rights Watch hosted a webinar about the U.S.-Guatemala asylum cooperative agreement.
Indefinite Suspension of Protections for Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Children Under May 19, 2020 Order by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
250 organizations, many of which advocate on behalf of asylum seekers, immigrants, unaccompanied children, and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, write to strenuously object to the administration’s exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to implement indefinite, illegal, and life-threatening restrictions on humanitarian protections at the southern U.S. border.
Deportation with a Layover: Failure of Protection under the U.S.-Guatemala Asylum Cooperative Agreement
Under the ACA with Guatemala, the United States has rapidly transferred non-Guatemalan asylum seekers to Guatemala without allowing them to lodge asylum claims in the United States.
U.S.: Abusive Transfers of Asylum Seekers to Guatemala
The U.S.-Guatemala Asylum Cooperative Agreement does not meet the criteria in U.S. law for a Safe Third Country Agreement that would enable Salvadorans and Hondurans to seek asylum in a safe country other than the United States.
‘There are So Many Unknowns’: Gearing Up for COVID-19 Among Asylum Seekers Returned to Mexico
Amid the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the struggles of everyday life for asylum seekers waiting in Matamoros have been compounded by a new fear—the potential spread of the deadly virus.
Published Agreement Allows the United States to Transfer Asylum Seekers to Honduras
Senior U.S. Advocate Yael Schacher on an agreement between the U.S. government and Honduras to send non-Honduran asylum seekers to Honduras to seek refuge.
Expelling Asylum Seekers Is Not the Answer: U.S. Border Policy in the Time of COVID-19
There is no public health rationale for expelling asylum seekers from the Unites States.