Statement by Refugees International on the closure of the southern and northern borders to non-essential travel.
Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis While Protecting Asylum Seekers
Together with five other organizations, Refugees International calls on the Trump Administration to cease its reported plan to shut the border to people seeking asylum in the United States in response to COVID-19. Rather, there are concrete steps to take driven by science and public-health expertise to protect asylum seekers while stemming the pandemic.
United States Must Stop ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Hearings Amid COVID-19 Risks
Despite the current national emergency involving COVID-19, immigration court hearings for asylum seekers in the Remain in Mexico program continue.