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10 Apr 2021

Border Democrats like Cuellar hold key to Biden’s U.S. immigration reform | Reuters

President Joe Biden's hopes of working with congressional Democrats to craft a legislative solution to the rising number of immigrant asylum seekers at the southern U.S. border will hang heavily on moderates like Texas Representative Henry Cuellar.
President Joe Biden's hopes of working with congressional Democrats to craft a legislative solution to the rising number...

Biden administration announces end to Trump era rule where USCIS rejected certain immigration applications with blank spaces

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will not automatically reject certain applications for asylum or immigration benefits when a blank space is left on the forms, a reversal from a Trump-era policy that critics said was a blatant attempt to further crack down on legal immigration.
The Biden administration announced Thursday it will not automatically reject certain applications for asylum or...
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13 Feb 2021

The Biden Administration Is Telling Asylum Seekers They Still Have to Wait

On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration will continue to expel asylum seekers under a Trump-era policy that effectively had shut down the southern border. “Due to the pandemic and the fact that we have not had time as an administration to put in place a humane, comprehensive process for processing individuals who are coming to the border,” Psaki said, “now is not the time to come.”
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration will continue to expel asylum seekers...
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12 Dec 2020

Trump finalizes sweeping asylum restrictions in last-minute immigration push

The Trump administration finalized a regulation on Thursday that greatly restricts access to asylum in the United States, part of a last-minute immigration crackdown that incoming President-elect Joe Biden will likely try to reverse.
The Trump administration finalized a regulation on Thursday that greatly restricts access to asylum in the United...
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11 Dec 2020

Trump administration finalizes sweeping asylum limits

The Trump administration has finalized a regulation that would place more limits on migrants seeking refuge in the United States, the latest in a series of rules that make it exceedingly difficult to claim asylum in the US and serving as yet another example of the challenges an incoming Biden administration will face in undoing President Donald Trump's policies.
The Trump administration has finalized a regulation that would place more limits on migrants seeking refuge in the...
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Publisher: USA TODAY

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14 Nov 2020

Trump immigration policies won’t be easy for Biden to reverse

Family separations. The travel ban. The wall. Gutting the asylum and refugee systems. Pushing to abolish DACA.Those policies implemented by President Donald Trump helped define his legacy, fulfilling some of his campaign promises while enraging many Americans and further isolating the U.S. from the world. President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to reverse most of those restrictionist policies, but it could take months, or even many years, to do so.
Family separations. The travel ban. The wall. Gutting the asylum and refugee systems. Pushing to abolish DACA.Those...
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29 Feb 2020

Remain in Mexico immigration program dwindles as Trump administration deports more migrants using new policies

Central American asylum seekers are frequently being sent to Guatemala to pursue their claims there, and others are swiftly facing deportation instead of waiting for U.S. court dates.
Central American asylum seekers are frequently being sent to Guatemala to pursue their claims there, and others are...
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28 Dec 2019

Exclusive: After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead

In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration last month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Another key concern was that the designations could make it easier for migrants to win asylum in the United States by claiming they were fleeing terrorism, the senior administration official and two other sources said.
In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration last month that he would forge ahead with designating...
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12 Dec 2019

In a first, U.S. starts pushing Central American families seeking asylum to Guatemala

For the first time, U.S. officials have begun pushing even asylum-seeking families who are not from Guatemala to that country, the Los Angeles Times has learned. The Trump administration had said a new policy effectively ending asylum at the U.S. southern border and removing asylum seekers to Central America would initially only be applied to single adults.
For the first time, U.S. officials have begun pushing even asylum-seeking families who are not from Guatemala to that...
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16 Nov 2019

Asylum officers rebel against Trump immigration policies they say are immoral, illegal

In a collaboration with This American Life, The Los Angeles Times takes an exclusive, frontline look at what some are calling the Trump administration's most successful policy to restrict asylum -- the Migrant Protection Protocols -- from the perspective of the asylum officers implementing it.
In a collaboration with This American Life, The Los Angeles Times takes an exclusive, frontline look at what some are...
16 Nov 2019

US Border Officials Pressured Asylum Officers To Deny Entry To Immigrants Seeking Protection, A Report Finds

A DHS report obtained by BuzzFeed News found the controversial Trump program to keep asylum-seekers in Mexico has caused significant issues at the border.
A DHS report obtained by BuzzFeed News found the controversial Trump program to keep asylum-seekers in Mexico has caused...
31 Aug 2019

US, Mexico Widen Asylum Crackdown to Push Back All Migrants

A Trump administration program forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico has evolved into a sweeping rejection of all forms of migrants, with both countries quietly working to keep people out of the U.S. despite threats to the migrants' safety.
A Trump administration program forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico has evolved into a sweeping rejection of all...
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23 Jul 2019

Mexico Says No to Safe Third-Country Asylum Discussion With U.S.

Mexico will not agree to further discussion of safe third country status for asylum seekers, the foreign minister said, adding it was not clear what the Trump administration's stance was on the issue despite a deadline reached on Monday.
Mexico will not agree to further discussion of safe third country status for asylum seekers, the foreign minister said,...
22 Dec 2018

Supreme Court denies Trump administration request to immediately enforce new asylum rules

The Supreme Court on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request that it be allowed to immediately enforce a new policy of denying asylum to those who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border, a change that lower courts declared possibly illegal.
The Supreme Court on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request that it be allowed to immediately enforce a new...
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20 Dec 2018

Trump golf club housekeeper who admitted she’s undocumented asks for asylum

A woman who has worked at the Trump Organization's Bedminster Golf Club as an undocumented immigrant had a hearing this week on her application for asylum as she seeks to remain in the U.S., her attorney said Tuesday.
A woman who has worked at the Trump Organization's Bedminster Golf Club as an undocumented immigrant had a hearing...

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14 Sep 2018

Separated parents would get another chance at asylum under settlement proposal

Migrant parents who failed an asylum screening after being separated from their children at the border would get another chance to seek refuge under a proposed settlement agreement filed Wednesday evening. In the proposal, the Trump administration does not agree to bring deported parents back to the U.S.
Migrant parents who failed an asylum screening after being separated from their children at the border would get another...
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22 Mar 2017

America’s Treatment of Asylum Seekers Reviewed by Regional Human Rights Body : Immigration Impact

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) heard testimony today about policies that prevent access to the U.S. asylum process for those fleeing grave danger in their home countries.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) heard testimony today about policies that prevent access to the...
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