News tagged Asylum
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If Courage Had An Anniversary, It Would Be Fauziya’s
May 6th, 2016On June 13, 1996, she won asylum. Twenty years later, Fauziya’s groundbreaking victory still deserves the world’s attention.
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Giving a Child Care License to a Jail Is a Major Setback for Justice
May 3rd, 2016A jail is no place for children.
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Three Years Is Too Long to Wait for Justice
March 24th, 2016Houston’s acute and growing immigration court backlog puts survivors of violence in limbo.
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Amicus Brief Argues Young Asylum-Seeker Deserves New Hearing
March 1st, 2016The decision to deny asylum to a young gay man from Mexico undermines legal protections for vulnerable survivors.
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New Guidance for Asylum Officers Will Better Protect Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 26th, 2016USCIS recognizes that in communities where FGM/C occurs, other forms of persecution may await a girl or woman if she were forced to return to her home country.
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Now More Than Ever, Obama’s Immigration Policies Are Punishing the Persecuted
January 27th, 2016Read our full op-ed in Vice News.
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Advocates Urge President to Grant Temporary Status to Central American Immigrants
January 26th, 2016Conditions are too dangerous for safe return, and nearly 300 organizations want the president to address America’s humanitarian crisis now.
