Category: Asylum & Refugee Protection
The Trump administration has proposed a regulation that would pause employment authorization for new asylum applicants until federal case processing times reach a defined benchmark. The measure, issued...
In 1994, a young woman arrived at a U.S. airport carrying almost nothing, not even her own passport. What she did carry, however, was fear, urgency, and a story the American immigration system had never...
The Department of Homeland Security has indicated that Venezuelans previously covered under Temporary Protected Status may apply for refugee protection as the U.S. continues reassessing its approach toward...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have announced a final rule that allows federal authorities to deny asylum and certain humanitarian protections to non-citizens...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suspended the granting of all asylum decisions in the country due to national security concerns after a shooting incident involving an Afghan national...
You sit in a crowded waiting room, holding your file tightly, watching names appear and disappear on a screen. You have done everything right so far: filled out the forms, attended your biometrics appointment,...
The Trump administration’s recent $100 annual asylum fee has left thousands of immigrants and lawyers scrambling to comply, as a scarcity of guidance and conflicting agency instructions drive confusion....
Getting asylum in the United States is a means of survival. Every year, thousands of people ask the U.S. government to save them from persecution through asylum protection.
This blog walks you through...
