Our report this month includes news about extended deadlines for asylum seekers who were not informed of application deadlines; a reversal of U.S. policy resulting in more likely detention of pregnant women; and an overview of life at the border with a section about the work of the KBI. Access to Asylum: In a class-action lawsuit, a U.S. District judge determined that authorities failed to inform asylum seekers of the one-year deadline for filing applications and ruled that Citizenship and … [Read more...]

Our report this month focuses on families—undocumented, mixed-status, seeking asylum—to reveal the larger tragedy and trauma wrought by inhumane immigration policies and continually delayed reform in the U.S. These news stories document in greater detail the toll on children and other loved ones when a family member is detained or deported. Separated Families in Detention: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the U.S. government for detaining a Congolese mother and child in … [Read more...]

This month, we share the latest news about obstructions and crackdowns in the immigration system, affecting asylum seekers, detainees at the U.S.–Mexico border, and most recently, immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens. In addition, we include coverage of Border Patrol destruction of supplies left in the desert for migrants and arrests of volunteers who put them there. Prosecution an Obstacle to Asylum: In January, Human Rights First released a comprehensive report on the Trump administration’s … [Read more...]

This month’s media report covers various human rights violations and inhumane treatment of migrants and asylum seekers—detention conditions, family separation, rejection at the border—and includes an update on Temporary Protected Status and an open letter from the Jesuits in Latin America and the Caribbean calling for the protection of a Honduran priest under threat. Asylum Seekers Turned Away: With San Diego ports of entry at capacity, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol staff are turning away … [Read more...]

Our report this month includes news stories about the impact of increasing border arrests on families and asylum seekers, the rise in courthouse arrests of undocumented individuals, and the withdrawal of temporary protection from Haitians in the U.S. Migrant Prosecutions and Separated Families: In recent months, the Trump administration’s immigration policies have resulted in more separated families at the U.S.–Mexico border and the incarceration and prosecution of asylum seekers, a human … [Read more...]