Yesterday the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security submitted a notice of proposed rulemaking to the Federal Register that proves these governmental bodies stand for neither justice nor safety. The proposed rule further guts the U.S. legal system of asylum and other protections for people who are fleeing violence and murder in other countries. The goal is to end asylum in the United States administratively, without an act of Congress.
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Washington, DC – (TW: Abuse of children) The headlines are shocking enough: “More Than 900 Children Have Been Expelled Under a Pandemic Border Policy” – The New York Times “The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus” – ProPublica and Texas Tribune “Under Trump policy, U.S. plays […]
The New York Times reports that the Trump administration plans to extend its border closure indefinitely, citing the coronavirus pandemic. The ban would keep regions in the north and south of the United States, whose economies rely on the dynamic flow of goods and people across borders, on lock down for the foreseeable future.
It would also trap asylum-seekers outside of the United States and keep them in harm’s way, a goal that President Trump and White House aide Stephen Miller have attempted to achieve through numerous other means over the past three years.
Tomorrow, House Democrats are holding a virtual roundtable on ICE’s deadly “response” to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) offers the following questions.