"Now that they're making parole available, they're putting as many barriers in place as possible," said an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center, as quoted by NBC News. Two weeks ago, Karina Serrano Rodriguez was escorted to a computer terminal at the Detention Center...
U.S. immigration authorities in Texas plan to speed up asylum decisions. "U.S. immigration officials are testing a fast-track asylum program at a Border Patrol station in Texas to show how the Trump administration could enforce a partial asylum ban,"...
This is the lowest rate in the history of a modern refugee resettlement program. President Donald Trump's administration has said it plans to allow only 2020 refugees into the country in fiscal 18. This is the lowest indicator in the history of the modern refugee resettlement program, writes Voice of America. ...
Those who apply for political asylum in the United States face one of two possible outcomes: either their application is approved and issued a refugee card with the possibility of obtaining a green card after one year, or the application is rejected and the case is redirected to the US Immigration Court. ...
On August 2, a federal judge in the District of Columbia declared illegal the policy of the administration of US President Donald Trump, which prohibits migrants who illegally crossed the border from seeking asylum in the United States. According to the court, this policy violates the Immigration and Citizenship Act. Trump administration policy, ...
On July 24, a federal judge demanded that the Trump administration continue to accept asylum applications from all migrants arriving in the United States and eligible for such applications. Thus, the court temporarily obstructed the latest attempt by the US President to stop ...
Heidi Gamez Garcia, a 13-year-old immigrant from Honduras, attempted suicide after her single father was denied asylum in the United States. The girl, separated from her only parent for four years, died last week, connected to a life support apparatus. The girl was buried on 23 ...
Former chairman of the Party of Economic Freedom and ex-State Duma deputy Konstantin Borovoy asked for political asylum in the United States. According to the politician, some people in Russia have been following his movements for several years. Experts told Borovoy that this is the so-called "surveillance", with ...
If the new proposal of the administration of US President Donald Trump is accepted, asylum will be denied to those who came to the United States not from their country of origin, but in transit through another state, without seeking protection from its authorities. The proposal included in the project ...
US border officials reported on May 8 that the number of illegal immigrants detained at the border in April exceeded 100, the second consecutive month with such a figure. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detained 000 migrants along the border with ...