Rights advocates slam Biden’s ‘draconian’ asylum curbs at US-Mexico border
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Rights advocates slam Biden’s ‘draconian’ asylum curbs at US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Immigrant rights advocates have slammed President Joe Biden’s new curbs on asylum at the United States-Mexico border, describing the policy as “the most draconian” move since the Democrat entered the White House in 2021. During a news conference on Thursday, Azadeh Erfani, a senior policy analyst at the National Immigrant Justice Center, said Biden’s recent executive order violates both US and international law because it will send people with viable asylum claims back to harm. “This applies right now — in the middle of a global displacement crisis, the worst we’ve seen since World War II — and will decimate asylum access in the foreseeable future.” Biden’s executive order, which came into effect in the early hours of Wednesday, allows his administration to stop processing asylum claims if the number of irregular crossings at the US-Mexico border surpasses an average of 2,500 per day for a week. Deadly risks Human rights advocates across the US have warned that the executive order and the finalised rule will force asylum seekers back to dangerous situations in their home countries or in Mexican border towns.

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US migrant rights advocates raise alarm over Trump appointments
1 month, 1 week ago

US migrant rights advocates raise alarm over Trump appointments

Al Jazeera  

As US President-elect Donald Trump moves to fill key cabinet positions in his incoming administration, experts and rights groups in the United States have said his selections so far point towards a hardline approach to immigration. “They’ve learned some things since the last time they were in power,” immigration lawyer Greg Siskind said of Miller and Homan. “And more important …

Immigrant rights groups ready to challenge President-elect Trump’s policies
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Immigrant rights groups ready to challenge President-elect Trump’s policies

NPR  

Immigrant rights groups ready to challenge President-elect Trump’s policies toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Immigrant-rights organizations from across the country are resolute on one thing: they will fight back against any of President-elect Donald Trump’s policies that target migrants. Murad Awawdeh, the president of the New York Immigration Coalition, told NPR the country “already survived one Trump administration, and we …

Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border

LA Times  

The Biden administration is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher, changes that come as border security is a key concern for voters in this election. The Biden administration said Monday it is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher, as it’s increasingly eager to show voters uneasy over immigration that it is taking a hard …

Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Biden administration said Monday …

Rights advocates frustrated over Harris' messaging on migrants
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rights advocates frustrated over Harris' messaging on migrants

Raw Story  

While fearful of what a second Trump administration would mean for immigrants, rights advocates this weekend sounded the alarm over messaging on the southern border from Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. "Banning asylum and punishing people seeking safety only causes more chaos and dysfunction at the border, and more refugee deaths," CGRS said. In a social media …

Behind Biden’s asylum halt: Migrants must say if they fear deportation, not wait to be asked
5 months ago

Behind Biden’s asylum halt: Migrants must say if they fear deportation, not wait to be asked

Associated Press  

TUCSON, Ariz. — Posters inside a complex of giant, white tents tell migrants in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Hindi they should tell an officer if they fear being deported and “your claim will be heard.” On a side wall where migrants are seated in a processing area, a video conveys the same message on a loop. Breaking from a practice …

Biden relaxes visa rules in pre-election immigration balancing act
6 months ago

Biden relaxes visa rules in pre-election immigration balancing act

Raw Story  

President Joe Biden attempted a political high-wire act Tuesday by announcing a citizenship pathway for half a million immigrants married to U.S. nationals, in a counterweight to his recent crackdown on illegal border crossers. However, “only Congress can deliver… comprehensive reform of our immigration and asylum laws.” Trump lashes out Trump attacked Biden’s policy in characteristic fashion, with lurid language …

Devastating government report reveals how the Biden administration is making it 'easier' for 'dangerous' migrants to get into the U.S.
6 months, 1 week ago

Devastating government report reveals how the Biden administration is making it 'easier' for 'dangerous' migrants to get into the U.S.

Daily Mail  

The Department of Homeland Security needs a complete overhaul on how it vets immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. to address national security concerns, a new report from the Inspector General admits. The report completely obliterates President Joe Biden's policies toward immigration and migration while claiming agents protecting the nation's borders are not given the appropriate tools to vet asylum …

President Joe Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the border
6 months, 1 week ago

President Joe Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move by the Trump administration that was blocked by the courts. The lawsuit — filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and others on …

Liberals don’t like Biden’s border plan, but it may help him where he needs it most
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Liberals don’t like Biden’s border plan, but it may help him where he needs it most

LA Times  

Men seeking asylum are detained by border patrol after crossing the US/Mexico border on June 3, 2024. President Biden’s move this week to close the border to most migrants seeking asylum sent an important signal about what he and his top aides view as their biggest problem in the presidential race. The border crisis has become a prime element of …

Opinion: Why Biden’s new border plan is a terrible idea
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Why Biden’s new border plan is a terrible idea

LA Times  

Following months of rumors, on Tuesday the Biden administration unveiled an executive order designed to shut down the border to people seeking asylum, as well as a rule to implement it. President Biden has touted his executive order as necessary to “restore order” and “gain control” of the border, despite crossings plummeting in recent months. People seeking asylum at the …

UN migration and refugee agencies cite ‘fundamental’ right to asylum after US moves to restrict it
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN migration and refugee agencies cite ‘fundamental’ right to asylum after US moves to restrict it

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N.'s migration and refugee agencies expressed concern over Biden administration plans for new asylum restrictions in the United States and said the right to asylum is fundamental. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a …

Joe Biden rolls out order to bar migrants from asylum at US-Mexico border
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden rolls out order to bar migrants from asylum at US-Mexico border

India Today  

President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralise immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. The White House detailed the long-anticipated presidential proclamation signed by Biden, which would bar migrants from being granted asylum when US officials deem …

How will Biden’s new restrictions affect asylum seekers at US border?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How will Biden’s new restrictions affect asylum seekers at US border?

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera breaks down the latest effort to curb southern border crossings, and what risks they pose. United States President Joe Biden has unveiled a sweeping executive order restricting asylum claims, expanding controversial efforts to curb the surging number of people crossing the country’s southern border. Biden, who entered office pledging to reverse Trump’s hardline border policies, has said the …

How Biden’s new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How Biden’s new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold that he deems excessive. Venezuelan migrants wave a U.S. flag at a television helicopter that flew over the Rio Grande, in Matamoros, Mexico, on May 12, 2023, a day after pandemic-related asylum restrictions called …

Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help ‘gain control’ of the border
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help ‘gain control’ of the border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. “We’re troubled to see this administration raise the bar on asylum seekers who are coming to our southern border and exercising …

Biden imposes strict restrictions on asylum at southern US border
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden imposes strict restrictions on asylum at southern US border

Al Jazeera  

New measures all but deny the right to claim asylum for people who cross the US southern border without authorisation. Washington, DC – United States President Joe Biden has imposed new restrictions that would bar most migrants who cross the US southern border without authorisation from seeking asylum in the country. “They will make it easier for immigration officers to …

Biden signs order tightening border with Mexico when crossings surge
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden signs order tightening border with Mexico when crossings surge

LA Times  

Men seeking asylum are detained Monday by Border Patrol after crossing from Mexico into the United States. Biden slammed Republicans in Congress during his speech Tuesday, saying many legislators abandoned the bill “because Donald Trump told them to.” “Frankly, I would have preferred to address this issue through bipartisan legislation, because that’s the only way to actually get the kind …

Biden to crack down on migrant crossings with order allowing him to halt new asylum claims
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden to crack down on migrant crossings with order allowing him to halt new asylum claims

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The plan is understood to include language that …

Biden set to unveil order restricting asylum at US-Mexico border
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden set to unveil order restricting asylum at US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Order will allow US to shut off asylum requests and deny entry to migrants once daily threshold is met, US media reports. Citing three people briefed on the plan, CBS News reported on Monday that Biden’s executive order will allow US officials to immediately turn back asylum seekers who enter the country without permits once daily crossings hit a certain …

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with …

The Biden administration is planning more changes to quicken asylum processing for new migrants
7 months, 1 week ago

The Biden administration is planning more changes to quicken asylum processing for new migrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing more changes to the nation’s asylum system meant to speed up processing and potential removal of migrants who continue to arrive at the southern border, an interim step as President Joe Biden continues to mull a broader executive order to crack down on border crossings that may come later this year. The broader …

Biden administration wants to speed up deportation for some migrants. How will it work?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration wants to speed up deportation for some migrants. How will it work?

LA Times  

People line up against a border wall as they wait to apply for asylum after crossing the border from Mexico last July near Yuma, Ariz. In 2020, the Trump administration implemented a rule similarly instructing asylum officers to apply asylum bars during credible fear screenings. Instead, asylum officers “would only consider a bar in those cases where there is easily …

Biden administration will propose tougher asylum standards for some migrants at the border
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration will propose tougher asylum standards for some migrants at the border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to propose a new rule Thursday aimed at speeding up the asylum claims process for some migrants — a potential prelude to broader actions from President Joe Biden later this year that would impose a bigger crackdown at the border. Biden continues to mull larger executive action on the border, whose timing depends in …

US and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are moving swiftly on new steps to crack down on illegal migration that include tougher enforcement on railways, on buses and in airports as well as increased repatriation flights for migrants from both the U.S. and Mexico. Biden and López Obrador said they are directing their national security …

As Biden and Trump both visit the border, how do their immigration policies compare?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

As Biden and Trump both visit the border, how do their immigration policies compare?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Trump, who is due to visit the migrant hotspot of Eagle Pass, is …

Opinion: Is Biden about to close the border in the name of election year politics?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Is Biden about to close the border in the name of election year politics?

LA Times  

Asylum seekers camp near the border wall in Jacumba, Calif. in November, waiting to be transported by the U.S. Border Patrol. Multiple news sources report that President Biden is considering implementing executive action to try to close the U.S.-Mexico border, including to asylum seekers. Administration sources concede that the president’s border plans are driven by politics, the belief that the …

No asylum for illegal US immigrants? Joe Biden considering unilateral executive action
10 months ago

No asylum for illegal US immigrants? Joe Biden considering unilateral executive action

Hindustan Times  

As United States prepares for the 2024 mandate illegal immigration has emerged as a big discourse to jeopardise Joe Biden's chances to return as President. On the back of rising internal rebellion Biden administration is now contemplating taking unilateral executive action to address illegal immigration. Protesters hold up signs and speak through a bullhorn supporting the "Take Our Border Back" …

Biden is considering executive action to make it HARDER for asylum seekers to get into the U.S. and speed up deportations to reverse historic rise in border crossings
10 months ago

Biden is considering executive action to make it HARDER for asylum seekers to get into the U.S. and speed up deportations to reverse historic rise in border crossings

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden is now considering taking executive action to raise the standards used to process and screen asylum-seekers at the southern border. President Joe Biden is preparing to issue an executive order that would increase standards during 'credible fear interviews' for asylum seekers crossing the southern border The order, according to a Wednesday report, would adopt a 'last in, …

GOP says Biden has all the power he needs to control the border. The reality is far more complicated
10 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP says Biden has all the power he needs to control the border. The reality is far more complicated

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Build more wall. “President Biden needs Congress to be able to address the situation at the border,” said Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a lawyer and policy analyst at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. “That is the simplest way to put it.” The $118 billion bipartisan proposal in Congress would overhaul the asylum system to provide faster and tougher enforcement, as …

‘Political games’: Advocates vow to fight US border policy standoff
11 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Political games’: Advocates vow to fight US border policy standoff

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – Military aid for Ukraine in exchange for stricter migration and asylum policies: That is the gambit put forward by Republicans in the United States Congress as they negotiate with Democrats over government spending. On Tuesday, demonstrators from dozens of advocacy groups gathered near the US Capitol for a “Save Asylum” campaign, where they appealed to lawmakers not …

Biden and Congress are mulling big changes on immigration. What are they and what could they mean?
1 year ago

Biden and Congress are mulling big changes on immigration. What are they and what could they mean?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is taking a more active role in Senate negotiations over changes to the immigration system that Republicans are demanding in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. “It’s time to cut a deal that both sides can agree to,” Biden’s budget director, Shalanda Young, …

US Court Brings Relief for Biden, Stays Asylum ‘Ban’ at Southern US Border
1 year, 4 months ago

US Court Brings Relief for Biden, Stays Asylum ‘Ban’ at Southern US Border

News 18  

A de facto ban on claiming asylum at the US southern border implemented in May in an effort to stem a feared influx of migrants can stay in place for now, a court said Thursday. President Joe Biden’s administration said claims would still be accepted, but only if made in a migrant’s home country or in a country they had …

Biden’s asylum curbs at US-Mexico border can stay for now, court rules
1 year, 4 months ago

Biden’s asylum curbs at US-Mexico border can stay for now, court rules

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration is appealing a legal challenge to policy restricting access to asylum at border with Mexico. US President Joe Biden’s restrictions on access to asylum at the United States border with Mexico can remain in place for now, an appeals court has ruled, as the Biden administration contends with a legal challenge to the policy. But human rights groups …

US judge blocks Biden’s ‘asylum ban’ at Mexico border
1 year, 4 months ago

US judge blocks Biden’s ‘asylum ban’ at Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups hail the ruling as a ‘victory’ but note it will have little immediate effect at the US-Mexico border. A United States judge has ruled that a key tenet of President Joe Biden’s border policy is in violation of the country’s asylum law, in a decision hailed by rights groups as a “victory”. But critics have dubbed the Biden …

Biden administration tells judge that its new asylum rule is not a reboot of Trump’s efforts
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden administration tells judge that its new asylum rule is not a reboot of Trump’s efforts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration argued Wednesday that its new asylum rule is different from versions put forward under President Donald Trump in a court hearing before a judge who threw out Trump’s attempts to limit asylum on the U.S.-Mexico border. President Joe Biden’s administration instituted its rule on May 11 with the expiration of a COVID-19 restriction known as …

Adult migrants are held in border facilities too long amid Biden administration policy changes, sources say
1 year, 5 months ago

Adult migrants are held in border facilities too long amid Biden administration policy changes, sources say

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden’s new asylum policy has contributed to migrants remaining in border facilities for more than 10 days and some for up to 30 days, multiple sources told CNN, as the administration toughens its posture on the US-Mexico border. Last week, of the more than 10,000 people in CBP custody, more than 1,000 of them had been …

Top US court rules Biden immigration enforcement policy can stand
1 year, 6 months ago

Top US court rules Biden immigration enforcement policy can stand

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has ruled to uphold an immigration policy set by the administration of President Joe Biden, which narrowed the scope of those prioritised for deportation. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal and rights advocacy group, called the ruling was a “welcome step in the process to reimagine our immigration enforcement priorities”. “With finite resources, the …

What is the new reality for migrants at the US southern border?
1 year, 6 months ago

What is the new reality for migrants at the US southern border?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, May 25 at 19:30 GMT: Earlier this month, as the Biden administration announced the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, the United States also saw the end of a controversial Trump-era public health regulation, known as Title 42. It allowed the US government to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border to seek asylum, on …

‘…more foreign aliens’: Texas sues Biden administration over new asylum rule
1 year, 6 months ago

‘…more foreign aliens’: Texas sues Biden administration over new asylum rule

Hindustan Times  

The state of Texas is suing the Biden administration in an attempt to have a newly-introduced asylum rule thrown out, saying a phone app used by migrants to set up appointments at the border to seek entry into the United States is encouraging illegal immigration. In the lawsuit, Texas argues that the asylum rule encourages the use of a cellphone …

Biden leaning into global diplomacy to manage migration at US-Mexico border
1 year, 7 months ago

Biden leaning into global diplomacy to manage migration at US-Mexico border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — On President Joe Biden ‘s first day in office, he handed Congress a legislative plan to modernize the nation’s immigration system. So administration officials went looking outside the U.S. for solutions, seeking to portray immigration not as one of America’s most intractable problems, but as an issue for the entire Western hemisphere to address. It was a shift …

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire
1 year, 7 months ago

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire

Hindustan Times  

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire The US ended a three-year-old asylum restriction, Title 42, stirring fear among migrants that the changes would make it more. The US ended a three-year-old asylum restriction, Title 42, stirring fear among migrants that the changes would make it more difficult for them to stay on. On the …

US unveils rule that rights groups say stifles access to asylum
1 year, 7 months ago

US unveils rule that rights groups say stifles access to asylum

Al Jazeera  

Rights advocates say long-anticipated policy is return to hardline Trump-era border curbs, urge Biden to change course. Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden’s administration has finalised a new rule that will make most migrants and refugees arriving at the country’s southern border with Mexico in search of protection ineligible to seek asylum in the United States. They also sounded …

Editorial: With Title 42 ending, Biden relies on the same failed immigration policies
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: With Title 42 ending, Biden relies on the same failed immigration policies

LA Times  

Dozens of immigrants from as far away as India and Africa wait to be processed by Customs and Border Protection officers Friday along the border wall in Somerton, Ariz. The border management strategy known as Title 42 has allowed the United States to expel asylum-seeking migrants en masse for the past three years using a public health pretext. Operation Hold …

Biden Will Never Get Us Out of the Trump Era Like This
54 years, 11 months ago

Biden Will Never Get Us Out of the Trump Era Like This

Slate  

In March 2020, the Trump administration invoked its authority under Title 42 of the U.S. Code, a public health law, to close the southwest border to virtually anyone crossing in from Mexico. When the COVID-19 public health emergency expires on May 11, the Title 42 immigration restrictions will finally end, leaving it to the Biden administration to craft a new …

Biden administration sending 1,500 more soldiers to Mexico border
1 year, 7 months ago

Biden administration sending 1,500 more soldiers to Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Troops will assist with administrative duties as Biden administration prepares for end of Title 42 border restriction. The administration of US President Joe Biden is sending 1,500 additional soldiers to the United States border with Mexico as the country prepares for the lifting of contentious, pandemic-era restrictions later this month. The soldiers will perform “non-law enforcement duties” such as data …

An assault on asylum? Experts raise alarm
1 year, 8 months ago

An assault on asylum? Experts raise alarm

Al Jazeera  

Experts say the right to asylum is ‘disappearing’ as wealthy nations enact restrictions aimed at keeping people out. “That taps into this fear about who’s coming, and it exposes the desire of government and policy to select people, but unfortunately that’s not how it works.” Extending borders “Border externalisation” takes many forms today, from pushbacks of refugees seeking to reach …

A deadly Mexico immigration center fire shows just a sliver of the abuse migrants see
1 year, 8 months ago

A deadly Mexico immigration center fire shows just a sliver of the abuse migrants see

NPR  

A deadly Mexico immigration center fire shows just a sliver of the abuse migrants see Enlarge this image toggle caption Christian Chavez/AP Christian Chavez/AP A surveillance video of the fire that killed dozens of people at an immigration processing center in Ciudad Juárez on Monday night appears to show detainees trapped in a locked cell as uniformed immigration agents are …

US bears ‘moral weight’ of Mexico migrant tragedy: Advocates
1 year, 8 months ago

US bears ‘moral weight’ of Mexico migrant tragedy: Advocates

Al Jazeera  

Ciudad Juarez blaze that killed at least 38 migrants comes amid increasingly restrictive policies at US-Mexico border. US Customs and Border Protection has been allowing people to seek asylum at a US port of entry only after they secure an appointment through a mobile app that immigrant rights groups say is “unreliable”. “It is just a mountain of countries that …

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