Republicans in Congress are mistaken in believing harsh asylum policies will stem the tide of migrants swelling at the Southern border in search of refuge in the United States, a panel of immigration experts said. It is equally wrong to…
Immigration advocates furious with Biden administration and House Republicans
Immigration supporters are up in arms over border security reforms U.S. Senate Republicans have inserted into a foreign aid package President Biden requested for Ukraine. The leaders of more than 25 humanitarian organizations issued joint statements Nov. 8 protesting the…
Immigrant rights advocates cry foul over U.S. flights deporting Venezuelans
Immigration and human rights advocates aren’t mincing words about the Biden administration’s decision to deport Venezuelan migrants by air to their economically troubled homeland, calling the practice cruel, inhumane and a violation of U.S. and international asylum law. The deportation…
Amid an already difficult immigration system, LGBTQ asylum seekers are in ‘grave danger’
The Biden administration’s asylum restrictions place LGBTQ migrants in grave danger by exposing them to longer waits in nations hostile to those with alternative sexual orientations and gender identities, immigration rights advocates said during a June 22 webinar. “It will…
Polling is shifting on conservatives’ attitudes on immigration
The results of a new survey reveal strong Republican and evangelical support for meaningful immigration reforms and may suggest that harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric does not resonate with most conservative voters, a leading U.S. immigration advocate said. “We found really high…
Faith-based immigration advocates finding little difference between Biden administration and Trump administration
President Joe Biden just keeps digging himself into a deeper hole with the nation’s immigration advocates. Groups that serve migrants and refugees have been outraged in the weeks since the White House announced its intention to implement an asylum ban…
Immigration advocates slam Biden’s asylum plan by comparing it to Trump’s
President Biden’s proposal to essentially ban asylum at the Southern border has infuriated immigration advocates who equate his policies with those of the Trump administration. “With the introduction of this proposed rule, Trump’s cruel playbook has now become Biden’s legacy,”…
Title 42, congregations and the sojourner
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the “Remain in Mexico” border policy could be reversed by the Biden administration, specifically through the Department of Homeland Security. This Trump-era policy had forced migrants to remain in Mexico while their…
165 religious leaders plead with White House to abandon immigrant travel ban
U.S. and international religious leaders have sent a letter to President Joe Biden and other government officials pleading with the administration to abandon plans to issue a travel ban and other severe restrictions on asylum seekers. Especially egregious to the…