Credit to Author: Hannah Harris Green| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 12:39:51 +0000
We often talk ruefully about how the U.S. judicial system will “put the victim on trial” in sexual assault cases. But when it comes to people applying for asylum in the U.S., that’s literally what happens.
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Credit to Author: Gaby Del Valle| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 17:34:04 +0000
Ingrid Encalada Latorre and her children have spent two years in a Colorado church that provides sanctuary to undocumented immigrants.
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Credit to Author: Gaby Del Valle| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:35:45 +0000
The Trump administration wants to slash the number of refugees admitted into the U.S. next year to an all-time low of 18,000.
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Credit to Author: Peter Tinti| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:14:52 +0000
Wealthy countries are making it harder and harder for the world’s most desperate people to seek refuge.
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Credit to Author: Gaby Del Valle| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:29:47 +0000
Since the policy went into effect almost 8 months ago, some 40,000 have been forced to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases play out.
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Credit to Author: Leila Ettachfini| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 21:12:39 +0000
“The ban turns the border into a virtually asylum-free zone. In that way, its scope and impact could be even more largely felt than the Muslim ban.”
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Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 18:25:22 +0000
Guatemala cannot care for its own people, let alone thousands of others who would be applying for asylum there under Trump’s policy.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:38:45 +0000
Taiwan’s government said Friday it would provide assistance to Hong Kongers seeking sanctuary after local media reported dozens of activists involved in an unprecedented storming of the city’s parliament had fled to the island.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 01:12:21 +0000
SEATTLE – A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum-seekers locked up while they pursue their cases, saying the Constitution demands that such migrants have a chance to be released from custody.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:58:31 +0000
WikiLeaks has accused “powerful actors,” including the CIA, of a “sophisticated” effort to dehumanize Julian Assange.
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