Mexico’s Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comar) released data on the number of asylum applications made so far in 2021. The data show that between January and May, 41,195…
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Mexico’s Asylum Requests in Five Months Surpass All of 2020
The Next U.S. President Must Keep the Asylum Agreements with Mexico and the Northern Triangle
As the United States experiences a surge of apprehensions on our Southern border, Americans should be asking what the next presidential administration will do to slow the flow…
France’s Bloody Reminder Why We Must Not Return to a “Let-Everyone-In-And-We’ll-Sort-It-Out-Later” Asylum Policy
Policies put in place by the Trump administration have dramatically curtailed the practice of allowing large numbers of asylum seekers to enter the country pending a…
Cuban Refugee Lobby Protesting Asylum Restrictions
An article in the January 16 Miami Herald calls attention to protests by Cubans who are unhappy with what they see as new hurdles to getting…
Huffpost Writer Decries Trump Dismantling Permissive Asylum Policy
A November 24 article in the Huffington Post cited retired or dismissed former government employees and advocates for the “troubled masses yearning to breathe free” describing…