On February 11, 2021, the Biden Administration announced the beginning of their plan to allow tens of thousands of asylum-seekers currently in Mexico to enter the United States. Approximately 25,000 asylum-seekers have been waiting for their immigration hearings in Mexico due to the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, established by the Trump administration. Also known … Read more

On October 20, 2020, the Trump Administration announced a new rule that would further bar certain immigrants from obtaining asylum. This new rule set forth by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will go into effect on November 20, 2020. A copy of the rule can be found here. … Read more

New information disclosed by U.S. government officials establish that in 2018 the Trump Administration actively pursued the separation of families arriving along the southern border of the United States, and that the goal of the policy was to deter people from entering the United States. Michael E. Horowitz, the Inspector General of the U.S. Department … Read more

On July 22, 2020, a federal Canadian judge ruled that an asylum treaty between the United States and Canada known as the “Safe Third Country Agreement” is unconstitutional. A copy of the decision can be found here. The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) mandates that refugees must seek protection in the first country they arrive … Read more

This week, the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice released a draft rule, proposing severe changes that would make it increasingly difficult for immigrants to seek asylum in the United States. The complete draft rule can be found here and is set to be published on June 15, 2020 and will be open for … Read more

Beginning December 2019, the United States has begun taking Honduran and Salvadoran asylum seekers at the southern U.S. border and putting them on airplanes headed to Guatemala.  In July of 2019, the United States signed an agreement with Guatemala regarding the process.  The United States threatened to impose tariffs if Guatemala declined to sign the … Read more