Asylum – Page 2

January 24January 24
DHS plans to begin turning asylum-seekers back to Mexico to await court dates
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The Trump administration plans to begin turning asylum-seekers back across the southern border on Friday to wait in Mexico under a new policy designed to crack down on immigration by Central American families, according to three Department of Homeland Security officials familiar with the matter. Customs and Border Protection officers will begin returning asylum-seekers trying to enter […]
January 17January 17
Thousands more migrant kids separated from parents under Trump than previously reported
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Thousands more immigrant children were separated from their parents under the Trump administration than previously reported and whether they have been reunified is unknown, according to a report released Thursday by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services. The report found a spike in immigrant family separations beginning in the summer of 2017, […]
December 26December 26
Trump administration appealing latest asylum ban ruling
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The Trump administration said Wednesday it is appealing a federal judge’s order that blocks the administration from implementing asylum restrictions on the southern border. According to a court filing, the administration told the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals it plans to appeal federal District Judge Jon Tigar’s December 19 order, which extended an initial block on […]
December 21December 21
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s asylum ban in 5-4 ruling as Chief Justice Roberts sides with liberal judges
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to allow the government to enforce President Donald Trump’s ban on asylum for immigrants who attempt to cross the southern border illegally. The court voted 5-4 to leave a lower court ruling in place that blocks enforcement of the crackdown. Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative judge who was appointed by […]
December 19December 19
Federal judge strikes down Trump asylum rules for domestic and gang violence victims
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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Justice Department policies that made it harder for immigrants to claim asylum because of domestic violence or gang violence, finding the policies violated existing law. Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court in Washington ruled the harsher Justice Department policies ordered by former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions […]
December 04December 04
Child Born in San Diego Day After Migrant Mother Crosses Border Illegally
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- Entertainment
A young woman who spent weeks traveling with a caravan of Central American migrants while pregnant gave birth in San Diego after crossing illegally into the U.S. to request asylum. Maryuri was more than seven months pregnant when she left Honduras with her husband, Miguel, and their three-year-old son on Oct. 17. The family spent […]
December 04December 04
Toddler injured after being dropped from border fence
- Entertainment
A 2-year-old girl accidentally head-butted an adult and suffered a bloody nose after being dropped from an 18-foot border fence in another example of the immense increase in the number of families who have come to the U.S. border with Mexico near Yuma, Arizona. That area of the U.S. Southwest saw a 140 percent spike […]
December 03December 03
Dutch Church Holds 24/7 Service to Shield Asylum Seekers
- Entertainment
For more than a month, a rotating roster of preachers has been leading a non-stop, round-the-clock service at a small Protestant chapel in The Hague in an attempt to shield a family of Armenian asylum-seekers from deportation. Under a centuries-old tradition, authorities in the Netherlands don’t enter a church while a service is underway. That […]

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