The United States has started to allow people to apply for asylum under a new process that the secretary of homeland security hopes can help fix the current “very broken system.”
Tag: Immigration and Emigration
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Ron DeSantis Is Making an Asylum Crisis of His Own
Does America still embrace its international obligation to provide sanctuary to at least some unauthorized immigrants?
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A.C.L.U. Says Immigration Detention Facility Should Be Shut Down
The situation at a New Mexico detention facility revives a long-running debate over the government’s reliance on private prisons to house immigrants, many of them seeking asylum.
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Bill to Grant Afghan Evacuees a Path to Residency Hits Snags
The White House and members of both parties had hoped to attach the legislation to a must-pass spending bill this month. But some Republicans have raised security concerns.
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‘The Bus Left Us’: Family Caught in Immigration Battle Reaches New York
Leida, Kevin and their young daughter, Victoria, fled Venezuela, crossing seven countries to reach Texas. That’s when they were pulled into a political fight between Republican governors and the White House.