asylum seekers Archives

Asylum Seekers Jam US Border Crossings to Evade Trump Policy

Asylum seekers have been prohibited from filing their claims at U.S. border crossings under a...

Supreme Court Allows Broad Enforcement of Trump Asylum Rule

The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on...

US, Mexico Widen Asylum Crackdown to Push Back All Migrants

Both countries are quietly working to keep people out of the U.S. despite threats to...

Trump’s New Asylum Rules Go into Effect, and Opponents Sue

The policy represents the most forceful attempt to date by President Donald Trump to slash...

Judge Blocks Trump Policy Keeping Asylum-Seekers Locked Up

For the past 50 years, the government has given asylum-seekers bond hearings before immigration judges.

Thai Police Say They Won’t Deport Saudi Woman Seeking Asylum

Her plight mirrors that of other Saudi women who in recent years have turned to...

Danes Plan to Banish Unwanted Migrants to Remote Island

A pro-government lawmaker says Danish plans to banish rejected asylum seekers or those with a...

Are Children Being Assigned Numbers in Detention Centers?

Viral posts on social media contain claims that immigrant children are receiving numbers like Holocaust...

Attorney General Sessions Reverses Protections for Asylum Seekers Fleeing Domestic Violence, Gangs

Immigration lawyers have already vowed to take legal action against Sessions's ruling, which would deny...

6,000 Muslims with Forged Papers Caught at Southern Border

A claim that 6,000 Muslim migrants were captured at the U.S.-Mexico border with forged papers...

Whom at the Inn A photograph supposedly documenting that asylum seekers stayed in hotels while American vets remained homeless...