More Than A Magazine, A Movement
Communities around the country are calling for the incoming administration to deliver justice and safety for refugees. When lives are at stake, there can be no other choice.
Rebuilding the U.S. asylum system will not be without its challenges. But the Biden-Harris administration can meet this moment and, more importantly, it must. Here’s how it can start.
Refugee survivors of domestic violence were among the first targets in the Trump administration’s sustained assault on our asylum system. And over the past two years, restrictive Department of Justice decisions have severely eroded protections for survivors.
But this month, the efforts of immigration advocates paid off in a series of victories.
Finally some good news!
“Although not all women who experience persecution are able to satisfy the stringent requirements of U.S. asylum law, the court was resolute: There is no basis in law to shut the door in their face before they’ve even had a chance to knock.”
