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Author: Brianna Krong

Brianna Krong serves as Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, where she develops public education and advocacy strategies to advance the rights of women, children, and LGBTQ asylum seekers in the United States.
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As Trump Doubles Down, Courts Side with Immigrant Women Seeking Asylum

As Trump Doubles Down, Courts Side with Immigrant Women Seeking Asylum

Brianna Krong

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.

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182 organizations called on the Trump administration to immediately halt border expulsions for asylum-seekers and protect domestic violence survivors.

Groups Urge Trump Administration to Stop Turning Back Asylum Seekers

Brianna Krong

182 organizations called on the Trump administration to immediately halt border expulsions for asylum-seekers and protect domestic violence survivors.

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  • Health
  • Immigration
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The Trump Administration Must Not Use Pandemic as Excuse to Endanger Refugees

Brianna Krong

The Trump administration and our leaders in Congress now have a clear choice to make: Whether to adopt commonsense public health measures that protect everyone—regardless of where they come from—or to embrace policies that endanger asylum seekers and jeopardize our collective health.

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  • Immigration
  • Justice & Law
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48,000 Asylum Seekers Have Been Put in Harm’s Way by the Trump Administration

Brianna Krong

The perversely-named Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)—more appropriately dubbed by advocates the Migrant Persecution Protocols—requires asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings. Every day that this policy is allowed to stand, the administration is endangering thousands of lives.

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The Trump Administration is Fighting to Indefinitely Detain Migrant Children and Families

Brianna Krong

It is indisputable that barring exceptional circumstances, jailing children is wrong. Child welfare experts agree that detention, even for short periods of time, has profoundly adverse impacts on children’s long-term health and development. But the Trump administration is still fighting to hold migrant children in detention—indefinitely.

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