Tag: asylum seekers

As border crossings increased in the second year of the pandemic, Republicans, Democrats and the Washington Post are all in agreement that shelving human rights concerns is the price of keeping unwanted refugees and migrants out of the U.S.

“President Biden should have ended this cruel and lawless policy long ago, and the court was correct to reject it today.”

The migrants—many of them Central Americans fleeing endemic violence, poverty and corruption—will be allowed to stay in the U.S. as their cases move through the immigration court system.

"The allegations of violence and brutality against vulnerable refugees seeking safety here in the United States are unlawful and disturbing.”

We default to an “us versus them” dichotomy, when we should be talking about communities and how we can make them work for everyone.

"Before today's decision, entire parts of this country had essentially become asylum-free zones, where people in search of safety would be arbitrarily barred from asylum based on where they happened to cross the border."

Immigration detention is expensive, inhumane and unnecessary.

What is the economic impact of refugees in the near and long term (transition time between needing assistance and adding to the economy)?

"Let's not concede that having refugees in our cities is something to be threatened by."

"Now people are fleeing from the misery and horrors for which we are responsible."