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Opinion: How Congress can stand up for asylum-seekers' dignity


Opinion: How Congress can stand up for asylum-seekers dignity
CNN
2 hrs ago
Opinion by Pramila Jayapal and Joanne Lin
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A member of the International Organization for Migration takes a child s temperature before crossing the border into El Paso, Texas at the Leona Vicario shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.
Former President Donald Trump spent four years inflicting untold damage to the rights of immigrants, including people seeking safety in this country. As asylum seekers came to the United States to flee violence and persecution, the Trump administration detained upwards of 50,000 people (a figure Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed), prolonged the detention of families and exercised authority over a system that saw an uptick in deaths in detention which the House Oversight Committee determined was often due to inadequate medical care. ....

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Human Rights First: NGO Letter Urging DHS to Reject Use of Expedited Removal


Human Rights First: NGO Letter Urging DHS to Reject Use of Expedited Removal
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To: Hon.
301 7th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20528
Dear Secretary Mayorkas,
Department of Homeland Security (
DHS) to reject the use of expedited removal and immigration detention as it ends policies that effectively eliminated humanitarian protections at the border in violation of
U.S. law and treaty obligations. We reiterate our call for the administration to swiftly end dangerous and illegal expulsions under Title 42 and other policies that block and turn away people seeking
U.S. refugee protection at the border, as many of our groups have urged in separate letters. As ....

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