Migrants claiming asylum can be allowed into the U.S. Here’s how it works
Read or listen to an NPR interview with Muzaffar Chishti from the Migration Policy Institute
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Is it easy for migrants to enter the U.S.? We went to the border to find out
Read or listen to NPR’s first person report from the border.
Read MoreDrug cartels making migrants’ journeys even more perilous
Click here to read an article from the BBC about kidnappings and extortion at the southern border.
Read MoreAsylum by the numbers
Here is a good source of information about asylum seekers in the United States as reported by the New York Times. Click here for the article.
Read MoreThe KBI Newsletter, July 2023
We are pleased to be sharing the newsletter from our liaison on the southern border: Bienvenidos | Welcome “Who is my neighbor?” A young legal scholar famously posed this question to…
Read MoreTell Biden: End Expedited Removals and Restore Asylum
Please ask President Biden to reverse his new anti-asylum policy. Click here to sign the petition.
Read MoreNew Asylum Restrictions
We’re very disappointed to see the Biden Administration putting new asylum restrictions into place. This inhumane policy will endanger people fleeing from violence while undermining the entire spirit of asylum.…
Read MoreTitle 42 is ending soon
Title 42, a racist policy preventing asylum seekers from entering the country, is expected to end soon. We’re still not sure what will happen then, but we can prepare. Here’s…
Read MoreBridge to Rutland makes the paper!
Check out this great article on our work: https://vtdigger.org/2023/04/28/rutland-nonprofit-gives-asylum-seekers-a-lifeline/
Read MoreKBI Newsletter, April 2023
We’re pleased to be able to share the below update from our partner on the southern border: Bienvenidos | Welcome It may surprise you to hear that I still struggle…
Read MoreA heartbreaking story
This painting is by Luis Sotero, one of our March Arts Marathon artists and a migrant who has been denied asylum in the USA, and is thus forced to remain…
Read MoreSave asylum!
Please submit a comment to tell the Biden administration not to bring back Trump’s asylum ban. Click here to go to the form.
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