Roles involved with sponsoring an asylum-seeker
The highest commitment level and most needed role: American citizens and legal permanent residents to offer housing for a time period for at least 6 months. This is no small…
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Kino Border Initiative Newsletter July 2020
We are sharing this newsletter in solidarity with our partners, the Kino Border Initiative. ¡Bienvenido! Welcome!Access to asylum at the border has undergone a series of attacks from the current administration,…
Read MoreSample Budget
Here is a sample budget for bringing an asylum-seeker to Rutland County and supporting them for six months: Hormones – This budget was prepared with a transgender asylum-seeker in mind.…
Read MoreThinking of sponsoring an asylum seeker?
What are the responsibilities of a sponsor? To be a sponsor, you must be a US citizen or legal permanent resident, and you must have a room in your home…
Read MoreFrequently used terms
Tens of thousands are fleeing violence and persecution in Central America. But we can help them. Asylum seeker – a person from another country who has entered the asylum process in…
Read MoreThe Asylum Process
Asylum Seekers in the United States are: Displaced people fleeing violence and persecution in their home countriesRequesting sanctuary individually, unlike refugees who are invited and resettled by the U.S. State…
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