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Migrants claiming asylum can be allowed into the U.S. Here’s how it works

Bridge to Rutland — Sat, 11 May 2024 04:35:50 +0000

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

Bridge to Rutland — Sat, 11 May 2024 04:32:13 +0000

Read or listen to NPR’s first person report from the border.

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Drug cartels making migrants’ journeys even more perilous

Bridge to Rutland — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:53:18 +0000

Click here to read an article from the BBC about kidnappings and extortion at the southern border.

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Asylum by the numbers

Bridge to Rutland — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:32:35 +0000

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.

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New Asylum Restrictions

Bridge to Rutland — Mon, 15 May 2023 08:58:11 +0000

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 more: https://immigrationforum.org/article/qa-what-to-know-about-the-biden-administrations-new-asylum-restrictions/

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Title 42 is ending soon

Bridge to Rutland — Sat, 13 May 2023 23:07:22 +0000

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 what we need to know: https://immigrationimpact.com/2023/05/02/what-to-know-end-of-title-42/

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A heartbreaking story

Bridge to Rutland — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:16:14 +0000

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 in Mexico. The painting depicts a boy by the name of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, who was shot through the border fence by a US...

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Facing Bias: CBP’s Immigration App Doesn’t Recognize Black Faces, Barring Thousands from Seeking Asylum

Bridge to Rutland — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:37:05 +0000

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Expansion of Dangerous Border Policy Increases Risk for Asylum Seekers

Bridge to Rutland — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:51:20 +0000

For several months, the Biden Administration has committed to ending a Trump-era border policy, known as Title 42, that has sent tens of thousands of people seeking asylum into life-threatening situations. Put in place in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic under the auspices of public health, Title 42 has now been dismissed as...

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Great explainer on asylum

Bridge to Rutland — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:51:21 +0000

Check out this great explanation on the asylum process: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/asylum_in_the_united_states_0.pdf

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