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Public Comment on Border Closure Rule

Public Comment/Letter
Issue area
Border
Asylum
Audience
Attorney
Published: Jul. 3, 2024

On June 7, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice issued an Interim Final Rule, preventing virtually all asylum seekers who enter the United States irregularly from qualifying for asylum. NIPNLG submitted a comment strongly opposing this unlawful and punitive approach and urged the administration to rescind the rule in its entirety.