In 2023, USCIS issued revised instructions for asylum applications (Form I-589). The National Immigration Project, along with Kids in Need of Defense and Public Counsel, submitted these suggested revisions to the form instructions and related web...
The National Immigration Project and Together and Free document their observations from trips to Matamoros and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico in June and July 2023, where they conducted interviews with asylum seekers, service providers, and advocates...
The “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” Rule Leaves Indigenous Peoples with No Pathway to Seek Asylum
A solidarity letter to support Indigenous Peoples’ concerns about the exclusion of Indigenous Peoples from “lawful pathways” to seek asylum under recent changes to U.S. asylum processes.
The Biden Administration recently announced an Asylum Ban for those seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border who have not followed limited “legal pathways” or sought, and been denied, asylum in a third country en route to the border. This Practice...
In February 2023, the Biden Administration issued a proposed rule which would ban most asylum seekers who cross unlawfully into the United States from obtaining asylum. Modeled after a Trump-era rule the “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” (CLP) Rule...
This factsheet breaks down four essential facts about Sections 1325 and 1326 prosecutions and addresses how they are used today. To learn more about how the laws impact people prosecuted for immigration-related offenses, read our amicus brief filed...
This new report by the Ready to Stay Administrative Advocacy Working Group (RTSAAWG) is meant to provide the Biden administration feedback on its progress breaking down the barriers to immigration services and benefits erected by the Trump...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requested public input in April 2022 on specific processes, programs, regulations, collections of information, and policies for the agency to consider modifying, streamlining, expanding, or repealing in light...
Over the past two years, federal defenders have begun challenging the laws that criminalize crossing the border — 8 U.S.C. § 1325 and 8 USC § 1326 — on the grounds that the law is racist, and therefore unconstitutional. Recently, in a case called...