The United States detains approximately 33,000 noncitizens each day, a 60 percent increase from...
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In recent years, the Department of Homeland Security has increasingly used terrorism-related bars to asylum to deny protection to people who flee forcible recruitment by alleged terrorist organizations. The government’s misapplication of the “material support to terrorism bar” prevents individuals from receiving asylum protection even if...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detains immigrants in a patchwork system of more than 250 facilities...
The Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained nearly 400,000 people last year, more than double how many people were in its custody four years ago. The growth is largely due to increased collaboration between federal immigration agents and state and local law enforcement officials, including programs such...
One in five refugees seeking protection in the United States is denied asylum because they do not apply within one year of their arrival...
Most asylum seekers arrive in the United States with few possessions and a complex legal case. For many, making it to the United States means safety from persecution, torture, and sometimes death. But with their arrival in America, many face a new odyssey as they attempt to navigate complex U.S. immigration laws and an increasingly restrictive...