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Asylum In The United States

Media Alerts


August 28, 2002
Justice Department Rules Place Speed above Justice for Refugees Seeking Asylum in the United States

August 2, 2001
Lawyers Senate Bill to Restore Fairness to Refugees in U.S.

April 30, 2001
Ecumenical Leaders Visit Detention Center and Speak Out for Imprisoned Refugees

August 25, 1999
Human Rights First Releases Report Criticizing U.S. Detention Practices for Asylum Seekers

December 9, 1998
Torchlight Campaign Introduced at UN

October 23, 1998
Li Lu, Fauziya Kassindja, and Gerda Weissmann Klein Voice Concern Over Harsh Asylum Provisions

Articles


Refuge For A Wife Bound To Slavery by Todd Hutchins in Legal Times

Associates Win Rare Asylum Case by Bruce Balestier in New York Law Journal

A Ruling's Risks for Other Eliáns
by Elisa Massimino in The New York Times

Stop Treating Refugees Like Criminals
by Sigourney Weaver in the Los Angeles Times

Never Another St. Louis
by Abraham H. Foxman in The Miami Herald

Kosovo Highlights Injustice of Expedited Removal
by Jerry Fowler in Human Rights First Advisor

Testimony


INS Detention Policy, December 19, 2001

Hearing on Children's Rights in Cuba, April 13, 2000

HR 945: Asylum in Guam, May 18, 1999

Responding to the Kosovo Refugee Crisis, April 14, 1999

Alien Smuggling and Visa Overstays, March 18, 1999

INS Detention, September 16, 1998


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