We, the #WelcomeWithDignity Campaign, believe everyone has the right to be safe and to seek safety. An already insufficient asylum system was decimated by the Trump administration. Rather than restoring a system that did not fully live up to our nation’s values or meet the needs of the 21st century, we call for a transformed and re-envisioned asylum system that centers the wellbeing and dignity of all who seek protection in the United States. To achieve this vision we must:
- Protect people seeking safety at the U.S. border by restarting asylum processing and ending misguided, cruel, and illegal deterrence policies that turn them back to danger, punish them for seeking protection, and separate them from their families.
- Launch and support a humane reception system overseen by humanitarian specialists that safely and quickly registers people seeking protection at the U.S. border, rejects the use of immigration jail, and provides community-based support so people understand their legal rights and obligations, as they wait in safety for their cases to be decided.
- Build a more fair, effective, and timely immigration system that includes initial asylum office adjudications for all asylum seekers, funded legal counsel, independent immigration court hearings and appeals, strengthened rules and laws that ensure protection consistent with refugee and human rights treaties, and an opportunity for asylum seekers to support themselves and their families while they wait for a decision.
- Strengthen U.S. leadership on protecting refugees by supporting aid and foreign policies that respect human rights and address the reasons people are forced to flee their countries and by developing new protections that respond to emerging challenges like displacement caused by climate change.
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How to Talk About the Latest Biden Asylum Bans
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Civil Society Organizations Across the Americas Condemn US Government Expansion of Title 42 and Regional Restrictions to Asylum Access; Sound the Alarm on Growing Humanitarian Crisis
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Organizaciones de la sociedad civil de las Américas condenan la expansión del Título 42 por parte del Gobierno de Estados Unidos y las restricciones en la región al acceso al asilo, y alertan sobre la creciente crisis humanitaria
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Title 42 Venezuelan Letter
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Recommendations for Coordination and Support to Organizations Welcoming Asylum Seekers in Border and Interior Communities
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Vote Recommendation Opposing Anti-Immigrant Amendments to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
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On the 2 year anniversary of Title 42, U.S. government actions highlight it was always about racism
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En el segundo aniversario del Título 42, las acciones del gobierno de EEUU destacan que el motivo siempre fue racismo
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Nan 2zyèm ane anivèsè Title 42, zak gouvènman ameriken an demontre: se te toujou yon kesyon rasis k ap feraye
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Letter to President Biden on the Second Anniversary of Title 42 – English
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Letter to President Biden on the Second Anniversary of Title 42 – Spanish
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#WelcomeWithDignity’s Recommendations to Restart Asylum at the Border
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Women’s Refugee Commission: Asylum Under the Biden Administration October 2021 Policy Update
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Public One-Pager on Asylum Recommendations Position for Reconciliation
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Letter: Urgent Actions the Biden Administration Must Take Following Supreme Court Decision on MPP
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#WelcomeWithDignity Response to the Biden Administration’s Blueprint and Expedited Removal Announcement
In November 2021, #WelcomeWithDignity and our partners delivered 200,000+ signatures to @POTUS demanding he restart asylum and end #Title42 and #MPP.
We can #RestoreAsylumNow in a dignified way and give people fleeing for their lives a chance to seek safety in our country.