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:
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.
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in Oakland, Calif., determined that President Biden’s asylum ban is ILLEGAL because it imposes conditions on asylum-seekers that Congress did not intend.
It was illegal under Trump. It’s STILL ILLEGAL under Biden.
But Biden is appealing.
203 civil, human rights, and immigrant rights organizations are urging President Biden to drop his appeal and end the asylum ban immediately.
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Every day the asylum ban remains intact, it inflicts immeasurable harm on people in urgent need of protection.
It‘s time to adjust course, comply with the federal court order, immediately end this policy, and focus on effective, humane, and legal solutions.