When it comes to the border, President Trump and President Biden have tried to repress the human right to seek asylum. Their inhumane and ineffective policies have inflicted immense chaos and suffering.
Some of the world’s leading experts on refugee protection, asylum law, and border management are partners in the #WelcomeWithDignity Campaign. Below is a roundup of resources that present real solutions the Biden administration should implement, instead of abandoning his promises and reverting to failed policies that cut off access to asylum. Included are both short- and long-term recommendations for federal, state, and local agencies to welcome people with dignity and to address the root causes of forced migration.
N.B. The resources below belong to the individual organizations and are not property of or endorsed by every member of the Welcome With Dignity Campaign.
President Biden was inaugurated two years ago, on January 20, 2021. He promised to restore our asylum system. Instead, he has:
The #WelcomeWithDignity and our partners, are calling on this administration to keep their promises and restore access to asylum at our border.
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.