Asylum screening guidance ruled too high a bar too early.
a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s guidelines on asylum-seekers’ initial fear screenings are illegal, vacating the guidance in its entirety and ordering new…
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Judge Bars CBP Agents from Conducting Credible Fear Interviews
Granting the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia barred CBP agents, who receive substantially less training than USCIS…
Federal Judge Finds Asylum Seekers Can Access Attorneys During Credible Fear Interviews
U.S. District Judge Dana M. Sabraw found that the government may not conduct class members’ non-refoulement interviews without first affording the interviewees access to their retained…
When border patrol officers were tasked with conducting initial asylum interviews, approval rate dropped.
The first step to an asylum application is a credible fear interview, where an asylum seeker has to show they have a credible fear of…
Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Seeking Release of Records on Government’s New Credible Fear Screening Procedures
few weeks ago, reports emerged that DHS had begun utilizing CBP officers to conduct credible fear interviews, but the unprecedented shift in functions remains shrouded in secrecy.…
Mother Jones: “In Any Other Judicial System, the Government Cannot Just Take Away Your Kid”
Mother Jones reports on ICE’s use of family separation outside of the context of the “zero-tolerance” border policy, sharing the story of a woman who was detained…
No Summer Immigration Surge, Officials Say
The Associated Press reports that top ICE officials expect there to be far fewer migrant children and families crossing the border on their own this…