Immigration

The political situation in Venezuela has created unique challenges for citizens of that country, including in the area of immigration. According to a report issued by the United Nations, factors like limited supplies of food, water, and medicine, as well as constant persecution for expressing political opinions, has led to […]

The Trump Administration published another new hardline asylum rule, making it the administration’s third attempt to restrict (mostly) Central American asylum claims and stem the flow of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border. Federal courts blocked the administration’s earlier attempt to impose an asylum ban on anyone who entered the United […]

Federal law has for decades legally allowed individuals from other countries to apply for asylum if they have a well-founded fear of persecution or torture based on a protected ground of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. Winning asylum is already very difficult, with […]

PHOENIX — Detained asylum seekers who have shown they have a credible fear of returning to their country will no longer be able to ask a judge to grant them bond. U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided Tuesday that asylum seekers who clear a “credible fear” interview and are facing […]