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Asylum Seekers
Child Migrants Around the World Are Being Denied Their Human Rights
The US is the only nation not to have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
ICE Uses Solitary Confinement to Punish Marginalized Asylum Seekers
Immigration officers use isolation cells to punish gay, transgender and disabled immigrants for their identities.
Asylum Seekers Are Being “Disappeared” in Private Louisiana Jails
Migrants are increasingly hard to track down amid a tangled web of private contractors and misinformation.
The US Is Making Immigrants Pay for Its Red Tape With Asylum Application Fees
The Trump administration is making people fleeing persecution pay for the basic human right to seek asylum.
Trump’s Fee for Asylum Seekers Could Send Many Back to Their Deaths
The fee is another cruel attempt to force penniless asylum seekers to return to the danger zones they fled.
Central American Women Experience More Trauma After Seeking Asylum
Detained asylum seekers are often subject to sexual assault and bullying from U.S. immigration authorities.
Health Suffers Among Asylum Seekers in Crowded Border Shelter
Most refugees get sick during their journeys due to insufficient food, a lack of clean water and poor sanitation.
Good Samaritans Punished for Offering Lifesaving Help to Migrants
The number of people federally charged with smuggling and harboring migrants has jumped nearly a third.
Real Sanctuary Demands More Than Lip Service. Cities Must Step Up.
Trump's attorney general says asylum seekers can face indefinite detention. Let's make “sanctuary city” pledges real.
Trump Reportedly Pushed to Drop Asylum Seekers in Democratic Sanctuary Cities
The White House reportedly considered dropping migrants off in Democratic districts as a supposed “punishment.”