International Refugee Assistance Project Condemns Proposed Rule Exploiting Public Health Concerns to Restrict Asylum
July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020
NEW YORK, July 10 -- The International Refugee Assistance Project issued the following statement on July 9 by Policy Director Sunil Varghese:
The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security proposed a new regulation that would further gut the asylum system in the United States. IRAP strongly condemns the proposed regulation for using the current COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to deny protection in the United States to those fleeing persecution and torture. The rule . . .
The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security proposed a new regulation that would further gut the asylum system in the United States. IRAP strongly condemns the proposed regulation for using the current COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to deny protection in the United States to those fleeing persecution and torture. The rule . . .