June 16, Natalie Nanasi, professor at SMU Dedman Law School with a specialty in immigration, for a piece critical of proposed new Trump Administration regulations that would devastate asylum pathways for refugees. Published in The Hill: https://bit.ly/2YK2aIo
After three and a half years of methodically chipping away at the rights and dignity of asylum seekers, the Trump administration has achieved its coup de grâce. Last week, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security issued draft regulations that could effectively eradicate asylum law as we know it.
The 161-paged document impacts nearly 900,000 individuals with pending asylum applications and countless others who may seek protection in the United States from persecution or torture they face in their home countries. . .
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