On February 23rd, the Biden Administration proposed a new asylum ban that would drastically limit asylum access for the majority of migrants and lead to the return of asylum seekers to harm and possible death. The public only had 30 days to comment against the ban, which is the only way to fight it since it is an administrative rule. In the last month, Lawyers for Good Government has been hard at work, hosting a comment training webinar and office hours to help lawyers and advocates submit their public comments, and working with our coalition partners to fight this anti-immigrant policy.
In the past, we have seen advocates successfully fight harmful administrative rules, so we know these comments can, and hopefully will, make a difference. We urge President Biden to restore full asylum and fulfill his campaign promises to the world’s most vulnerable people.
Below are L4GG’s official comment, our joint comment with other non-profit organizations on the effect this ban would have on LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, and a comment written by students from the Yale Law School Immigrant Justice Project,who traveled to Brownsville, TXin partnership with Project Corazon to meet with immigration advocates and stakeholders in the Río Grande Valley and visit migrant camps and shelters in the cities of Matamoros and Reynosa in Mexico.
Final L4GG Comment Against the Asylum Ban:
Joint LGBTQ+ Comment Against the Asylum Ban:
Yale Law School Immigrant Justice Project’s Comment Against the Asylum Ban:
