Tag: immigration

‘Reach Out in Mercy to the Stranger’

July 15, 2020 /

I’m submitting my concerns regarding the proposed changes to the Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear & Reasonable Fear Review. I have spent the last three years working with asylum seekers in Phoenix, Arizona, after they have been released from ICE custody. I have participated in interviews of their experiences in their home countries, as well as the countries they have traveled through to get to the United States. Many of their experiences involve horrific violence, torture, the kidnapping of children and death threats for refusing to sell drugs. The most common feature of these horrible experiences was that the government couldn’t or wouldn’t do anything to protect its own citizens. 

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‘Schools Should Be Able to Make This Decision Without Having to Worry About Their Students Being Sent Out of the Country’

July 13, 2020 /

Dear Senator McSally, Senator Sinema, and Representative Andy Briggs,

In regards to the recent decision by ICE to rescind visas for foreign students if schools are not in person this fall, I want to express my strong opposition to this decision. There are plenty of reasons for schools to be online, and individual schools should be able to make this decision without having to worry about their students being sent out of the country. I can’t see any benefit from sending away students who are contributing to our economy, improving themselves, and experiencing the best of our country.

Regards,
Angelinda (Arizona)

Letters Opposing New Asylum Procedures

June 19, 2020 /

On June 15, 2020, the Trump administration posted a proposal to the Federal Register that would drastically restrict the ability of people seeking asylum to apply and qualify for asylum in the U.S.

The proposal’s biggest changes include removing the ability to claim asylum due to a credible fear of domestic or gang violence in the country of origin and increased restrictions to legal representation. Previous policy interpreted asylum law to include such threats. Under President Trump, policy has increasingly excluded this type of violence. The new proposal would make that policy official, leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced people vulnerable.

Per the Mormon Women for Ethical Government Principles of Ethical Government, we are committed to “promoting ethical government for the protection and well-being of our brothers and sisters.” Thus, we began this letter-writing campaign. With the authors’ permission, we’re reprinting some of those letters here.

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