Asylum

Ever since I spoke out against the Saudi system, my life has changed. I don't feel safe anywhere.

The global situation for refugees has only deteriorated — and eight months into the federal fiscal year, the U.S. refugee resettlement program is on track to resettle fewer than 19,000 individuals this year, far from that 125,000 ceiling.

The Biden administration announced that the policy—which has limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border for two years—would end on May 23.

The limits were revoked after careful consideration of current COVID-19 prevention measures.

President Joe Biden has been under fire from immigrant advocacy groups, as well as other Democrats, for not ending the policy sooner.

Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One television, held up a poster during the evening news on Monday.

Nine out of 10 Russians seeking asylum in the U.S. used official border crossings in San Diego, California.

Nearly 875,000 people have fled Ukraine into neighboring countries after Russia launched its invasion last week.

Immigration judges can only speak about the nation's 1.6 million immigration case backlog when representing their union. This right could soon be revoked.

Portland, Maine, is seeing an influx of asylum seekers, with many shelters at capacity and hotels stepping in to help.

The spike in asylum claims and border crossings come after a Canadian policy was lifted in November that returned arrested asylum seekers back to the U.S.

The man was arrested in 2018 by federal immigration officials, who sought to deport him using his designation as a "verified" gang member in a database.

Just 37 percent of Haitian migrants who filed asylum claims received refugee status, according to Amnesty International.

The singer and actor took part in a TikTok challenge that saw them recreate a scene from "American Horror Story" Season 2, titled "Asylum."

"The world has now seen for itself that all migrants seeking a better tomorrow aren't treated equal when skin color is involved," activist Yoliswa Cele said.

"These girls are truly a symbol of light for the world and humanity," said Robert McCreary, who helped lead the international rescue effort.

"You can't work, there are no papers, there is nothing," a Haitian migrant said. "You have to sell to pay rent, to eat. The government doesn't help anyone."

"American Horror Stories" is a direct spin-off of "American Horror Story", and it includes a number of careful references to its original source material.

A person granted asylum gains permission to remain on the territory of the asylum country and protection from being forced to return to the country they fled.

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa after she was removed from her Olympic team and officials tried to fly her back to Belarus against her will.

In offering protest asylum to journalists and protesters of authoritarian regimes, the U.S. could help keep democracy movements alive.

Tlaib is the latest progressive to express disappointment over the Biden administration's U-turn on immigration policy.

They said the plan would undermine international cooperation and doesn't go into detail on how it would protect human rights.

"The mission of the Department of Justice's immigration courts is to decide the cases that come before them promptly and fairly," Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement. "This new program for certain newly arriving families will help achieve that critically important goal."

"The reality is, this is a crisis and the federal government must do more to address this surge of migrants," the Arizona Democrat said.

The number is at least 60 percent higher than the previous record of 11,494 in May 2019.

The White House unveiled new plans to get its arms around one of the thorniest issues facing President Joe Biden.

"Joe Biden is saying his priority is illegal aliens," Stephen Miller claimed Saturday on Fox News.

Volunteers on the ground are still working to understand the circumstances around the man's death.

"I can appreciate if they would personally like to see different policies in place," the DHS's Ken Cuccinelli said.