Immigration
Dec. 22, 2020
Activist challenge rule that omits gender as basis for asylum
The plaintiffs are nonprofit organizations that provide services for LGBTQ, HIV-positive immigrants from across the world seeking asylum and claiming they have fled persecution that is often life threatening.
Immigration groups and other activist organizations sued the federal government Monday over changes to asylum rules they claim were rushed and without consideration for issues raised during the public comment period.
"Despite the ad hoc justifications that defendants have offered for the provisions of this colossal rule, it is apparent that every aspect of the Final Rule has a single principal purpose: to deny asylum as much as pos...
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