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Playing Politics with the Right to Seek Asylum in the US

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Demonstrators gather near the White House in Washington, DC for a protest to speak out against the Biden administration’s reported plans for new asylum restrictions at the southern border, March 16, 2023.
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Given all the political grandstanding in this presidential election year, it is hard to take at face value the various, deeply flawed proposals that could drastically obstruct the long-standing, legally protected right to seek asylum in the United States.

But it remains important not to lose sight of the principles at stake.

The right to seek asylum from persecution is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is a right US immigration …read more

Source:: Human Rights Watch

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