City Bar Says Trump Admin Uses COVID-19 to Illegally Block Asylum Seekers

Jul 14, 2020 | Health Issues, Immigration, Policy Analysis | 2 comments

The bar association's letter contends that since mid-March some 40,000 people, including asylum seekers and unaccompanied children, have been expelled at U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada border processing centers under new administration policies that flout U.S. and international law.

Written by Jason Grant

Staff Writer | New York Law Journal

July 14, 2020

Health Issues | Immigration | Policy Analysis

Article originally published by New York Law Journal

In a strongly worded letter, the New York City Bar Association is calling on the Trump administration to restore humanitarian and due process protections to asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders who’ve allegedly been stripped of their legal rights by an administration misusing COVID-19 as a reason. . . .

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Jason Grant is a staff writer covering legal stories and cases for the New York Law Journal, the National Law Journal and Law.com, and a former practicing attorney. He's written and reported previously for the New York Times, the Star-Ledger, the L.A. Times and other publications.

Email: jgrant@alm.com.

Twitter: @JasonBarrGrant

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