{"id":108379,"date":"2023-05-05T11:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T15:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/?p=108379"},"modified":"2023-08-10T16:43:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:43:38","slug":"showing-up-to-protect-the-right-to-seek-asylum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/immigrants-rights\/showing-up-to-protect-the-right-to-seek-asylum","title":{"rendered":"Showing Up to Protect the Right to Seek Asylum"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[2023],"metadata":[1763,1757,1750,2024,1751,1774,1752,1762,1755,1769,1768],"class_list":["post-108379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-we-show-up","metadata-context","metadata-historical-commemorative","metadata-layout","metadata-length","metadata-listicle-roundup","metadata-litigation-news","metadata-longform","metadata-multimedia","metadata-narrative-frame","metadata-national-affiliate-staff","metadata-voice"],"acf":{"header_layout":"full-bleed","header_image":108452,"mobile_header_image":108454,"description":"For decades, the ACLU has worked to protect the rights of asylum seekers.","authors":[47270,106508],"components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"Every year, people, including families with small children, come to the U.S. seeking safety from violence and persecution. The U.S. is bound by both international and domestic laws \u2014 born out of the tragedies of World War II \u2014 to allow those with a \"well-founded fear of persecution\" on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group to apply for asylum. Yet over the last several decades, multiple administrations, guided by political rather than humanitarian considerations, have turned their backs on people fleeing persecution. As a result, countless refugees have been forced to remain outside the U.S. or returned to their countries of origin only to be abducted, tortured, and even killed.\r\n\r\nThe ACLU has been at the forefront of the fight to defend asylum every step of the way \u2014 and we will never back down. Here\u2019s a look at how we\u2019ve shown up to protect this critical right over the years."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"1948","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"In the aftermath of the Holocaust, dozens of nations commit to never again slam the door on people in need of protection, enshrining the right to seek asylum in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/about-us\/universal-declaration-of-human-rights\">1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a> and then again in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/en-us\/1951-refugee-convention.html\">Refugee Convention of 1951<\/a> and its 1967 Protocol, which the U.S. ratifies."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"1980","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"Congress passes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archivesfoundation.org\/documents\/refugee-act-1980\/\">Refugee Act of 1980<\/a>, bringing the U.S. into conformity with the Refugee Convention of 1951, and ensuring people who are fleeing persecution on \u201caccount of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion\u201d are not sent back to places where they risk persecution."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"1987","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"link","link":{"":null,"url":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/issues\/immigrants-rights","custom_title":"","image":"","hide-description":false,"description":"The fundamental constitutional protections of due process and equal protection apply to every person, regardless of immigration status.","title":"Immigrants' Rights | American Civil Liberties Union","og-image":108463,"og-title":"Immigrants' Rights | American Civil Liberties Union","og-site-name":"American Civil Liberties Union","width":"standard","alignment":"left","image_alignment":"top"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU Immigrants\u2019 Rights Project is founded under the leadership of Lucas Guttentag with a mission to protect the rights of immigrants."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"1989","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU joins several religious and civil rights organizations in a class action lawsuit challenging the Reagan administration\u2019s discriminatory denial of 97 percent and 99 percent, respectively, of asylum applications from people from El Salvador and Guatemala, where civil wars involving U.S.-funded militaries were raging. Eventually, the government agreed to give new asylum hearings to 240,000 Salvadorans and Guatemalans."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"1992","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU Joins the Center for Constitutional Rights and Yale Law Students in challenging the detention of Haitian asylum seekers living with HIV at a detention camp at Guant\u00e1namo, eventually winning their release and closure of the camp."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"1997","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"single-image","single-image":{"":null,"image-group":{"image":108636,"":null,"caption":"","credit":"Credit: ACLU","link-settings":"none","url":""},"width":"standard","alignment":"left"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The U.S. implements an \u201cexpedited removal\u201d system that operates in virtually complete secrecy and short-circuits due process for people seeking asylum. Low-level Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) inspectors have authority to deny entry to people seeking refuge based on an on-the-spot determination. The ACLU \u2014 leading a coalition of civil rights organizations, refugee groups, and pro bono law firms \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/other\/aclu-history-refugee-protection-right-apply-asylum\">organizes a legal challenge<\/a> to the expedited removal system."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"2001","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"single-image","single-image":{"":null,"image-group":{"image":108650,"":null,"caption":"","credit":"Credit: Ilana Panich-Linsman","link-settings":"none","url":""},"width":"standard","alignment":"left"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"Expedited removals are expanded and news stories emerge of asylum seekers with well-founded fears of persecution being returned to danger. The ACLU supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-backs-bill-stop-improper-removal-and-jailing-refugees-says-measure-would-save\">bipartisan legislation<\/a> intended to stop improper removals. Though the legislation never passed, the ACLU continues to document the harms of expedited removals."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"2006","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders the immediate release of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker, Ahilan Nadarajah, who had been detained for five years, as a result of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/court-says-no-indefinite-detention?redirect=cpredirect\/24698\">lawsuit <\/a>brought by the ACLU of Southern California."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"2009","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The Ninth Circuit upholds an injunction ordering the government to provide bond hearings to asylum seekers detained for six months or more, after the ACLU files a class action lawsuit, <i>Rodriguez v. Hayes<\/i>, challenging prolonged detention of asylum seekers without a bond hearing."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"2014 &amp; 2015","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"single-image","single-image":{"":null,"image-group":{"image":108632,"":null,"caption":"","credit":"Credit: Julia Robinson","link-settings":"none","url":""},"width":"standard","alignment":"left"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU files two lawsuits challenging the Obama administration\u2019s policy of locking up asylum-seeking mothers and children in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/rilr-v-johnson\">Texas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/mspc-v-johnson\">New Mexico<\/a> in order to intimidate and deter others from coming to the United States."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"February 26, 2018","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"link","link":{"":null,"url":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/ms-l-v-ice","custom_title":"","image":"","hide-description":false,"description":"The ACLU filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reunite an asylum-seeking mother and daughter fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.","title":"Ms. L v. ICE | American Civil Liberties Union","og-image":108447,"og-title":"Ms. L v. ICE | American Civil Liberties Union","og-site-name":"American Civil Liberties Union","width":"standard","alignment":"left","image_alignment":"top"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/ms-l-v-ice\"> files a lawsuit<\/a> challenging the Trump administration\u2019s family separation policy. The lawsuit,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/families-belong-together\"> expanded<\/a> to a class-action in March, was filed on behalf of an asylum-seeking Congolese mother who was separated from her 7-year-old daughter, one of thousands who suffered needless cruelty under a policy intentionally designed to separate children from their parents."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"March 15, 2018","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"standard"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU and partners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/groups-challenge-trump-administrations-arbitrary-detention-asylum-seekers\">file a lawsuit<\/a> challenging the Trump administration\u2019s arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin. Shortly after, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/federal-court-blocks-trump-administrations-arbitrary-detention-asylum-seekers\">a federal court blocks<\/a> the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers and orders a case-by-case review of whether each asylum seeker in the class-action lawsuit should be released on humanitarian parole."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"June 26, 2018","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"A federal judge orders the reunification of thousands of separated parents and children after the ACLU pursued a preliminary injunction to halt the Trump administration's inhumane practice of separating asylum-seeking families."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"\u200b\u200bAugust 7, 2018","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"single-image","single-image":{"":null,"image-group":{"image":108448,"":null,"caption":"","credit":"Credit: AP Photo\/Scott Sonner","link-settings":"none","url":""},"width":"standard","alignment":"left"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU and other groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/grace-v-barr\">file a lawsuit<\/a> challenging the Trump administration\u2019s rollback of protections for those seeking asylum from domestic violence and gang brutality."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"November 9, 2018","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/immigrants-rights\/federal-judge-blocks-president-trumpxs-illegal\">federal judge blocks a Trump asylum<\/a> ban that illegally denied people who entered between ports of entry the opportunity to seek asylum, in response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/groups-file-federal-lawsuit-challenging-new-trump-asylum-ban\">lawsuit<\/a> brought by the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Center for Constitutional Rights."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"February 14, 2019","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"single-image","single-image":{"":null,"image-group":{"image":108646,"":null,"caption":"","credit":"Credit: Guillermo Arias","link-settings":"none","url":""},"width":"standard","alignment":"left"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU and other groups<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/innovation-law-lab-v-wolf\"> file a lawsuit<\/a> challenging the Trump administration\u2019s implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols, more commonly known as \u201cRemain in Mexico,\u201d a policy that forces asylum seekers to remain at risk in Mexico while their cases are considered in the U.S."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"July 16, 2019","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU and other groups<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/east-bay-v-barr\"> file a lawsuit against<\/a> and help to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/federal-court-again-blocks-trump-era-asylum-transit-ban\"> successfully block<\/a> the Trump administration\u2019s \u201ctransit ban\u201d that bars migrants who passed through other countries en route to the U.S. and did not request asylum there first."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"November 14, 2019","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU of Texas and ACLU Border Rights Center<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-tx-files-complaint-calling-end-cbp-policy-turning-away-mexican-asylum-seekers\"> file a complaint<\/a> with the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security demanding that they investigate and put an end to \u201cmetering,\u201d under which Customs and Border Protection officers turn back asylum seekers at ports of entry by arbitrarily limiting the number of asylum cases they will consider each day."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"June 9, 2020","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"single-image","single-image":{"":null,"image-group":{"image":108439,"":null,"caption":"","credit":"Credit: Carlos Moreno\/Sipa USA via AP Images","link-settings":"none","url":""},"width":"standard","alignment":"left"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU, the ACLU of Texas, and legal partners file a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/immigrants-rights\/five-things-to-know-about-the-title-42-immigrant-expulsion-policy\">Title 42 expulsion policy<\/a>, which illegally restricts immigration at the border based on an unprecedented and unlawful invocation of the Public Health Service Act."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"August 5, 2021","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas file a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-files-federal-lawsuit-challenging-texas-migrant-transportation-order\">lawsuit <\/a>against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over an executive order that bars the transportation of certain migrants in the state, including asylum seekers trying to make their way from the border to networks of care elsewhere in the U.S."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"March 4, 2022","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"link","link":{"":null,"url":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/huisha-huisha-v-mayorkas","custom_title":"","image":"","hide-description":false,"description":"The American Civil Liberties Union and partners are challenging the Title 42 expulsions.","title":"Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas | American Civil Liberties Union","og-image":108463,"og-title":"Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas | American Civil Liberties Union","og-site-name":"American Civil Liberties Union","width":"standard","alignment":"left","image_alignment":"top"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"Following<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/huisha-huisha-v-mayorkas\"> a lawsuit<\/a> from the ACLU and other groups, a federal appeals court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/immigrants-rights-organizations-respond-federal-court-victory-blocking-government\">orders<\/a> the government to stop expelling families under Title 42. The Supreme Court later<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/supreme-court-keeps-title-42-policy-place-now\"> allows<\/a> the expulsions to go on while litigation proceeds. The ACLU continues to fight against Title 42 in the courts and to push back against Congressional efforts to codify it."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"April 1, 2022","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The CDC terminates its Title 42 order, finding that the expulsion policy no longer serves a public health necessity. The decision follows weeks of pressure by the ACLU and other groups calling on the CDC to exercise its independent judgment free of political interference. A coalition of Republican led states challenges the CDC\u2019s decision and succeeds in keeping the order in effect longer."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"December 13, 2022","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"single-image","single-image":{"":null,"image-group":{"image":108622,"":null,"caption":"","credit":"Credit: Blueline Media","link-settings":"none","url":""},"width":"standard","alignment":"left"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"Reports emerge that the Biden administration is considering replacing Title 42 with a new asylum ban, taken straight from Trump\u2019s playbook, that would bar asylum for vulnerable migrants fleeing danger who did not apply for asylum in another country before reaching the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/immigrants-rights\/biden-must-reverse-plans-to-revive-deadly-trump-era-asylum-bans\">The ACLU swiftly condemns <\/a>the measure and promises to sue if the administration moves forward with the ban."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"February 23, 2023","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The Biden administration formally introduces the new asylum ban for public comment. The ACLU issues a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-urges-biden-admin-to-abandon-plans-for-illegal-asylum-ban-in-new-public-comment#:~:text=In%20its%20public%20comment%2C%20the,abandon%20plans%20to%20implement%20it.\">condemnation of<\/a> the illegal policy, saying it will cause \u201cimmense, avoidable suffering,\u201d and encourages the administration to reverse course."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"March 16, 2023","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"single-image","single-image":{"":null,"image-group":{"image":108442,"":null,"caption":"","credit":"Credit: Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier\/NurPhoto via AP","link-settings":"none","url":""},"width":"standard","alignment":"left"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"The ACLU and partners rally in D.C. to denounce the asylum ban, as well as reports that the Biden administration is considering bringing back the practice of family detention."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"heading","heading":{"":null,"text":"Today","anchor":"","sub-heading":"","type":"h2","heading-style":"mark"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"Through litigation, public advocacy, and mobilization, we continue to fight for the right of people fleeing persecution to seek asylum in the U.S., showing up with our affiliates, allies, members, and supporters in the courts, the streets, and in the halls of power to protect this crucial right."}}],"featured_cases_section":{"enable_featured_cases":false,"title":"Featured Cases","description":"","featured_cases":null},"action":[98152],"issues":[46529,46324,46511,46747,46533,46531,46507,46525,46531,46529,46507,46529,46525,46529,46529,46529],"related_content_cases":"","related_content_documents":"","related_content_publications":null,"related_affiliates":null,"content_layout":"standard","theme":"light","drupal_nid":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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