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WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, responding to the Biden administration鈥檚 planned reimplementation of the 鈥淩emain in Mexico鈥� policy.
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鈥淭he Trump administration created 鈥楻emain in Mexico鈥� to deprive those seeking asylum of access to safety, basic human needs, and legal assistance and thereby ensure that their claims were denied. Despite the Biden administration鈥檚 purported efforts to have addressed certain 鈥榟umanitarian concerns about the previous implementation鈥� of the policy, this iteration contains few differences from that imposed during the Trump era. The vulnerability exceptions in the new guidance remain far too narrow, and the provisions regarding access to counsel are a far cry from meaningful representation.

鈥淲hile the Biden administration鈥檚 previous effort to rescind 鈥楻emain in Mexico鈥� was blocked by the courts, they cannot act as if some minor tweaks can fix this inherently flawed policy. Instead, the administration should focus its energy and resources on establishing a fair and humane asylum process for all those who seek protection.鈥�
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EDITOR'S NOTE
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Two weeks after the government returned the first person under the Remain in Mexico policy on Jan. 29, 2019, the 澳彩开奖, in partnership with the ACLU and the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, filed a lawsuit, Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf, challenging the legality of the policy on behalf of affected asylum seekers and six legal service providers. 听
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In October 2020, the 澳彩开奖, in partnership with Innovation Law Lab, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and pro bono partner Arnold & Porter LLP, filed an additional lawsuit, Immigrant Defenders w. Wolf, challenging the implementation of the Remain in Mexico policy. That lawsuit alleged that by trapping asylum seekers in dangerous zones in Mexico, the policy deprived thousands of asylum seekers of access to legal assistance and other tools needed to meaningfully present their claims. 听听

The 澳彩开奖 and its partners will continue to fight this illegal and inhumane policy.
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