The AIC's Executive Director, Ben Johnson, was quoted in an article in the New York Times....
New rules for asylum seekers go into effect this week |
Published on Tue, Jan 05, 2010
New immigration rules go into effect this week for people seeking asylum in the United States. It's part of the overhaul of the US detention system announced by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano last summer. Previously, many asylum seekers were put into detention - sometimes for many years - while their cases were pending. Mary Giovagnoli is the Director of the Immigration Policy Center and specializes in asylum law.
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