November 12, 2021 (San Diego) – A coalition of legal groups representing asylum seekers say that dozens of requests for urgent humanitarian parole have been ignored for weeks while others have been denied without adequate explanation. The applicants include individuals and families with life-threatening medical conditions.
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Photo: Asylum seekers gather in Tijuana in 2018. Photo by Chris Stone
October 28, 2020 (San Diego) - Jewish Family Service of San Diegois leading a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s controversial “remain in Mexico” policy to keep asylum seekers out of the United States.
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By Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego, a member of the San Diego Online News Association
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