FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2019
Attorney General James Joins Coalition to Challenge
Trump’s Attack on Asylum Seekers.
21 Attorneys General Argue Changes to Asylum Standards
Violate Federal Law and Judicial Precedent. “It is unconscionable that our federal government would deny refuge to those desperately seeking safety here,” said Attorney General Letitia James. “These asylum seekers are fleeing dangerous environments in their countries of origin and their ability to gain entry into the United States is truly a question of life or death. Not only does this violate federal law, but it is patently antithetical to our basic values as Americans, and we will fight back.” The District of Columbia and partner states filed this amicus brief in Grace v. Barr, in support of the plaintiffs’ challenge to the Trump Administration’s heightened asylum standards. The lawsuit was first filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, the ACLU of Texas, and the ACLU of D.C. in response to a policy former Attorney General Jeff Sessions implemented in June 2018. Sessions articulated this policy change in Matter of A-B-, while intervening in the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)’s decision to grant an Salvadoran woman asylum based on her claim of spousal abuse. In his ruling, Sessions broke sharply from existing precedent to argue that the BIA should reject asylum claims regarding domestic or gang violence. Shortly after, the United States Customs and Immigration Service issued guidelines for implementing this policy, emphasizing denial of such claims. In December 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia struck down the change, ruling it incompatible with existing law. The Department of Justice is now appealing the ruling in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In this amicus brief, the states collectively argue that the District Court’s decision to reject the Administration’s heightened standards should be upheld, on the basis that:
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Friday, August 2, 2019
Attorney General James Joins Coalition to Challenge Trump's Attack on Asylum Seekers.
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