The Future of Asylum Summary: What’s Next in a Post-Title 42 America?
In May, Title 42, a pandemic-era immigration policy that quickly deported asylum seekers, expired. To understand the full impact of Title 42 and the potential humanitarian crisis at the Southern U.S. border, CTA's Immigration WorkGroup hosted a discussion between two immigration experts on refugee rights.
What is the future of asylum? What will our national policy and practice look like? In the summary video below, Andrea Morris Rudnik of Team Brownsville and Eleanor Acer of Human Rights First discuss what humanitarian efforts will look like on both sides of the border in a post-Title 42 world.
June 20 marks World Refugee Day, established by the United Nations to recognize and celebrate refugees across the world. Click here to read a statement from Call To Action’s Immigration WorkGroup reflecting on the history of immigration in the United States—and the current crises the U.S. faces in the 21st century.