The #transitCoutryAsylumBan stripped asylum seekers of safe haven protection codified in INA. But the cruelty of it didnt stop there as @aflores points out: ppl who have satisfied the 'more likely' standard for withholding of removal (win their case) cannot provide derivative ...
... status to their spouses & minor kids (as asylum allows), thus resulting in the ultimate family separation w little relief at sight. 1/4
Because of recent AG precedental decisions designed to restrict asylum eligibility, family is no longer recognized as a PSG thus this 18yo cannot establish eligibility on account of her family ties alone to qualify for withholding in her own right. 2/4
She would not be eligible to a 'follow to join' remedies available to refugees and those granted asylum.
Unable to show that she would be singled out for future persecution on account of a protected ground, this child has no remedy. The only thing she could hope for ... 3/4
Unable to show that she would be singled out for future persecution on account of a protected ground, this child has no remedy. The only thing she could hope for ... 3/4
... is that CPB would exercise discretion and parole her under 212d5.
If anyone can convince CBP @JodiGoodwin17 would! Send good vibes & pray as this girl's life is at the whim of whomever the supervisor is on duty at POE !
#asylumisaright
If anyone can convince CBP @JodiGoodwin17 would! Send good vibes & pray as this girl's life is at the whim of whomever the supervisor is on duty at POE !
#asylumisaright
@JodiGoodwin17 AWFUL UPDATE: Branyerly, 18 yrold daughter of Venezuelan polit activist, was denied parole by CBP & sent back to Matamoros *again* after she "failed" a nonrefoulement interview. Her father is safe in the US after receiving WOR, but she remain in danger.
@JodiGoodwin17 Because of Trump Illegal policies Branyerly
* was never considered 4 asylum which she would have received 100%
* is forced to live alone in Mexico where she has no ties, support, relatives
* has no legal means to join father in US
#asylum ban is working precisely as designed.
* was never considered 4 asylum which she would have received 100%
* is forced to live alone in Mexico where she has no ties, support, relatives
* has no legal means to join father in US
#asylum ban is working precisely as designed.
