Thread by @WelcomeWDignity

Why is the Biden admin finding new ways to return refugees to danger?

@DHSgov's #expeditedremoval decision denies due process & undermines the universal human right to seek protection.

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"The Biden admin ... are leveraging the complicated and broken immigration system with one goal: expelling those in need to score political points. You can’t build back better if you’re using a foundation laid by white supremacists.” Jess Morales Rocketto of @fams2gether

“The announcement from the White House today on the changes to asylum processing is a devastating blow to ASAP’s members – and all asylum seekers,” -Conchita Cruz, @asylumadvocacy.

"Black migrants from the Caribbean and Africa are too often being denied the very chance to state their fear due to antiblack racism that is deeply ingrained within the immigration system.” @GuerlineMJozef of @HaitianBridge

“Study after study ... has documented that the expedited removal process puts asylum seekers at risk – at risk of return to physical harm, and at risk of mental harm while detained in prison-like conditions,” said @MarkJHetfield, CEO and President of @HIASrefugees.

“Expedited removal has proven to be a due process and human rights nightmare throughout its history. The Biden administration should not subject children and their parents, or other asylum seekers to this summary deportation process,” said Robyn Barnard, @humanrights1st

“Refugees fleeing for their lives deserve better than Trump-lite immigration policies,” said @noahgo, @OxfamAmerica. “Once again, the Biden admin is demonstrating that it is more concerned with political optics than with actually upholding its moral and legal obligations."

"@CLINIClegal urges the Biden admin to immediately reverse the expansion of expedited removal, stop expelling people under Title 42 and create policies that uphold our obligations under the law and to each other, as human beings.” - Luis Guerra

"No one should be ‘expedited’ back into a situation they fled. We should be focusing on developing pathways for status, not reinforcing xenophobic and sexist systems that cause suffering.” Jonathan Goldman of @SCIJimmigration

“Expedited removal was designed to bring migration from Black, Brown, and Indigenous people to a stand-still, at the expense of due process and the right to asylum." said Azadeh Erfani, @NIJC.

"What’s astonishing is a seeming lack of compassion – a traumatized parent is expected to articulate a claim of fear to a uniformed stranger in a holding facility under added pressure from an accelerated timeframe." - Denise Bell, @amnestyusa

“This is severely jeopardizing the livelihoods and wellbeing of those seeking asylum in this country who are primarily transnational Black and Indigenous people from Haiti, Guatemala, El Salvador, etc,” said @doctora_nature of @MayanLeague

“Expedited removal is a fundamentally flawed system that subverts due process, sacrificing refugee protection in the name of speed." Kate Jastram of @CGRShastings

Rachel Sheridan, of @tahirihjustice: “Because of this policy, women seeking protection from domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking, and other forms of gender-based harm could be deported without having the chance to prove their case for #asylum."

“After four years of Trump & Miller, we must work overtime to establish a fair, transparent and accurate asylum system because it is a matter of life and death ...,” said @douglasrivlin for @AmericasVoice. "Shortcuts to justice usually shortchange justice"

“#ExpeditedRemoval is a cruel tactic that is implemented by agencies and institutions that have a track record of harming immigrant communities." @SirineShebaya of @NIPNLG

Santiago Mueckay of @SavetheChildren: "We urge the administration to reverse this decision, and treat asylum-seeking families and children in accordance with human rights standards, and with dignity and respect. Only then can we move toward a more humane and just #asylum system.”

"America’s moms want every asylum-seeker to be treated with compassion, dignity, and respect and that isn’t possible when you expedite life-and-death decisions. Denying due process isn’t efficient, it’s inhumane. We must do better.” - Donna Norton of @MomsRising

“There is no wrong way to seek asylum and DHS saying there is in a government statement contravenes U.S. values and U.S. laws," said Ronnate Asirwatham, @NETWORKLobby

“Returning people to the very dangers they were fleeing without allowing them to make their claims heard is not building back better.' @daniburgip of @LAWGaction

"It is particularly galling to claim that the 'right' way to seek protection is to request #asylum at ports of entry when ports remain intentionally inaccessible... It is well past time for the administration to start welcoming people with dignity.” Ursela Ojeda @wrcommission.

"Doubling down on this harmful policy is a step in the wrong direction and will compound the disparate impact that the administration’s focus on deterrence at the border has on low-income migrants of color,” said @AvidehNILC @NILC