The government continues to use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse for denying asylum-seekers and other migrants entry into the United States, says a new report.
Govenor Gavin Newsom launched the $125 million coronavirus relief fund in an effort to support people whose citizenship status makes them ineligible for federal stimulus payments.
Lawyers accuse the Office of Refugee Resettlement of coordinating with ICE to target detained kids and not release them to their sponsors, according to a new report.
“Under the Constitution, U.S. citizens cannot be discriminated against based on alienage,” explains Mary McCord, lead attorney for the class-action suit. “These children have no say in who they’re born to.”
“We’re finding mass numbers moving back to their countries of origin because they cannot survive,” said Gillian Triggs of the United Nations Refugee Agency.
