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National Immigrant Justice Center

Border Patrol, legal counsel, migrants, asylum, asylum-seekers, expedited screening, border
Aug 1, 2023

Democratic lawmakers slam the lack of attorney access for asylum-seekers in Border Patrol custody

Dozens of Democratic members of Congress asked the Biden administration Tuesday to end expedited screening of asylum-seekers in Border Patrol custody, calling it a "rushed practice" that has allowed little access to legal counsel.

Border Patrol, lawsuit, deaths, detention, border, Title 42, Biden administration, mothers
Jun 13, 2023

US administration argues against trial in case of Trump-era family separations at border

Despite President Joe Biden's loathing of his predecessor's practice of separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, his administration argued in federal court Tuesday that a lawsuit seeking money for five affected mothers and their children should be dismissed.

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