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Separated parents would get another chance at asylum under settlement proposal
This is great news https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/13/migrant-parents-asylum-785734
Migrant parents who failed an asylum screening after being separated from their children at the border would get another chance to seek refuge under a proposed settlement agreement filed Wednesday evening.
The proposed agreement — issued jointly by plaintiffs in three related lawsuits and the Trump administration — outlines a plan to address the asylum claims of parents and children who were split at the border.
Parents who failed an initial interview to determine whether they had “credible fear” to return to their home country, but who remain in the United States, would be granted a new interview under the agreement.
“The reason this is so significant is because when you present yourself at the U.S. border, you get one shot to show you qualify for asylum,” said Sirine Shebaya, senior staff attorney for Muslim Advocates, which represented parents in one of the cases. “And that shot was essentially denied.”
The plaintiffs argued parents couldn’t reasonably participate in credible fear interviews as their children were being forcibly taken from them.
The proposed agreement — issued jointly by plaintiffs in three related lawsuits and the Trump administration — outlines a plan to address the asylum claims of parents and children who were split at the border.
Parents who failed an initial interview to determine whether they had “credible fear” to return to their home country, but who remain in the United States, would be granted a new interview under the agreement.
“The reason this is so significant is because when you present yourself at the U.S. border, you get one shot to show you qualify for asylum,” said Sirine Shebaya, senior staff attorney for Muslim Advocates, which represented parents in one of the cases. “And that shot was essentially denied.”
The plaintiffs argued parents couldn’t reasonably participate in credible fear interviews as their children were being forcibly taken from them.
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Maybe they have a chance - one chance - to get into the country and see their kids again.
