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Human Rights First, Aug. 7, 2024
"As part of a June 2024 asylum ban rule, the Biden administration eliminated a safeguard that had been in place for nearly 30 years to protect people seeking asylum from being summarily deported without a chance to present their asylum claim. This provision, included in an Interim Final Rule (IFR) titled “Securing the Border” that went into effect immediately on June 5th, eradicates a key requirement for immigration officers to ask people arriving in the United States about their fear of return.
In just two months, this change has had disastrous consequences. Based on countless interviews conducted by our legal service organizations with asylum seekers impacted by this policy since it was implemented in June, immigration officials are failing to comply with U.S. and international refugee law and summarily deporting people who fear return without a screening on their asylum claim (referred to as a “credible fear interview,” or CFI). The effects of the new policy include:
The IFR includes other provisions that also increase the risk of returning (refouling) refugees to harm, including banning the majority of people who arrive between ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border from being granted asylum and imposing a higher standard of proof during the CFI process to make it more difficult to access lesser forms of protection (withholding of removal and protection under the Convention against Torture).
This August 2024 publication, “‘Don’t Tell Me About Your Fear’: Elimination of Longstanding Safeguard Leads to Systematic Violations of Refugee Law,” issued by Hope Border Institute, Human Rights First, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, Kino Border Initiative, RAICES, and Refugees International follows a joint report issued in July 2024 by the National Immigrant Justice Center in collaboration with other organizations, which documents the consequences of the first six weeks of implementation of the IFR.
U.S. agencies should immediately rescind the IFR, including its elimination of the requirement to ask about fear, and Congress should reject any attempts to enact such a provision into law.
Download the full report here."