by Sunny Robinson Concerned people in the U.S. should be gravely concerned about the humanitarian disaster and the wide spread hunger and starvation in Tigray Province, Ethiopia. In the strongest possible terms and with the greatest sense of urgency, the U.S. should use its voice […]
by Sunny Robinson Immigrant families and their allies have many reasons to be hopeful that the Biden administration’s immigration policies will be more humane and just than those of his predecessors. In his first day in office, the new president signed executive orders that, among […]
by Sunny Robinson The election of Donald Trump for a second term would be a continued unmitigated disaster for migrants attempting to enter the United States. We are likely to see cruel policies get much worse, total disregard for those forced to flee from violence […]
Part IV of the series Voices from the Border: A Cry for Justice by Sunny Robinson In a significant victory for immigrants, the US Supreme Court on June 19th released a 6-3 decision that, for the moment, preserves DACA (Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals.) While […]
The following article is the third and last in “Voices from the Border”. (Read Part 1 and Part 2) by Sunny Robinson Addressing this question has become more urgent than ever, with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of the southern and northern […]
by Sunny Robinson
Nearly all the immigration policies the Trump administration has put in place are not only inhumane, but also violations of the United States’ own asylum laws and international protocols on asylum to which the U.S. is a signatory. What then are those policies? And what do we do about them? US policy says that any “alien” who is physically present in the US, whatever their status, may apply for asylum. The UN defines a refugee as a person who is unable or unwilling to return to his or her country due to past persecution or a well-founded fear of being persecuted in the future due to race, religion, nationality, social group or political opinion. […]
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