The spirit of Shavuot is marred by this week's mob violence against asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in South Tel Aviv.
Sandra A. Grossman, Esq. | Posted 05.10.2012
Resolving the situation of deserving asylum applicants will strengthen the powerful message that our government stands with victims of persecution and that we are a safe haven for those who cannot find justice in their own countries.
HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.04.2012
Kalsum Pangkey, a 56-year-old undocumented immigrant from Indonesia, went to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on April 25 to report that ...
Posted 04.27.2012
When we last checked in with Andrew Geraci, we picked up on his awesome time-lapse of Washington, D.C. at night. His latest piece is also dark, but in...
Elizabeth B. Wydra | Posted 04.24.2012
The Supreme Court shouldn't buy S.B. 1070 supporters' claims when it hears arguments tomorrow. The Constitution doesn't allow states to set immigration and foreign policy, and it certainly doesn't allow them to do so in a manner that discriminates against people of color.
HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.09.2012
Three men who fled persecution in their native Indonesia are now living in a New Jersey church to avoid deportation, as its pastor and members of Cong...
AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 03.26.2012
MIAMI -- Natalia Martinez speaks with a clinical distance when discussing her family's decision to leave Cuba two decades ago. But the graduate studen...
AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 04.09.2012
MIAMI — A former Ecuadorean newspaper columnist who faces prison and millions of dollars in fines for his criticism of President Rafael Correa r...
Human Rights First | Posted 04.04.2012
When Arben's visa was denied, a staffer at one office told me that my only options were to divorce Arben or move to Kosovo. I don't think I should have to do either of those things. I married Arben for better or for worse. I take that vow seriously, and I want to make my life with him.
Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 03.12.2012
The tens of thousands of decisions in immigration courts annually will almost never be seen or reviewed by a federal appeals court. Without transparency or accountability, the immigration court system hardly promotes public confidence that justice is being done.
Michelle Brané | Posted 11.13.2011
If not justice, Edmond Demiraj expected at least protection. Ten years ago, the U.S. government asked Demiraj to testify against Bill Bedini, an Albanian mobster living in Texas who was charged, among other things, with human trafficking.
Michelle Brané | Posted 08.24.2011
The Keep Our Communities Safe Act authorizes prolonged detention for those who applied for relief such as a trafficking visa or asylum, which could include a victim of severe domestic violence or torture.
Mark Hetfield | Posted 08.20.2011
Today, June 20, is World Refugee Day. Let's commemorate the occasion by rethinking the way we treat those who come to America after escaping persecut...
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.26.2011
How fortunate we are to have two Nobel Laureates bringing their prestige to matters relevant to oil markets. They instruct us on matters of oil pricing and get it dangerously wrong while we pay at the pump.
Posted 05.25.2011
Not only is "Titanic 2" not getting any recognition at this year's Oscars, it didn't even garner a Razzie nomination, which is the true snub. The str...
asylum.com | Posted 05.25.2011
It's hard to tell when the ugly Christmas sweater went from a sure sign of bad taste (or color blindness) to an ironic holiday diversion. The awful co...
asylum.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Christmas trees these days just aren't what they used to be. Whether its the flimsy plastic of fake trees or the undernourished limbs of the modern...
asylum.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Science-fiction has given us classic characters, amazing monsters and the pseudo-scientific gibberish we love. But for every visually amazing interste...
Michelle Brané | Posted 05.25.2011
In 2007, Encarnación Bail Romero, a young woman from Guatemala, was arrested and detained during an immigration raid at the Missouri poultry processing plant where she worked.
Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has ordered round-the-clock protection for Dennis Hassan, his colorist. Hassan is the only member of the Mubarak cab...
nytimes.com | DAN BILEFSKY | Posted 05.25.2011
Romulo Castro considered attending his asylum interview in Rosedale, Queens, dressed as Fidela Castro, a towering drag queen in six-inch stilettos, a ...
asylum.com | Posted 05.25.2011
It takes a special kind of talent to create a solid kid's show. You have to create the sometimes offbeat material that appeals to the innocent, off-ki...
Posted 05.25.2011
Political gaffes are undoubtedly the best. Whether they come from the mouth of a much-respected or a much-loathed political figure, their hilarity and...
asylum.com | Posted 05.25.2011
The Internet -- a magical land full of wonder and joy, weirdos and freaks, kittens and porn. And in the town of YouTube, there live some of the oddest...
Posted 05.25.2011
A group of Iraqi, Kurdish and Iranian asylum seekers have sewn their own lips together at the Christmas Island detention camp in Australia, the BBC is...
Mark Hetfield | Posted 05.25.2012