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The process of obtaining refugee or asylum status in the United States
Refugee and asylum status in U.S. law protect the same class of people—those who face persecution for race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion—but the...
Title 42 was a pandemic-era public health authority used to expel migrants at the U.S. land borders without asylum screening; the Biden administration maintained and then ended the practice in 2023, p...
Becoming a lawful permanent resident (LPR), commonly called getting a “green card,” means a non‑U.S. citizen is granted the right to live and work in the United States permanently and must meet statut...
Humanitarian parole lets noncitizens enter or remain in the United States temporarily for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, and requests on behalf of terminally ill minors are...
Title 42 and related pandemic-era practices compressed asylum access and reshaped how the United States counted and managed encounters at the southern border: expulsions under Title 42 produced millio...