FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2022 Government Accountability Project Supports Supreme Court Decision on MPP WASHINGTON – Today, the Supreme Court held that the law does not require the Biden administration to continue the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or the “Remain in Mexico” policy. This long-awaited decision ends the illegal and dangerous assault on asylum [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:June 23, 2021Asylum Seekers with Closed Cases Under the Trump-Era “Remain in Mexico” Policy Now Eligible to Pursue Asylum ClaimsWASHINGTON—On June 22, 2021, the Biden administration announced that starting today, June 23, asylum seekers whose cases were closed under the Trump administration’s "Remain in Mexico" policy, also known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2020 Giraffe Heroes Project Awards Two Immigration Whistleblowers for Compassionate Risk-taking Government Accountability Project Clients Among Awardees WASHINGTON – Last week, the Giraffe Heroes Project announced the recipients of its “Giraffe Heroes” award, an annual award given to individuals who demonstrated compassionate risk-taking. Two of this year’s awardees are Government Accountability Project clients [...]
Doug Stephens Doug Stephens is a former Asylum Officer who resigned from USCIS in August 2019. He worked as an Asylum Officer in the San Francisco Aslyum ffice from September 2017 until August 31, 2019. Prior to his service in the asylum corps, he was a Deaprtment of Justice (DOJ) staff attorney for [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2020 Government Accountability Project Commends Appeals Decision on “Remain in Mexico” Policy U.S. Court of Appeals Halts Dangerous Immigration Policy WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blocked the Trump administration’s “Migrant Protection Protocols,” (MPP) also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy. The policy [...]
Note: this video, featuring our clients Doug Stephens and Michael Knowles, was originally published here. Former Asylum Officer on Devastating Effects of ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy: Part 2
Note: this article and video, featuring our clients Doug Stephens and Michael Knowles and Government Accountability Project, were originally published here. Blocked at the Border: Young Families, Pregnant Mothers Struggle For Asylum ABC's "Nightline" has tracked the true impact of Trump's immigration crackdown. In the middle of a sprawling collection of canvas tents, Melissa prepared [...]
Note: this video, featuring our client Doug Stephens and Government Accountability Project, was originally published here. Whistleblower: US violates international law by sending asylum seekers to Mexico Many people seeking asylum at the southern U.S. border are being sent back to Mexico, where they face violence from both cartels and security forces. A whistleblower from [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 21, 2019 House Committee Holds Hearing on Humanitarian Concerns Resulting From Migration Crisis Government Accountability Project Client Doug Stephens to Testify WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, Friday, November 22, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations will hold a field hearing titled “Humanitarian [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 20, 2019 House Committee Holds Hearing on Implications of ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Government Accountability Project Clients Submit Testimony in Hearing WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, November 19, the House Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation and Operations of the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing titled “Examining the Human Rights and [...]
