Doug Stephens

PRESS RELEASE: Former Asylum Officer Blows Whistle on Harm to Immigrants Under MPP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 18, 2019 Former Asylum Officer Blows Whistle on Harm to Immigrants Under MPP Government Accountability Project Client Goes Public With Concerns  WASHINGTON – This week, former U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) asylum officer Douglas Stephens first spoke publicly about his decision to blow the whistle on the Trump administration’s Migrant [...]

2023-07-17T10:46:08-04:00November 18th, 2019|Doug Stephens, Immigration, MPP, Press release|

This American Life: The Out Crowd

Note: this podcast, featuring our client Doug Stephens, was originally published here. The Out Crowd Reports from the frontlines of the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” asylum policy. We hear from asylum seekers waiting across the border in Mexico, in a makeshift refugee camp, and from the officers who sent them there to wait in [...]

2023-07-17T10:46:07-04:00November 18th, 2019|Doug Stephens, Immigration, In The News|

LA Times: Asylum Officers Rebel Against Trump Policies They Say Are Immoral And Illegal

This article, featuring our client Doug Stephens, was originally published here.  Asylum Officers Rebel Against Trump Policies They Say Are Immoral And Illegal It only took Doug Stephens two days to decide: He wasn’t going to implement President Trump’s latest policy to restrict immigration, known as Remain in Mexico. The asylum officer wouldn’t interview any [...]

2023-07-17T10:46:08-04:00November 15th, 2019|Doug Stephens, Immigration, In The News, MPP, Top Tier Outlet|