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PRESS RELEASE: House Committee Holds Hearing on Humanitarian Concerns Resulting From Migration Crisis

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 [...]

2023-07-17T10:46:06-04:00November 21st, 2019|Doug Stephens, Immigration, MPP, Press release|

PRESS RELEASE: House Committee Holds Hearing on Implications of ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

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 [...]

2023-07-17T10:46:06-04:00November 20th, 2019|Doug Stephens, Immigration, MPP, Press, Press release|

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|

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|

WaPo: In Scathing Manifesto, An Asylum Officer Blasts Trump’s Cruelty to Migrants

Note: this article, featuring our Senior Counsel Director of Education, Dana Gold, was originally published here. In a Scathing Manifesto, An Asylum Officer Blasts Trump's Cruelty to Migrants President Trump’s requirement that asylum seekers remain in Mexico while they await hearings in the United States is creating a new humanitarian crisis. Yet it isn’t generating nearly [...]

2021-11-22T12:18:03-05:00November 14th, 2019|Immigration, In The News, MPP, Top Tier Outlet|