Showing posts with label Refugees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Refugees. Show all posts
Friday, March 11, 2022

Israel's Chief Rabbi Proposes Special Court To Aid Ukrainian Refugees In Proving Religious Status

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Jewish Press  and Israel Hayom  yesterday reported that Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau in a letter to Israel's attorney ge...
Thursday, December 09, 2021

Product Liability/ Negligence Suit Against Facebook Seeks $150B On Behalf Of Rohingya Refugees

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An unusual class action lawsuit was filed this week against Facebook in a California state trial court on behalf of all Rohingya refugees in...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

LGBTQ Discrimination In Placing Unaccompanied Minor Refugees Is Challenged

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Suit was filed earlier this week in federal district court for the District of Columbia challenging the Office of Refugee Resettlement's...
Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Sanctuary Leaders Sue Over Targeting and Excessive Fines

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Suit was filed last month in D.C. federal district court by advocacy groups and individuals who are leaders in the sanctuary movement claimi...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

President Sets Refugee Numbers for FY 2021 With Emphasis On Persecuted Minority Religions

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In a Memorandum ( full text ) issued on Oct. 27, President Trump set the number of refugees to be admitted to the United States in FY 2021 (...
Monday, December 23, 2019

Catholic Agency Charges County With Retaliation

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Suit was filed in a Michigan federal district court last week by St. Vincent Catholic Charities of Ingham County, Michigan challenging the c...
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

11th Circuit: Board of Immigration Appeals Failed to Consider Evidence of Ahmadi Persecution In Pakistan

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In Ali v. U.S. Attorney General ,  (11th Cir., Aug. 5, 2019), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded for further consid...
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Lesbian Couple Has Standing To Challenge Grants To Catholic Foster Care Agency

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In Marouf v. Azar ,  (D DC, June 12, 2019), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that a lesbian couple (as well as an o...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

9th Circuit: Sikh Asylum Applicant Did Not Show Past Persecution

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To qualify for asylum as a refugee, an individual must show either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. ( 8 CFR 12...
Friday, March 08, 2019

A Few Iranian Christian Refugees Admitted To U.S.; Many Others Await Visas

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NBC News reports that U.S. authorities have recently allowed about a dozen Armenian Christian refugees from Iran admission under the Lauten...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Court Bars Enforcement of Trump's Limitation on Asylum Seekers

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In East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump ,  (ND CA, Nov. 19, 2018), a California federal district court issued a temporary restraining order ...
Thursday, September 06, 2018

Dramatic Slowdown In Approval of Refugee Status For Iranian Christians

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Yesterday's Los Angeles Times reports on the massive slowdown in U.S. approvals of refugee status for Iranian Christians and other Iran...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Iranian Christians Denied Refugee Status Sue

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A class action lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of 87 Christians, Mandaeans, and other persecuted religious minorities from Iran who (t...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

USCIRF Criticizes Treatment of Iranian Christians Seeking US Asylum

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a press release last week calling attention to some 100 Iranian Christians who...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Suit Challenges Ban On Lesbian Foster Parents In Federally Funded Refugee Program

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A lawsuit was filed yesterday against the federal government and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops challenging discrimination against ...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Selective Suspension of Refugee Admissions Is Enjoined

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In October, President Trump issued an Executive Order resuming the admission of refugees to the United States, but with increased vetting. (...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017

New Suit Challenges Latest Limits on Refugees From 11 Countries

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A lawsuit was filed yesterday in a Washington federal district court challenging the Oct. 24 Executive Order that resumes the admission of r...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Supreme Court Dismisses As Moot Remaining Travel Ban Challenge On Its Docket

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Yesterday, as President Trump's prior Executive Order barring admission of refugees expired and a new Executive Order took effect, the U...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

New Executive Order Restarts Refugee Admissions With Increased Vetting

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President Trump today issued an Executive Order ( full text ) resuming the admission of refugees to the United States, but with increased ve...

U.S. Will Announce New Vetting Rules That Will Allow Refugees From All Countries To Enter

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USA Today , quoting the Wall Street Journal  [subscription required], reports that the White House today will announce a new vetting process...