Public Comment re: USCIS Security Bars and Processing (August 10, 2020)

USCIS Docket No. 2020-0013-0001, Security Bars and Processing, 5 Fed. Reg. 41201 (August 10, 2020)

On August 10, 2020, Immigration Equality submitted a comment opposing a proposed rule which would bar asylum seekers from entering the United States purportedly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just as with the U.S.’s previous HIV ban, this rule will result in denial of relief to asylum applicants with meritorious claims, subjecting LGBTQ refugees to assault, mutilation, rape and death in their countries of origin, while not serving any public health interest. For these reasons, Immigration Equality opposes the proposed rule.

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