US bishops oppose proposed rule that would eliminate protection for asylum seekers fleeing violence (USCCB)

“We believe this Rule, which attempts to curtail our nation’s long-standing commitment to providing individuals and families with humanitarian protection, is not only unlawful, but contrary to the public interest,” the USCCB’s general counsel said in a letter to the Executive Office for Immigration Review. “The changes proposed by the Rule seek to detrimentally alter the regulations that provide the protective framework of our country’s asylum law and break from decades-worth of legal precedent, creating unrecognizable procedures and impossible standards for asylum-seekers to meet.”