Challenging the Department of Homeland Security Guard Interdictions and Pushbacks

Applying the TVPRA and FSA to Maritime Interdictions

The research memos focus on the US's policy of denying access to asylum protections for migrants apprehended at sea and its policy of denying Trafficking Victims Protections Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) protections to unaccompanied children apprehended at sea. These policies have led to the unjust denial of access to asylum to many Haitian migrants and their forced return to danger and persecution. This research memo focuses on whether there is a strong legal basis for challenging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Guard interdictions and pushbacks, without providing inspections, and the right to apply for asylum, of noncitizens who have reached U.S. waters.

Working Groups Immigration, Other, Child Welfare
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