Your Opportunity to Respond to Proposed Changes Restricting Asylum in the United States

Vincentian Heritage

This is a podcast interview with Rev. Craig B. Mousin founder and former Executive Director of the Midwest Immigrant Rights Center and an Adjunct Faculty member at DePaul University’s College of Law and The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy. He talks about responding to the federal government’s proposed regulations entitled “Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review.” We encourage you to file your own comments opposing part or all of the proposed procedures and asking the government to withdraw the entire proposed rule. To assist you in obtaining a link to the proposed procedures or in filing your comment, you may incorporate your remarks into one of the templates provided by the following: The National Immigrant Justice Center offers this template for any community member concerned about access to asylum: https://immigrantjustice.salsalabs.org/asylumcomment-community/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=d78349f2-cad4-443c-a2bf-e8477db23171 If you are concerned about unaccompanied minors or children refugee issues, you might find the template of the Young Center helpful: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/defend-asylum Both websites provide additional information on how the proposed regulations restrict access to the courts and prevent bona fide applicants from presenting their cases for asylum. Please make sure your comments are filed on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Please share this podcast and links with members of your community or faith organizations, family members and friends. Encourage them to file comments to help ensure that our nation continues to offer shelter for refugees in need. Thank you for your consideration of this request. If you would like more information about the documentary, “Brightness of Noon, the Intersect of Faith, Refugees and Immigrants, Part II,” see: https://www.divacommunications.com/documentaries/brightness-of-noon-2/