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Through coordinated litigation, advocacy, and training the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) is working to rebuild our asylum system and expand the United States’ promise of protection for those escaping persecution.
The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies defends the human rights of courageous refugees seeking asylum in the United States. With strategic focus and unparalleled legal expertise, CGRS champions the most challenging cases, fights for due process, and promotes policies that deliver safety and justice for refugees.
CGRS undertakes strategic litigation to advance sound asylum laws and protect due process rights. Our current docket includes federal lawsuits challenging anti-asylum border policies and high-impact appellate cases that present opportunities to restore paths to protection.
CGRS provides free expert consultation, litigation resources, and training to attorneys and advocates working with asylum seekers.
We advocate for the fair and dignified treatment of asylum seekers and promote policies that honor our country’s legal obligations to refugees. We call on the Biden administration to act swiftly to restore access to life-saving protection.
The Biden administration is poised to impose a near-total asylum ban at the southern border. This repackaged Trump-era policy would block most people from seeking asylum, placing refugee families, children, and adults in harm’s way.
Advocacy organizations and community members mobilized to submit over 50,000 comments on the rule in March. It's important that we keep speaking out and telling the administration: #NoAsylumBan!
Your support for CGRS goes to work every day, protecting the human rights of women, children, and LGBTQ+ people seeking refuge in the United States.
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