SUMMARY OF ISSUE In early June, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) proposed a new rule that would effectively destroy the asylum process in the United States.
This rule would make it almost impossible for survivors of gender-based violence including women, and LGBTQ+ people, especially those lacking legal representation– to obtain asylum in the United States.
Instead countless people will be forcibly returned to countries where they face abuse, physical and psychological violence, torture, and even death for standing up for their rights and being their authentic selves.