Public Comments on the Interim Final Rule

November 3, 2019

Public Comments on the

Interim Final Rule Barring Asylum Eligibility

On January 8, 2019, KIND submitted the public comments urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withdraw the interim final rule (IFR), which impedes access to lifesaving asylum protection for unaccompanied children and others fleeing threats to their lives and safety, and in so doing, violates both the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). Read our comments here.

 

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