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![A Border Patrol agent watches as a group of migrants walk across the Rio Grande on their way to turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AP21194654023285-e1627055225788-900x422.jpg)
Asylum Seekers Find Life-Changing Refuge In Athens
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — For the last two years, the Athens United Immigrant Support Project (AUISP) has been working to help individuals who come to the United States fleeing abuse and… Read More
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Silent Auction for Immigrant Support
The Athens United Immigrant Support Project is hosting a silent auction to support asylum seekers from Central and South America who are delayed (sometimes for many months and without resources)… Read More
![Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan listens to a question at the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday in Washington, D.C.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ap_19266642000858-4fbdcafa20b28c85100498485eae3143fac1a2e6-e1569333305953-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration To End ‘Catch And Release’ Immigration Policy, Says DHS Chief
By: Richard Gonzales | NPR
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The move is the latest by the Trump administration to curb the flow of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border.
![People walk across International Bridge 1 Las Americas, a legal port of entry that connects Laredo, Texas, in the U.S. with Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ap_19199711992449-af684f3b3b8af976078d504c47e47ce93996e584-e1563989835778-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration’s New Asylum Rule Clears 1st Legal Hurdle
By: Vanessa Romo | NPR
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“It’s in the greater public interest to allow the administration to carry out its immigration policy,” U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly of Washington, D.C., said from the bench.
![Honduran asylum seekers enter the U.S. at San Diego's Otay Mesa port of entry, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ap_18353657648000-e923466cabb49f26995dffeb21668aa7736e241f-e1548437045898-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Is Rolling Out Its ‘Remain In Mexico’ Policy On Central American Asylum-Seekers
By: Richard Gonzales | NPR
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The plan, expected to meet with a swift legal challenge, comes out of talks with Mexican officials. The administration is implementing it first at the San Ysidro, Calif., port of entry.
![Mirna Yolanda Contreras, 29 (left), and Paula Arita, 32, are both from San Pedro Sula, Honduras. "Since we met in Puebla [Mexico], we have never separated. We became very good friends; we slept in the same place the whole time," Contreras said.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/valabregaf_1244_15dec18_14-4483b2e25f69b96b079331de0ec9518b80015993-e1547771660330-900x422.jpg)
‘I’m A Survivor Of Violence’: Portraits Of Women Waiting In Mexico For U.S. Asylum
By: Federica Valabrega | NPR
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Photographer Federica Valabrega photographed Central American women who fled domestic violence and joined a migrant caravan to seek asylum in the U.S.
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Athens Asylum Heritage Conference to be Held
By: Adam Rich
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In this episode of “Conversations from Studio B” join Tom O’Grady and Bosha Green, from the Athens County Historical Society, in a discussion of upcoming Historical Society events. The 1st… Read More