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Assessing the U.S. Government's Detention of Asylum Seekers
Click here to read USCIRF's report, Assessing the U.S. Government's Detention of Asylum Seekers: Further Attention Needed to Fully Implement Reforms.
Asylum Detention Needs Improvements
Apr 19, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 19, 2013 | By USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Congress considers legislation to reform the U.S. immigration system, a new U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report,…
Did You Know...Detention of Asylum Seekers
...that the United States government continues to detain many asylum seekers in jails or jail-like facilities?Between July and December 2012, USCIRF staff toured 10 detention facilities nationwide and met with asylum seekers and officials from the…
Star-Ledger--Asylum seekers deserve better from America: Opinion
Jun 28, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATION6/28/2013 | By Eric P. Schwartz and M. Zuhdi Jasser The following appeared in Star-Ledger on June 28, 2013. As our nation debates immigration reform, it is time to consider reform of our…
The Washington Times -- Sharia in Sudan v. women and religious freedom
Nov 27, 2013 FOR YOUR INFORMATIONNovember 26, 2013 | By Robert P. George The following op-ed appeared in the Washington Times on November 25, 2013. WASHINGTON,November 24, 2013 - Earlier this fall, a Sudanese business owner and…
USCIRF Strongly Condemns Apostasy Prosecution of Sudanese Woman
May 16, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 16, 2014 | USCIRF The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the death sentence against Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, a Sudanese Christian woman…
USA Today -- Year of the Refugee: Column
Feb 24, 2015 FOR YOUR INFORMATIONFebruary 24, 2015 | By Eric P. Schwartz & M. Zuhdi Jasser The following op-ed appeared in USA Today on February 24, 2015. Given the record numbers of people from Syria, Iraq, Burma and…
USCIRF Deeply Concerned by Reports of Saudi Death Sentence for Apostasy
Feb 27, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 27, 2015 | USCIRF WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expresses deep concern about reports this week in both Arabic and English language…
USCIRF Commemorates World Refugee Day
Jun 19, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 19, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today commemorates World Refugee Day.  According to the United Nations High Commissioner for…
Religious Freedom Matters: USCIRF Conversation with UN High Commissioner Guterres
Oct 28, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 28, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres participated in a timely conversation yesterday hosted by the U.S. Commission on International Religious…