Trump Administration Cuts Refugees’ Deadline to Contest Status Termination, Raising Fears
The change affects at least 185,000 refugees with pending green card applications, and advocates say the notice period is too short to secure legal help.
- Effective Wednesday, the Trump administration reduced the time refugees have to challenge status revocation from 30 to 10 days, a change critics warn could place thousands on a path to deportation.
- Officials stated the policy aims to "mitigate potential risks" regarding refugees admitted during President Joe Biden's administration, alleging an "alarming erosion of the integrity" of the refugee program.
- HIAS vice president Naomi Steimberg warned that a 10-day window is "wholly insufficient to find a lawyer, translate documents or get records out of a country they were forced to flee."
- Global Refuge president Krish Mara Vignarajah stated "these families did everything asked of them," noting they previously submitted to background checks and interviews to gain approval.
- This restriction is part of a broader effort to transform the program; the administration is reviewing at least 185,000 cases and has limited 2027 refugee admissions to 17,500, focusing primarily on Afrikaner refugees.
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NewsdayTrump administration cuts refugees' deadline to contest status termination, raising fears
MIAMI — The Trump administration is cutting the time refugees have to contest the termination of their status, a move critics say could put tens of thousands of people who fled persecution and wars in their home countries on a path to deportation. The new policy, which goes into effect Wednesday, reduces from 30 to 10 the number of days refugees have to challenge the revocation of their status. It is part of a broader effort by the Trump adminis…
The new U.S. immigration policy affects refugees and generates criticism for the risk of deportation to countries where they may face persecution, violence and torture.
The US reduced the deadline for refugees to challenge the revocation of their status, as part of Trump's immigration restrictions, to 10 days.
New Trump rule speeds process for revoking refugee status
The Trump administration on Tuesday published a rule speeding the process for terminating a refugee’s status, allowing the rare revocation to take place in as little as 10 days. The final rule is set to take effect Wednesday and was published without going through the formal notice and comment period. Currently, any refugee who is…
Trump administration cuts refugees' deadline to contest status te
MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration is cutting the time refugees have to contest the termination of their status, a move critics say could put tens of thousands of people who fled persecution and wars in their
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