바카라 사리트 Urges Withdrawal of New Presidential Proclamation
Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, M바카라 사리트
President, American College of Physicians
Washington, DC (November 9, 2018) – The American College of Physicians (바카라 사리트) is greatly concerned about a new Presidential Proclamation that would impose a minimum 90 day prohibition on granting asylum to refugees if they do not cross the southern U.S. border at an official port of entry. While 바카라 사리트 supports reasonable policies to enable refugees to apply for asylum in an orderly and safe manner at authorized border crossings whenever possible, 바카라 사리트 strongly objects to any regulation to arbitrarily and unilaterally deny asylum to refugees entering the county through Mexico at places other than authorized crossings. This contravenes our understanding of U.S. and international law by denying such immigrants, many of whom are at risk of persecution or facing violence in their countries, from applying for refugee status.
U.S. law currently allows immigrants and refugees to apply for asylum even if they are not at an official port of entry. 바카라 사리트 also supports the Immigration and Nationality Act, which says that anyone who arrives in the U.S., regardless of the port of arrival, may apply for asylum if they fear persecution due to race, religion, nationality, or political opinion. 바카라 사리트 fears that the new rule will expose refugees to extreme health risks because of their country of origin and ethnicity.
바카라 사리트’s policy supports granting U.S. legal residency status to refugees who are vulnerable to health consequences, including death, illness, starvation and persecution, with appropriate vetting. 바카라 사리트 opposes denying refugee status from persons in designated countries of origin who otherwise would meet refugee status law requirements in the United States.
바카라 사리트 calls on the administration and Congress to ensure border security in a way that will not bring harm to the most vulnerable.
Contact: Julie Hirschhorn, (202) 261-4523, jhirschhorn@acponline.org
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