Refugee aid groups warn families cannot mount a defense in 10 days
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Global Refuge, HIAS and Church World Service said the shortened deadline leaves refugees unable to find lawyers, translate documents or retrieve records, putting them at risk of deportation to countries where they fled persecution.
Philadelphia Inquirer
“the Homeland Security Department wants to revisit those decisions on a 10-day clock, a notice period wholly insufficient to find a lawyer, translate documents or get records out of a country they were forced to flee”
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president of Global Refuge
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah President, Global RefugeNaomi Steinberg Vice president, HIASDanilo Zak Director of policy, Church World ServiceZach Kahler Spokesman, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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