ASAP in the News
NBC News
February 1, 2022
Secretary Mayorkas referred to a meeting with separated families that ASAP hosted and said, "I myself have met with some of the separated families. I learned firsthand the trauma that they endured and some continue to endure."
Washington Examiner
January 26, 2022
"For asylum-seekers like ASAP's members, the Biden administration has made it extremely difficult to get a work permit and Social Security number," said Leidy Perez-Davis, ASAP's policy director.
Arizona Republic
January 25, 2022
"At first they told me three to nine months, and then it went from nine months to 11 and a half months. The wait time just kept increasing." -Dayana Vera de Aponte, ASAP member
Daily Kos
January 25, 2022
ASAP, Families Belong Together, and Immigration Justice Campaign created a tool for the public to send messages urging an end to family separation.
Vox
January 25, 2022
“Had the government not represented that it intended to settle these cases…some might have already won in court. Now, some families are in a worse position for having waited." -Conchita Cruz, ASAP co-executive director
USA Today/Yahoo
January 22, 2022
"The inability of the Biden administration to roll back Trump-era policies has made it so that we're in danger of them becoming permanent." -Conchita Cruz, ASAP co-executive director
Washington Post
January 12, 2022
Conchita Cruz, co-executive director of the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, says that it is shocking that the government's position is that these families are not eligible for compensation.
San Francisco Chronicle
December 25, 2021
“We are not only missing payments and borrowing money from friends and family, we are anxious and depressed.” -ASAP member Dayana Vera de Aponte
Washington Post
December 16, 2021
Zachary Manfredi of the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project said the administration has broken its promise to the American public and families separated at the border.
CNN
December 16, 2021
Zachary Manfredi, litigation director for the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, said the Biden administration "officially broke its promise" to families who were separated at the border.
New York Times
December 6, 2021
Conchita Cruz, a lawyer with ASAP, said the organization had obtained a $125,000 settlement for a Honduran family.
Medium
December 5, 2021
“It helps to know the population of people that the system is supposed to impact before the thing is designed, not after it’s designed for feedback."
