ASAP in the News
Prensa Libre
December 13, 2022
“We are raising our voices to seek justice,” said Leticia Peren, “so that the government will never again separate families trying to find safe haven and build a new life in the U.S.”
NY Daily News
December 13, 2022
“By bringing this lawsuit, this family wants to help prevent anything like this from happening again, to fight back against injustice, and to tell their story,” said ASAP’s Zachary Manfredi.
The Hill
November 18, 2022
"The campaign, Choose Welcome, is being spearheaded by Families Belong Together, Community Change, Amnesty International, and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP)," said Erin Mazursky.
The Atlantic
October 27, 2022
“This is what the Trump administration would be doing… trying to aggressively discourage families from filing lawsuits,” said ASAP Co-ED Conchita Cruz about the Biden DOJ’s tactics against separated families.
CNN
October 11, 2022
As more Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, Cuban families arrive at the border, ASAP Co-ED Conchita Cruz said the federal government continues to evade its duty under the law to provide work permits for asylum seekers in 30 days.
CNN
October 7, 2022
“The government should comply and process asylum seekers’ work permits as quickly as possible whether they’re forced to by a federal judge and a court order or not,” said ASAP Co-ED Conchita Cruz.
CNN
September 27, 2022
“They were headed toward re-traumatizing these families," said Conchita Cruz, co-executive director of ASAP. "This is the thing that the Trump administration would’ve done and did do.”
NY Daily News
September 14, 2022
ASAP Co-Executive Director Conchita Cruz said that the government is failing in its duty to process asylum seekers’ work permits in 30 days, noting that New York’s mayor is “literally asking the government to abide by the law.”
New York Times
September 6, 2022
“People are having their entire life here happen before they get an answer,” said ASAP Co-Executive Director Conchita Cruz about delays in processing asylum applications.
Nonprofit Quarterly
August 25, 2022
“We connect with members through the mediums they trust—the mediums they use to communicate with their families in the United States and abroad,” says Swapna Reddy, co-executive director of ASAP.
Roll Call
August 10, 2022
The government is not processing asylum seekers' work permit applications. “At this rate, if it goes on, I’m going to use up my savings pretty soon. If that happens, I’m not sure what to do,” ASAP member Rickie Chiu said.
The Atlantic
August 7, 2022
The illustrations use quotes from parents who were separated. The quotes are from interviews that ASAP held with the separated parents.
