ASAP in the News
Good Morning America
November 20, 2021
"When I saw him, I noticed there was a feeling of 'Why would you leave me?'" - ASAP member Leticia to ABC News.
Emerson Collective
November 19, 2021
Conchita Cruz, ASAP Co-Executive Director, explains how ASAP is the first organized collective of asylum seekers in the US - and how centering asylum seekers is an important part of building an immigration system.
Forbes
November 19, 2021
"We will win the future we want. And it’ll be asylum seekers leading the way," said Swapna Reddy.
CNN
November 18, 2021
"The kids were yelling. ... We begged for them not to do it," Paz, a member of the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, said. "It was like a horror movie."
AP News
November 18, 2021
“Even now after being reunited together we live in fear a day that we could still be separated," she said. "I could not imagine living through this pain again.”
Reason
November 17, 2021
Last week, members of ASAP filed a lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), claiming that the agency had unreasonably and illegally delayed the renewal of their work authorizations.
Reuters
November 12, 2021
A group of asylum applicants facing the loss of their jobs have filed a lawsuit claiming U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has unlawfully delayed renewing their U.S. work authorizations.
LAW360
November 12, 2021
Led by a truck driver, a doctor, a McDonald's manager, an Apple Inc. employee, and a Behavior Health Technician for special needs children, ASAP members seek to hold USCIS accountable.
Vox
November 5, 2021
“The government can choose to defend instances of government officials abusing children in their custody or not,” Conchita Cruz said. “That’s really where we are.”
Baptist News Global
September 29, 2021
The U.S. “is not immune to climate disaster and it’s not clear that this country will always be a net receiver when it comes to people seeking asylum,” Swapna Reddy explained.
The Washington Post
August 31, 2021
ASAP member Leticia Peren said: “We deserve legal status and compensation for the damage they did, for the violation of our rights as parents and human beings."
AP News
August 20, 2021
Keldy, who was separated from two sons in the fall of 2017, said “We don’t want to be separated from our kids again, after we fought for them so hard. We suffered too much."
