A group of homeless men in New York state were tricked into posing as veterans for the purposes of spreading a story shaming asylum seekers, the Mid-Hudson News reported on May 19 2023. “It was brought to my attention that two people came to the
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Snopes→ Asylum Seekers Jam US Border Crossings to Evade Trump Policy
Asylum seekers have been prohibited from filing their claims at U.S. border crossings under a much-criticized Trump administration policy. Now some are sprinting down vehicle lanes or renting cars to try to make it inside the U.S.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Allows Broad Enforcement of Trump Asylum Rule
The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection there.
Snopes→ US, Mexico Widen Asylum Crackdown to Push Back All Migrants
Both countries are quietly working to keep people out of the U.S. despite threats to the migrants' safety.
Snopes→ Trump’s New Asylum Rules Go into Effect, and Opponents Sue
The policy represents the most forceful attempt to date by President Donald Trump to slash the number of people seeking asylum in America.
Snopes→ Judge Blocks Trump Policy Keeping Asylum-Seekers Locked Up
For the past 50 years, the government has given asylum-seekers bond hearings before immigration judges.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Family Separation Genocide?
In February 2019, a mid-2018 tweet about family separations and the permanent and widespread transfer of children from their families to other people qualifying as genocide began recirculating. The tweet was initially published in June 2018, and it sai
Snopes→ Thai Police Say They Won’t Deport Saudi Woman Seeking Asylum
Her plight mirrors that of other Saudi women who in recent years have turned to social media to amplify their calls for help while trying to flee abusive families.
Snopes→ Danes Plan to Banish Unwanted Migrants to Remote Island
A pro-government lawmaker says Danish plans to banish rejected asylum seekers or those with a criminal record to a remote island may breach international law — but added that his party doesn't "mind challenging (international) conventions."
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Asylum-Seekers Writing Numbers on Their Arms at the United States Border?
Amid stories of unarmed adults and children getting teargassed over an international border by United States forces, infants being taken from their parents, and asylum-seekers being concentrated in detention camps, yet another image appeared to evoke a
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Teargas Used ‘Once a Month’ at the Border Under the Obama Administration?
The days following a cross-border chemical attack by American forces on unarmed members of a caravan of men, women, and children from Central America across the border with Mexico were filled with disinformation and outright propaganda as people and or
Were Seven Children Rescued From Smugglers Embedded in a ‘Migrant Caravan’ in Guatemala?
On October 25th, 2018, as bots and paid trolls pushed talking points on social media about a caravan of people from Honduras on their way to Mexico’s border with the United States to turn themselves in to seek asylum, the Judicial Watch blog published a shocking story about seven children who were saved from human […]
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Snopes→ Are Children Being Assigned Numbers in Detention Centers?
Viral posts on social media contain claims that immigrant children are receiving numbers like Holocaust victims.
Snopes→ Attorney General Sessions Reverses Protections for Asylum Seekers Fleeing Domestic Violence, Gangs
Immigration lawyers have already vowed to take legal action against Sessions's ruling, which would deny asylum to almost all victims of gang violence and domestic abuse.