Gender & Refugee Studies Archives

CGRS Part of Groups Challenging Trump Administration’s Attacks on Asylum Protections

August 9, 2018

Washington, D.C. (August 7, 2018) – The American Civil Liberties Union and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s gutting of asylum protections for immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality. At issue are new “expedited removal” policies put forth by…

Center for Gender & Refugee Studies Receives National Science Foundation Grant

March 8, 2016

For Professor Karen Musalo, director of the Center, the prestigious grant funds a study that taps into deeply contentious political, legal and moral issues.

Over 18,000 women and children placed on rocket dockets-mostly trauma survivors and bona fide asylum seekers fleeing violence in Central America-have been ordered removed from the United States and forced to return home to face life-threatening situations. - CGRS Senior Staff Attorney Christine Lin

Center for Gender & Refugee Studies Files “Rocket Docket” FOIA Lawsuit

February 2, 2016

"This information could be the difference between life and death for many Central American women and children," says CGRS Senior Staff Attorney Christine Lin.

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