Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network - GAIN

"’I believe what we're seeing now is the inevitable result of forcing judges to order immigrants deported to third countries that have not agreed to accept them,’ said Adriana Heffley, the legal director of the Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network. ‘There are thousands of people now with deportation orders that cannot be carried out.’"

GAIN’s Director of Legal Services, Adriana Heffley, spoke to CBS News about the thousands of immigrants detained indefinitely under increasingly inhumane conditions as a result of recent directives forcing judges to order asylum seekers deported to third countries.

The GAIN team has recently observed attempts to deport our asylum seeker clients to random third countries where they would almost certainly come to harm. Not only does this practice waste public resources and create chaos, it shows a complete disregard towards freedom and safety for individuals exercising their legal right to seek asylum in the U.S.

Read the full article from CBS News at:

Thousands of asylum-seekers abandon their cases as ICE seeks to deport them to nations they aren't from More than 12,000 people gave up their asylum claims or voluntarily departed the U.S. as ICE moved to cut cases short by sending asylum-seekers to third countries, a CBS News analysis found.

Our work at GAIN is only made possible through the generous support of our Champion sponsor for this year’s Taste of the World—Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. We are so grateful to our Champion sponsor for their commitment to protecting and empowering immigrant survivors of crime and persecution. Thank you, Kilpatrick!

Tickets are still available for Taste of the World, and GAIN staff and Board Members are excited to once again enjoy a powerful night out with our donors, friends, partners, and supporters.

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We’ll see you on May 8!