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Central American mother with her child after being released from detention

What is asylum? Who are asylum seekers? Test your knowledge.

Seeking asylum is legal, but turning away asylum seekers is not. Take our quiz to get the facts on what’s happening at the U.S.-Mexico border and beyond.

ArticleAugust 23, 2019
A Mexican mother wearing pink pants and a purple shirt stands with her arms around her young daughter, who has a long braid, in a hallway. They are asylum seekers in an IRC welcome center.

Is it legal to cross the U.S. border to seek asylum?

People arriving at the U.S. border have the right to request asylum without being criminalized, turned back, or separated from their children. Here’s how the process works.

ArticleApril 1, 2022
Oprah Winfrey with IRC staff Camille André and Hope Arcuri in Phoenix. Ariz.

Oprah's Book Club: Seeking asylum in the United States—a reading list

As Oprah Winfrey spotlights the plight of people seeking asylum on Oprah's Book Club, we've created a reading list to help you better understand what's happening at the U.S.-Mexico border and what you can do to help.

ArticleMarch 6, 2020
Alma, an asylum seeker from Guatemala, and her daughter wait for their laundry to dry in the outdoor living space of a shelter in Ciudad Juarez.

What happens to asylum seekers stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border?

Policy changes in the U.S. have left an increasing number of people stranded in Mexican border towns. There they are vulnerable to the same types of violence that forced them to flee their homes in the first place.

ArticleFebruary 28, 2020

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