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Inside the IRC's center for families seeking asylum

The IRC and its partners in Phoenix, Arizona are helping hundreds of Central American families seeking asylum with emergency support and connecting them with their family members in the U.S. Get an inside look into our work.
VideoApril 19, 2019
Emilia, 21, holds her 4-year-old daughter at the shelter in Phoenix where the IRC welcomed them after they were detained while fleeing to the U.S. from Honduras.

How the Trump Administration is eliminating asylum in the U.S.

Under President Trump, seeking asylum has become next to impossible. Learn what you can do to make America a safe haven again.

ArticleFebruary 4, 2020
IRC staff assist asylum seekers in Arizona

An inside look at how the IRC is helping asylum seekers in the U.S.

Central American families have the legal right to seek asylum—but have limited to no guidance regarding the asylum process. The IRC and its partners in Arizona are providing emergency support to asylum-seeking families.

ArticleApril 11, 2019

What happens to asylum seekers at the border?

Central American families fleeing violence who are released from detention in the U.S. are often left at bus stations with scant information on what to do next as they seek asylum.

VideoApril 4, 2019
A woman and child seeking asylum in the U.S. speak with an IRC representative in an Arizona welcome center

How can I help asylum seekers?

Families seeking safety in the United States have the right to request asylum—without being criminalized, sent back, or separated from their children. Here are six ways you can help asylum seekers along the border and beyond.

ArticleAugust 21, 2019
Central American family with a baby at an IRC day center in Phoenix, Ariz.

10 items asylum seekers at the U.S. border need most

After an arduous trek from Central America, families fleeing violence at home have reached the U.S. border with few possessions. These are some of the items IRC staff assisting asylum seekers in Arizona say are the most urgently needed.

ArticleApril 26, 2019
In the IRC's Welcome Center for asylum seekers, a husband and wife sit with their back to the camera as they discuss their journey as asylum seekers. The wife is holding their 2-year-old daughter.

How the Trump Administration is using COVID-19 to end asylum

As the Trump Administration uses the pretext of the coronavirus pandemic to intensify its years-long attack on asylum seekers, allegations are coming out about hysterectomies performed on women detained at an ICE facility.

ArticleSeptember 16, 2020

Central Americans have the right to seek asylum—here's what you need to know

"It's important to remember that people arriving at the border are not criminals.

VideoJune 22, 2018

How the IRC in San Diego is supporting asylum-seeking families during COVID-19

From sharing health and safety information to providing asylum-seeking families with much-needed support, IRC caseworkers are keeping clients informed of the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic and making sure they stay safe.

AnnouncementMarch 24, 2020
Tell Congress: seeking asylum isn’t a crime

Tell Congress: seeking asylum isn’t a crime

Despite fleeing violence and persecution in Central America, asylum seekers in search of safe haven are not being welcomed in the U.S. Instead, many are being released without food, water, shelter or guidance regarding the asylum process.This policy is just the latest in a series of attacks on asylum seekers that is fueling a manufactured crisis at the border that local communities, with support from organizations like the IRC, are being left to manage.

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