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Central American asylum seekers wait for buses to take them to Tijuana on the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo: Getty Images

Migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants: What’s the difference?

What is a refugee? Who is an immigrant? Why are many of the people crossing the U.S. border from Central America asylum seekers, not migrants? Get the facts.

ArticleMarch 24, 2022

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

David Miliband in The Guardian: The most vulnerable pay for Trump's 'manufactured crisis'

IRC chief says U.S. government ‘failing in its most basic responsibilities’ in its handling of border issues

ResourceApril 10, 2019

IRC: U.S. Senate should terminate national emergency proclamation, focus on crisis in the Northern Triangle

Press ReleaseMarch 12, 2019

IRC responds to U.S. Emergency Declaration, reports of forcible return of children to Mexico

StatementFebruary 14, 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

Asylum seekers are not criminals: what you need to know

Desperate people who fled violence in a caravan from Central America are now stranded at the southern border of the United States by Trump administration policies.

VideoDecember 7, 2018

IRC: Remain in Mexico policy has put the most vulnerable in harm’s way; injunction a welcome development

Press ReleaseFebruary 28, 2020

IRC Voice Piper Perabo visits asylum seekers in Phoenix, Arizona; calls for the U.S. Government to support vulnerable families

Press ReleaseJune 14, 2019

The IRC responds to Trump Administration’s immigration proposal with report on new Americans’ contributions to US economy

PerspectiveMay 17, 2019

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