Ayana Explains It All

Ayana Explains Asylum in the Post-Title 42 Era

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers sang "everybody's had to fight to be free, you see. You don't have to live like a refugee," that is, unless, you landed at the Southern US border and you had to use an smartphone/computer app to apply for asylum, and unless you schedule an appointment provided you found some free WiFi, then you don't even get to be a refugee.


Sources used in this episode:

  1. "US unveils rule that rights groups say stifles access to asylum." Al Jazeera. May 10, 2023. Available at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/10/us-unveils-rule-rights-groups-say-stifles-right-to-seek-asylum.
  2. "Asylum Seekers Told to Use a Mobile App to Enter US as Title 42 Expires. Here's How the CBP App Works." Gerardo Pons, NBCMiami.com. May 10, 2023. Available at: https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/asylum-seekers-told-to-use-a-mobile-app-to-enter-us-as-title-42-expires-heres-how-the-cbp-app-works/3032118/#:~:text=What%20is%20CBP%20One%20App,available%20in%20English%20and%20Spanish.
  3. "Migrant Crossing Surges Aren’t New. Why Is the Border Overwhelmed?" Eileen Sullivan, The New York Times. May 10, 2023. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/title-42-border-history-immigration.html.
  4. "Hoover on Immigration." Spencer Howard. August 14, 2016. Available at: https://hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2016/08/04/hoover-on-immigration/.
  5. "Covid-Era Border Policy Expires." Miriam Jordan, Eileen Sullivan, Michael D. Shear and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, The New York Times. May 11, 2023. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/11/us/title-42-immigration.

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    Ayana Explains It AllBy Ayana R. Fakhir